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But, what monsters should you use to achieve a TPK?
You’re going to want to look at creatures with a high challenge rating in the 2025 Monster Manual.
10Balor
Stats
Details
Challenge Rating
19
HP
287
AC
Balors are powerful fiends with terrifying visages.
Plus, thanks to its truesight ability, you’re free to’t really sneak up on these monsters.
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Plus, its sword and bow attacks are quite powerful.
With five legendary resistances while in its monster lair, liches are highly formidable.
Plus, liches have an array of legendary actions at their disposal that are not to be trifled with.
Like liches, these creatures gain five legendary resistances when they’re in their lair.
They can swallow creatures whole, cause lightning strikes, and inflict blindness or poison on creatures.
Dracolich by Slawomir Maniak
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The blob also reappears in 1d20 years, no matter what.
Balor by Sidharth Chaturvedi
Plus, the ancient gold dragon can cast Banish at will with a DC 24 to save.
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1Tarrasque
30
697
The tarrasque is the classic D&D TPK encounter.
Balor by Sidharth Chaturvedi
In some ways, many Dungeon Masters view this creature as a joke to throw at your party.
The most iconic element of the tarrasques stat block is its Reflective Carapace.
If the DM rolls a 6, the spell is reflected back to the target.
Pit Fiend by Eric Belisle
This means spellcasters have to be careful about which spells they cast on this creature.
Solar by Carlo Arellano
Ancient Lich by Viko Menezes
Elemental Cataclysm by Johan Grenier
Kraken by Richard Luong
Blob of Annihilation by Mathias Kollros
Ancient Gold Dragon by Alexander Ostrowski
Colossus by Maxime Minard
Tarrasque by Chris Rahn
