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I was surprised that this question has not been asked.

I want to find out what the most damage that can be done in a single round?

Here are the rules.

  • Rules from Official Hardcover books only.
  • Any official playable race can be used.
  • No optional rules, other than those listed here.
  • Multiclassing and feats are permitted.
  • Characters can be up to LV 20
  • Standard point buy for stats.
  • No Magic items.
  • No infinite loops we are not trying to break the system. We are trying to find the maximum damage in a reasonable setting.
  • Consistent effects only. Random elements like wild magic cannot be used.
  • Epic Boons are permitted if you use the Aberrant Dragonmark feat.. You can choose the boon you would like.
  • No outside help. Permanent summoned creatures are permitted, and considered to have already been summoned.(find steed, familiar, homunculous.. etc..) Their damage can be added to yours in the calculation.
  • Assume one average target with no unusual defenses.
  • All attacks hit.
  • All saves are passed.
  • Polymorph is allowed, but I suspect there are better methods.
  • Any attack or combination of spells and attacks can be used provided you are following the rules.
  • Include the Maximum rolled damage as well as the average damage, where average is calculated using min+maximum /2 to calculate it.

I understand that a lot of you don't like optimization questions. But try to leave me a comment before you give me a negative vote. I will address the issue and fix it(If possible).

This post is for people who do enjoy the theory craft and challenge. I think it will be interesting to find out what the damage limit is.

Sam Lacrumb
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Infinity

The question permits both Epic Boons and mass-simulacra duplication with the stipulation you've already made all the simulacra you can make. Since there is, in fact, no real limit on how many simulacra you might have (note you can make them exponentially faster with an Epic Boon), we start the round with an infinite number of simulacra. Our infinite simulacra then use any of a variety of ways to teleport in, make an attack, and then die (e.g. since we can exceed level 20 be a sorcerer 3/wizard 17/fighter 20 (to avoid going off the multiclass spellcaster charts), start at 1 hp, quickened Gate, attack target, attack self). This deals infinite damage.

This is hardly the only way to deal infinite damage with such weird conditions, but it works.

Please stop being evil
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    If given (nearly) unlimited time to prepare, similarly you could just create a demiplane and fill it with X number of Glyphs of Warding, then Gate the target to it. – Daveman Aug 14 '20 at 17:53
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    This might be improved if you choose a single attack or spell that the simulacra can be commanded to make, and the writ the damage as a function of the number of simulacra brought to bear. E.g. simulacra all casting Crown of Stars doing 4d12 dmg. – GcL Aug 14 '20 at 17:54
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    The number of simulacra that can target a single opponent will be limited by the range of the attacks. E.g., they're all using longbows, so how many fit in a 360' radius? * long bow damage. – GcL Aug 14 '20 at 17:58
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    This would be true, but the simulacra could arrive at an area and vacate the same area in the span of one round. – David Coffron Aug 14 '20 at 18:31
  • There is no reason to also have 20 levels in fighter if you just get Extra Attack from the Bladesinger Arcane Tradition. Also, I think the question was updated to limit the levels to 20. – David Coffron Aug 14 '20 at 18:34