Dread Emperor

Dungeons & Dragons · Tabletop · Human Diabolist

Tier
6-C
Attack Potency
Island Level+
Speed
Relativistic+, up to Ftl+
Durability
Island Level+

Powers and abilities

  • Superhuman Physical Characteristics
  • Magic
  • Reality Warping (Arcane spellcasters function by manipulating The Weave, a multiverse-spanning structure, that allows them to achieve their spells and magical effects)
  • Non-Physical Interaction (Magic can affect intangible, incorporeal, nonexistent, conceptual, and abstract entities)
  • Social Influencing (The Dread Emperor is several degrees superior than even professional swindlers in terms of deception)
  • Power Modification (Through metamagic, he can alter his spells in several ways, such as increasing their damage or allowing them to strike good-aligned creatures harder)
  • Telepathy (Bears an empathic link with his familiar; can establish telepathic bonds with others via magic)
  • Attack Reflection (His shield is capable of deflecting incoming attacks, be they physical or not)
  • Soul Manipulation (He can rip the souls from his enemies and bind them away permanently, preventing resurrection, via Soul Bind)
  • Death Manipulation (Power Word Kill invokes truenaming magic to instantly kill the target creature, bypassing resistances to such things)
  • Power Nullification (Mordenkainen's Disjunction allows him to permanently remove the magical properties from the target)
  • Portal Creation (Gate permits him to open a large portal to any plane of existence of his choosing)
  • Explosion Manipulation (Meteor Swarm generates a huge field of explosions to destroy his enemies)
  • Mind Manipulation (With Dominate Monster he is capable of wresting control of one's mind from them, controlling their actions precisely)
  • Empathic Manipulation (Mass Charm allows him to alter other's perception of him, viewing him in as friendly and helpful a way as humanly possible)
  • Corrosion Inducement (Horrid Wilting causes everything near the Emperor to suddenly begin rotting and fading away)
  • Vibration Manipulation (Antipathy generates vibrations that repel all creatures designated by the caster- this can go from specific names, to physical traits, to more abstract qualities such as alignment; these creatures will not willingly remain in the same area as the spell's focus while active)
  • Teleportation (Can teleport to any location of his choosing at will)
  • Summoning (Can summon monsters to fight with and alongside him, as can his Necklace of Demons)
  • Biological Manipulation (Rapture of Rupture causes blood and veins to break free of the target's body, dealing grievous injury and potentially killing the foe)
  • Status Effect Inducement (Power Word: Stun uses truename magic to stun the foe for an extended period of time, allowing the Emperor to do as he pleases to them for the duration)
  • Dimensional Travel (Plane Shift allows him to go to any other plane of existence)
  • Causality Manipulation (Limited Wish can, to some extent, alter the past and future to grant the designated desire in the present)
  • Clairvoyance (Scrying gives the Emperor the ability to create a sensor to spy on a given enemy, without their knowledge)
  • Sealing (Forcecage creates a physical barrier that blocks spatial exit- such as via teleportation or dimensional travel)
  • Extrasensory Perception (True seeing allows him to see the truth in all things- examples include seeing a shapeshifter's true form, being immune to illusions or warped perceptions, and seeing invisible foes)
  • Illusion Creation (Permanent Image allows him to create a permanent illusion complete with sound, taste, and touch)
  • Petrification (Self-explanatory through the Flesh to Stone spell)
  • Disease Manipulation (Eyebite targets enemies with waves of malign power, causing them to become sickened, panicked, and comatose)
  • Matter Manipulation (Disintegrate reduces targets to dust)
  • Telekinesis (Bigby's Hand allows the Emperor to create a large energy-formed hand to manipulate the environment with)
  • Information Analysis (Analyze Dweomer allows him to learn the properties of anything supernatural)
  • Forcefield Creation (Wall of Force creates an invulnerable wall of energy)
  • Dream Manipulation (Nightmare allows him to send dreadful visions to the target, preventing them from resting and actively draining their stamina, leaving them fatigued)
  • Paralysis Inducement (Hold spells paralyze the target, rendering them unable to move)
  • Ice Manipulation (Can erect walls of ice and fire cones of frigid energy to assail his foes)
  • Poison Manipulation (Can generate clouds of poison that instantly kill enemies)
  • Purification (Capable of removing curses)
  • Fear Manipulation (Phantasmal Killer create the illusion of an entity the subject truly fears and makes it seem as though said entity is trying to murder the foe, inducing supernatural dread)
  • Curse Manipulation (Geas allows the Emperor to force a foe to act in a certain way or towards a certain goal, lest they suffer immense consequences and eventually death)

Weaknesses

His Corrupt spells can drain his statistics considerably, rendering him weaker if he uses them

Ranked tied for #52 of 704 in Dungeons & Dragons by strength.

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