Overlord can’t get a new season fast enough
Vicious Mockery?
You know you’re in trouble when they don’t even bother with vicious mockery, and just laugh. The damage bypasses your character and hits the player directly.
This would unironically be awesome at the end of a cosmic horror themed campaign. Some elder god the PCs have antagonized turns to the players and addresses them directly - not their characters, but the players - in a fourth-wall-breaking moment, acknowledging their existence and directly threatening them. Then the DM breaks out health and sanity bars for everyone at the table, and starts ticking off damage on them.
Exactly, that’s how you know you’re truly at the endgame boss! Instead of attacking your characters, someone challenges you directly… Anyway, roll for initiative.
