The Tomb of Annihilation

Dahc's Guiding Bolt detonated the first bandit guard in a single burst of radiant light before the man could even raise his weapon — a one-shot kill that set the tone for everything that followed.

Zuri's longsword came down in a clean arc and separated Fridge Stovington's head from his body in front of a roaring coliseum crowd, ending the druid's story before the jungle even began.

Thrain sprinted through a market alley, launched himself onto the back of a stampeding ankylosaurus, and stuck the landing on a natural 20 — then calmly loosened the harness strap that had been driving the animal mad.

Dahc Doorblack rode a T-Rex named Deadly Treasure through eight stages of city-wide chaos, surviving repeated animal handling failures and rival sabotage to cross the finish line in first place.

Kaarl Korvax stood alone in a gray hellish conference room, blasted one suited devil into nothing with Eldritch Blast, Hellish Rebuked a second into ash, and then calmly talked the third one down — passing his infernal performance review without breaking a sweat.