In terms of overall campaigns, Vecna's one of the more common, and it's implied that his ascension to godhood was one of the key factors in the storyline changes between 2nd and 3rd editions. Since he was already a god this makes him the most powerful being in the setting, strong enough that the level cap of 30 isn't high enough for the characters to fight him. Tharizdun could be seen as the Greater-Scope Villain, because as of 4th Edition he is responsible for the current evilness of all of the above villains except Vecna, and in Demonomicon it is explicitly stated that the shard of evil he created the Abyss with gave him a huge power boost. The term commonly used for these villains is BBEG "Big Bad Evil Guy." The Big Bad in Dungeons & Dragons varies between settings and editions, but the recurring cast is Asmodeus (a Satan stand-in), Vecna (the god of the liches), Tharizdun (the god of Omnicidal Maniacs), Orcus (a ridiculously powerful demon lord who rules the undead), and Lolth / Lloth (the goddess of the eeeviiilll Drow). In the start and after the Third Demon Battle the Bog Bad is the Nameless God, in between he almost gets forgotten and in steps Borbarad, a demigod mage. The Setting of The Dark Eye offers two independent ones, which one is prealent depends mostly on where in the timeline you are. In a world where most antagonists are misguided, or weak-willed and fallen to temptation at worst, Jarek is just plain bad to the bone. In Blue Rose there is Jarek the Lich King, who isn't just the worst villain around, but actually one of the few truly evil characters in this very idealistic setting. Project Utopia, for example, which is actually more of a candidate for the setting's Big Bad than Divis Mal, since their protocol of sterilising all novas they induct into their services causes the very nova/baseline apocalyptic war that Divis Mal always warned was inevitable if novas trusted baselines. 
Divis Mal from Aberrant is probably the biggest candidate for being a Big Bad, though there are definitely other threats out there.
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The RPG fandom likes to use the full Big Bad Evil Guy name or its initialism "BBEG". The Big Bad is the one who turns out to be behind several other seemingly independent threats. Note that Big Bad is not a catch-all trope for the biggest and ugliest villain of any given story. "The ultimate villain of the story, who's causing the problem the heroes must solve."
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