"Oh my God, is that a Sweet William Zombie?" "I DO EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!"

@Ahrpigi

3 жыл бұрын

Truly the longest lasting and hardest to heal kind of damage

@Music_Engineering

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ahrpigi Yeah, It can only be healed during downtime!

@Fenizrael

2 жыл бұрын

By far the best part.

@Ankhakaru

2 жыл бұрын

Bruh that part went so hard.

The Cold Road is, in my opinion, the best campaign diary on youtube. It's not just clips from the sessions, and it's not just the DM talking to the camera and recalling what the players did in the session, it's a retelling of the story that took place in the session in a great format. I wish more people made campaign diaries like this.

@1Ring42

3 жыл бұрын

Fools gold is a pretty damn close second.

@Vanquisher2000

3 жыл бұрын

You'll probably like Demonac's TDDC series in that case

@videogollumer

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes Projared shares stories of campaigns he's played or DMed for D&December.

@toprak3479

3 жыл бұрын

Well it's hard animating all this. Not everybody puts in the effort that Zee puts in these videos.

@cannotthinkofaname7904

3 жыл бұрын

@@videogollumer There's no reason to give a predator an audience

DM: Zee is recording a video. Neighbor: I cast Erratic Hammering.

@javierpatag3609

3 жыл бұрын

That's the problem with creating a spell, any kind of spell- it eventually gets used on you.

@dogishappy0

3 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing!

@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149

Жыл бұрын

"Thumbs down!"

I like the concept of a dude who's the supposed BBEG through sheer virtue of the fact that he's pissed the party off THAT badly.

@perrycarters3113

Жыл бұрын

I love it too, but I think 90% of parties would kill them after the first time they managed an escape.

@Suavek69

Жыл бұрын

@@perrycarters3113 that's why you make them lose the bounty if they do so. It's safe to assume that the party isn't the only team he pissed off

@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149

Жыл бұрын

Fuck man, he pissed *me* off through this video.

@merlinmeurer5339

3 ай бұрын

Dismemberment is not murder.

I just realized that the Kenku offered them to smoke that cigar. They would've been short one leg again.

@drakox9603

Жыл бұрын

Or the healing one

@SATELLITEDOWN7735

Жыл бұрын

​@@drakox9603no it swaps the hp of two creatures.

@russellfisher1303

11 ай бұрын

It’s funny because he’d still be tied up, but they’d just be super pissed. :)

That moment when you've accidentally taught your neighbor Erratic Hammering

"I DO EMOTIONAL DAMAGE" Oh it slays me all over again

“My neighbor is hammering something for no fucking reason.” He’s preventing you from ritual casting! Come on, you invented the spell “Erratic Hammering”!

"Oh, did you think this episode would have Healing Word in it? So did I!" gets me every time

@videogollumer

3 жыл бұрын

When I first watched it; I was expecting it to be cast when the black banded cigar was smoked.

*drumrolls with a pair of maces in anticipation of Ep 5*

"I do emotional damage" that shouldn't make me laugh as hard as it did.

"A toast to the Crow! May Sweet William feast on his bones!" The *right* way to react to your friend being killed and zombified (25:43)

@mitchellslate1249

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Perfectly greatest reaction!

Been waiting a long time for the next episode, I wasn't sure if you intended to do it. Looking forward to that.

@gabrieldecock5050

3 жыл бұрын

He's been animating it on his twitch channel.

@chrisbovington9607

3 жыл бұрын

Same. Excited now.

I've already watched the first 4 multiple times, can't wait for this Friday!

@master0fthearts894

3 жыл бұрын

Something new to look forward to besides WandaVision. :)

@YuriRamosBragaFerreira

3 жыл бұрын

Dude i was just rewatching them this morning

@stonebeard

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@booplesrooplez9572

3 жыл бұрын

Same bro, same

@dseray9494

3 жыл бұрын

Basically exactly what I was going to say

having them wake up in a sun beam to inspire them to use the sheilds was so cool, thats quality DMing

I really like the wraiths speaking afrikaans. Nice to hear my native language in a video.

@danstadler3752

3 жыл бұрын

I’m really interested in what the wraiths are saying

@adriaanschoombie8573

3 жыл бұрын

@@danstadler3752 I'm sure you read the subtiltles but it said "under the great iceburg lays the icefather. A drop of his blood is enough to freeze the ocean. If he could not escape, how can you?"

@Clonewolf369

3 жыл бұрын

i was thinkin... is that fries... sounds kinda like it... but no its afrikanas :P

@danstadler3752

3 жыл бұрын

Oh wait... subtitles 😑

@niconicer6463

3 жыл бұрын

Oof I could of sworn that it was Dutch

After seeing Sweet William, I got flashbacks from the Healing Word video and got chills. R.I.P Sweet William, a great soul and a great friend lost to ignorance and panic-mode.

So hype to see these bois tackle that cave full of wraiths again.

@purpleblah2

3 жыл бұрын

But what about the Sugary Billiams ghoul?

@houdini72

3 жыл бұрын

Liked for the classic Haruko pic alone. And, well, because I'm hyped, tok

@JSAVACADO

3 жыл бұрын

@@purpleblah2 He only does emotional damage, it'll be fine!

@JSAVACADO

3 жыл бұрын

@@houdini72 FLCL is, with no exxageration, my fav anime of all time. Thanks for recognizing best girl Haruko.

You know, the cold road campaign actually crossed my mind yesterday and wandered what happened to it. Its, by far, one of my favorite campaign settings and its so interesting. Thank you Zee!

@hmcloud8487

3 жыл бұрын

SAME

Wades player/VO actor streams here: www.twitch.tv/vaporlocke81

@shruik58

3 жыл бұрын

He is so good, I love how much depth he adds to Wades

@Hotlne565

3 жыл бұрын

This is honestly amazing I just found your channel but your really good

@matthewlafee5165

3 жыл бұрын

Great timing I’m glad I’m early to one of these uploads where I didn’t save it for later enjoyment love u guys

@pitchforksdragon1252

3 жыл бұрын

You taught your neighbor erratic hammer?

@pitchforksdragon1252

3 жыл бұрын

You taught your neighbor erratic hammer?

"I do emotional damage" is still my favorite bit. It's just so good.

Sees thumbnail: gets excited. Sees title: sad noise. "Next episode Friday": GETS EXCITED.

Bullshit for sure is one of the most relatable map doodles ever.

my favorite part of this whole story is "Oh... that's what that does."

Ah, the long awaited return of Sweet William and his emotional damage.

27:42 I’m shocked this party, while drunk, turned down two platinum bars.

I've missed Wades-in-Shadows so much!!! :D

@videogollumer

3 жыл бұрын

He is a lovable character, isn't he?

I’m surprised that you’re still making these. The way you talked about the first episode it seemed like it was a few days after the session where it took place. The actual events sound like the place over a few weeks in real life, so the fact you remember enough of it to make videos years later is pretty impressive. You must take real thorough notes.

@topogigio7031

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty typical note-taking if you're not a poser. 3 hour session typically results in 3 pages. Tbh I've found that the fakers that don't buy the books just wing it each week until they dropout to jump on the next Big Bang Theory fad.

@jaceylessthan3233

3 жыл бұрын

@@topogigio7031 How did the Grognard get out of one of the Game Store episodes to gatekeep in the comments?

@hilkmeister1382

3 жыл бұрын

@@topogigio7031 A page an hour? Sounds reasonable if it is an eventful hour.

@hilkmeister1382

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaceylessthan3233 How is this gate keeping? Seems to me a page an hour seems reasonable if you are a decent note taker.

@ellisworcester2568

3 жыл бұрын

@@topogigio7031 Fuck off, gate keeper

I would have let the kenku die to the wolves. Knowing how this story goes though, something else would have happened. And knowing you as a DM, those things would still be very story worthy.

@rickrollerdude

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I think they would have been able to track the wolves down and get his luggage, and; if anything, I feel the right thing to do was to leave him injured, maybe nurse his leg a bit the old-fashioned way so as to keep him alive, but definitely make sure he stayed crippled and weakened.

@mitchellslate1249

3 жыл бұрын

Goblins would have found the wolves or something. The spearhead and Shifty Wick is obviously mixed up with that cult.

20:51 And that's how Wades-in-shadows became a pact of the blade warlock.

@videogollumer

3 жыл бұрын

...of the Great Old One!

How much bloody brainpower does it take to realize you should securely tie up the master escape artist while interrogating him?

Sounds like someone's casting Erratic Hammering

Hell yeah! I love Cold Road, I’ve been waiting for the fifth episode.

Sweet William's death still gets me where I live.

I appreciate that he didnt waste any time saying episode 5 is coming out this Friday. 11 seconds in and the thing I hoped to find out from this video most has already been said.

I actually credit this series of stories with really hooking me into trying Dungeons and Dragons again. Glad my friend introduced me to this channel! I'd always liked the worlds and ideas that were in D&D but my experience was always...Lacking. Mostly only played video games based off of it, but I was never able to find any kind of steady table-top group to play with, but that's changed and I'm quite glad! Glad I stuck with it, and glad I kept encouraging my friend to give his ideas a go after coming to this channel.

"I am not mad. I am just extreamly pissed off and disapointed" Me looking at past me.

Going up again The Falcon and the Winter Solider. Bold Move Cotton

@1Ring42

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly more hyped for cold road

*running around screeching in unbridled excitement for more cold road*

Ok it's happening. DON'T PANIC, everybody stay calm.

@MisterSmith00

3 жыл бұрын

What’s the procedure? STAY F*CKING CALM!

If you made a series based on your DND games, I would binge the shit out of those. Love your art and animation style and a series would be so cool.

Ooooh excited for Friday. Was just going through and rewatching a bunch of animated spell books. Which have helped me get people into the game with the creative uses you show for some of them

"A toast to the crow! May sweet william feast on his bones!"

"Tabax in the cradle and the platinum spoon..."

My War Cleric: Y'all Muthafukas need me.

Man... Who would have thought that a sober mage would outwit the drunk drummer that questions why they're even there?

"The Sun doesn't set all at once" Good lord he's got a way with words

Zee: Part 5 is dropping this Friday. K thanks. Bye. Me: (Internal Screaming) YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS

Now that's what i call timing, watched them for the first time yesterday!

I had forgotten how foreboding the last episode ended. I'm super psyched to see how this proceeds.

When you think about it, in the third one, they weren't out running the sun, they were out running the night

22:27 poor sweet William But I loved the "I do emotional damage!"

dungeons and dragons? more like death and depression! *cries in nat1 death save*

I must say this your ability to tell a story in d&d is phenomenal not even just the description of the enemies what they're doing it's more than that there's an overarching story and a world building in the background and I know more about this entire world through these stories that I do some of my own campaigns. I freaking love these stories and I look forward to episode 5 coming up this Friday

I have known this Wick character for 3 minutes and 30 seconds, and I despite the little bastard

I vibed with this so much harder than I thought I would LOL

I think they might have lost sweet willaim's invisible dagger _without_ wick's help.

May as well add the 5th one in this... More convenient for me when I listen to this for the 9th time.

This is still one of the best animated dnd stories to date, I've watched it so many times. I'd love to see more adventures with Zee in his incredible style of storytelling.

"eY pRiEsT i CuRsE yOu WiTh A bAd NiGhT's SlEeP" I was howling with laughter for that entire scene but this part killed me

Why’d you make the “Erratic Hammering” spell if you didn’t want people to use it

@WisdomThumbs

3 жыл бұрын

Plot twist: he learned it from them.

Been anticipating the 5th one for a while. Tis a good series. So many hours and hours of campaign streams online. It's great to see artful summaries.

Comment Bump! The tone and composition of these episodes is fantastic. I love the punk sounding music for Sweet Williams wake.

I love these episodes. Thank you for putting them up, especially in a single video.

Yes! Me and my friends always come back to the cold road. It's such a good watch. Hyped for the next episode!

I'm so excited to see the conclusion to this story! I've been following this since it's first episode!

You're such an amazing artist and story teller, really love your vids.

COLD ROAD RETURNS AUGHHHHHHGHH MAN YEAH

Zee, you're an amazing animator, and I FREAKING LOVE THIS STORY! I cannot wait until Friday to see the next episode, I know it's going to be awesome.

I subscribed BECAUSE of cold road. So excited for episode 5!

I have been deeply involved in this story for longer than I care to admit and to see more of it come out is very satisfying

Enjoyed these as they came out, and very thankful for the recap in anticipation of the next!

Number 5 on Friday?! Now this, my gamers, is a poggers moment.

I think you might be proud to know Shiftywick has appeared in my games and has inconvenienced my players many times because of this series.

I could watch this on repeat for ever, great work, great campaign

It's such a pleasure to watch these again

Excited to see what happens in Episode 5! :D

I was listening to the wraiths and was amazed that I could actually understand what they were saying! I speak Dutch, but I believe it’s South-African, right?

@dutchgirlmaan2958

3 жыл бұрын

Same. It really surprised me when I suddenly started to understand large parts of what they were saying.

@videogollumer

3 жыл бұрын

It's called Afrikaans.

@tehguybro

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, that was straight Afrikaans. Sounded like an old episode of Liewe Heksie.

@ronanstander3022

2 жыл бұрын

very good my man its afrikaans native to south africa i speak a bit of german and i can understand a bit of dutch cause i speak afrikaans its weird how many languages sound the same holand also speaks similarly to us all

I loved this. This was a great little series of videos.

I was just the other day thinking about this series of stories! Loved watching them when you first shared them! And they're just as great now! Well, better as they're all in one place! Thanks for such great videos. Looking forward to Friday's continuation!

Looks like it is time to re-watch and secretly cheer for Shifty Wick.

@defensivekobra3873

3 жыл бұрын

sweet bird baby did not deserve to get impaled like that

Sounds like someone cast an erratic hammering spell during the outro, disrupting your recording ritual

Zee, these are so good! Wonderful work! Such a treat for your audience!

this is so FREAKIN cool. the way you recount these stories is super inspiring -- this vid has given me a few great ideas for my own campaign. can't wait for the next one.

I was *just* watching through the series last week, wondering if part 5 would be coming out. I AM HYPE I've also wondered what happened to a lot of older episodes, sometimes I remember an episode and go to rewatch it but it's not there... ;u; I crie

I was beginning to think we'd never get anither episode of the Cold Road...

I love your artwork! So excited for the next episode

You played with my emotions quite expertly sir... I saw this and was super excited about finally having another episode

I was not ready for wraiths speaking Afrikaans xD much love from ZA

I have listened to The Cold Road multiple times. I think this kind of content would be wildly popular with the combination of your animation and narration style. Very well done

I never get tired of rewatching Cold Road.

Sure I'll give this a rewatch. Worth every moment.

Can't wait to watch part 5. I've watched the first four parts with my 10 year old daughter.

Oh awesome! We're finally getting a part 5! Been making so many theories about what happens to that priest dude

Hell yeah, i love your narration!

I am so excited for the next episode! Quality animation, storytelling and voicework!

I just have to say when i watched this i was so shocked and convulsed when thy started speaking in Afrikaans (aka the primordial language)

@howmuchbeforechamp

3 жыл бұрын

They speak my home language in this ? Now i dont have to decide if im gonna watch the whole thing.

The reason I didn’t immediately watch this is because he uploaded it smack in the middle of my school day, I am using my break between classes to post this comment

I love this story and how it is presented. Thanks!

"I do emotional damage" I'm laughing my head off.