The Cold Road Pt. 2 "Healing word" (Campaign Diary)

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dungeons and dragons animated healing word cleric bard
Music:
Shibuya by Bad Snacks
9th Symphony_fanale by Beethoven
Wicked things by Quincas Moreira
Tribal War Council by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Pro

[@writer15131]

One of the holy phrases of D&D players: "Oh, that's what that does."

[@toprak3479]

Right after saying "I cast darkness" and hearing the sigh of other players.

[@KingAm0]

"Oh wait, I forgot I have this thing..."

[@gooeygo2515]

“I didn’t know it did that”

[@CleopatraKing]

Along with "OH SHIT I HAD THAT"

[@Blancinnoir]

Just had my first tpk because a friend attuned to a tome we knew was cursed and we just witnessed its previous user get devoured by.

[@Ellyndia]

"Oh, did you think this encounter would have Healing Word in it? So did I." As someone who also lost a character because another PC forgot about the existence of Healing Word, this made me laugh and then cry. RIP Murasaki.

[@SinerAthin]

The Rogue decides to perform a selfless act. And immediately dies. I think there's a moral to this story for rogue players out there.

[@Bo-kq8tn]

reviving an ally and then getting your body turned into a bomb to ensure your party's escape is the most BADASS way to go out possible. if my character died like that I wouldn't even be mad

[@Devit42]

he tried to rev cleric for heal and commited sucide by mistake. And his body didnt explode, it was his flask of oil. only thing his body was used for was for meat shield and decoy

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

Oo, what a colorful wizard. And the cigar smoke was a legendary touch.

[@naraferalina2308]

"Oh yeah... I did have a spellslot left for healing word... Sorry."

[@IronicTB]

"Oh... that's what that does." I'll take phrases you never want to hear in DnD for 200, please.

[@newsystembad]

I got to say that about early in our when our expedition's NPC healer asked my character why the hell he was keeping a bottle of pure, volatile magic in the medical supply tent. (I had no idea what it was, it was only described as a shimmery rainbow flask.)

[@connorjohnson8590]

Another one is, "Alright then, that's that."

[@dantevitale5714]

A great one is " Well that was unexpected..."

[@EzraColdsGarage]

Healing Word: The thing you REALLY should remember when your buddy is bleeding out.

[@bagelboi4321]

When the *3* spears hit William, I instantly realized that meant 3 death save fails. Poor William.

[@yaqbulyakkerbat4190]

*throwing your friends corpse loaded with oil flasks into the firey path of your enemies Just your average day in DnD

[@ThreeSeatStarboard]

Resuscitate an ally, then guard another from beyond the grave. Now that's soldiering.

[@nobodyimportant4778]

Dragonborns depicted as deep-voiced crocodile men is soooo much cooler than the canon dnd dragonborns

[@CleopatraKing]

Every version of dragonborns are cooler than 5e canon dragonborns. Like "oh oops, dragonborn just spontaneously entered the world at some point" is their creation story, and their breath attacks got nerfed

[@dylan9025]

RIP SWEET WILLIAM WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU

[@michaelpara4571]

Sweet William was the hero of that story

[@GapToothTerror]

GOODNIGHT SWEET PRINCE

[@timothymclean]

Instead of a story about when Healing Word saved your bacon, a story about when Healing Word _could_ have saved your bacon.

[@theBoonarmies]

"Oh you thought this episode would have healing word in it?" hahahahahahahaha priceless. I love it.

[@NeuroticEuphoria]

This video without healing word in it taught us the most important lesson about healing word.

[@researchinbreeder]

Yeah, don't forget it exists. I mean, if you did... You might not have the most epic story a corpse could tell!

[@austinzohner4220]

My only regret watching all your videos is now there are no more videos to watch.

[@gamepocalypsegaming278]

Agreed

[@hiddenleafguy4576]

This episode of Sesame Street is brought to you by the word “Rationing”

[@CaptainNinjaKid]

Whoah so fluid and colorful!

[@Notsoshady4891]

I really liked the previous style and cinematic too.

[@D347h54rg3n7]

@@Notsoshady4891 agreed though my primary concern is if this constitutes a slower release cycle or simply a change in technique / technology

[@yomama211]

A paladin, druid and a cleric walk into a bar and the bartender says: "What in the heck happened to the rogue don't you know healing word?!"

[@ToozdaysChild]

Wade's reaction slays me every time. "...Oh. That's what that does."

[@Ben0_o]

A selfless Rogue is a rare diamond...and they blew him up.

[@ricardodiazdeleon8836]

This is why rogues are selfish

[@Smitty-hr2mg]

I think he meant that ironically, as in unwittingly selfless.

[@thefunkyfish5640]

"Goodnight, Sweet William"

[@TheNaturalnuke]

*gentle push*

[@fallbranch]

I watched this when it released, but it took me 3 rewatches to realize that the Kenku tried to make him blow that cigar last episode.

[@no1important777]

"oh, thats what that does." the words you certainly never want to hear.

[@Bluecho4]

Come to think of it, it's the perfect sort of item that bastard Kenku would use. If he's ever injured in a fight, he can blow cigar smoke in his enemy's face, and steal their HP. A perfect reversal tool for a perfect scoundrel. *TFW you remember Wick wanted to use it on the party when they had him dead to rights* .

[@pieoflords5082]

personally think the worst words you can hear is your sorcerer say "uh oh" when they roll a wild surge

[@leyrua]

@@pieoflords5082 We had that happen while the party was on a magic carpet. He rolled that one that says you have to roll again every round for 1 minute. Needless to say hilarity ensued...

[@raoulcorinth1712]

Loved the twist, an Animated Spellbook where the featured spell was never used!

[@justjoking5252]

Man not only a selfless sacrifice, but a Viking burial sacrifice. William is a legend.

[@oliverpearce2338]

Just Joking Selfless? Did he really have a choice?

[@justjoking5252]

Oliver Pearce. Well it being necessary doesn't change the fact that he put other characters over his.

[@oliverpearce2338]

Just Joking No i mean, he really didn't know what the cigar did. So he didn't know it drained his health. For the rest of it, he was unconscious. As is, he literally didn't have a choice

[@justjoking5252]

Oliver Pearce Look. He took the time to help his friend instead of just getting ready to withstand another assault. (As fruitless as that would be.) That is the main point of contention for me. To be honest, although he was unconscious, and didn't have a choice to do that, I for one believe he would have done that anyway. (The point is that this moment is the best.)

[@twistsnakeanklesvids261]

Don't press F to pay respects. Because William went out like a G.

[@juliehudson3556]

The animation is beauty

[@thewonderfullymadejaraid7015]

The moral of this story is to never let the new player be the only healer.

[@chrism7067]

well everyone should have a potion or two on them, noone should have to be the "healer", plenty of classes gain access to some kind of heal. I really just use my heals for action economy (bringing fallen players back up with healing word as a bonus action)

[@thewonderfullymadejaraid7015]

@@chrism7067, that's pretty alright, but the moment they stand up they will probably get knocked back down. It might be more worth your spell slots to use your full action to get some better healing onto someone before they eat dust. The best class for burst healing is the paladin because he's able to expend his entire pool of healing in one action.

[@chrism7067]

@@thewonderfullymadejaraid7015 true It really depends. I'll hold my action if needed until after the person next to them goes out right before their turn happens so I can heal and they can disengage or drink a potion. My characters are certainly not healers they just keep healing word as a "utility" spell lol

[@chaoticnote]

@@chrism7067 they used up all their potions in the previous episode

[@JaelinBezel]

I played the main healer my first character because I wanted to be support.

[@zenkdare1600]

Hot damn that was a good animation. Really like the new style you got going here for the narrator. Also, it was awesome seeing the conclusion of the frost goblin fight

[@davidtunin496]

Zee, you don't understand how much I need to hear the end of this story.

[@wcfd312]

I endorse this use of oil flasks and dead companions

[@erikkennedy8725]

An honorable and worthy death. The rogue’s player should get a little bonus on his next character.

[@donnythedingo]

Williem revived Daveh so he could bail on him. Nice.

[@bemshire]

I fucking love the use of him as a sliding meat shield.

[@superpheemy]

"Oh. So THAT'S what it does..." Good line, excellent voice pitch in delivery.

[@sploofmcsterra4786]

When your healer *runs away*

[@dannyboy5514]

Dude! I need to continue to hear about this epic game you’ve got going. DONT STOP.

[@noahmorris1015]

you thought it was a video about healing word... but it was me- D̶I̶O̶ DAVEH!!!!!

[@stripeybag6977]

If you were wondering why Healing Word would have saved them here is why. You see Healing Word is able to abuse the Action Economy because it's a bonus action so you can do a normal turn like move and attack, it's got a range of 60 ft so you can cast it from a safe distance, and it abuses 5e's dying state because in 5e there is no negative health so if a character gains any health they are able to resume action like normal even if it's something like I don't know a d4+spellcasting modifier. So yeah they could have simply cast this lvl 1 spell for pretty much free, revived William and escaped.

[@veng3r663]

My Level 1 spells normally only go up to 20 feet, that and I also do negative Health Points for the added realism...

[@megaman161]

I dunno, if the corpse of Sweet William wasn't there to soak up a few more javelins from the enemies beyond the fire I don't think Wades In Shadows would've made it with his 3 HP.

[@zorkman956]

The new "smoother" animation looks really great at 0:18 and 1:32 (maybe a little to fast to appreciate), but It seems a little awkward when used on the "speaker wizard." I think less frames, keeping mainly the key frames, is better for him, like how you had him originally. Make him stay still a bit with quick snaps of movement rather than slowly moving all the time.

[@datguy8805]

Zorkman95 hes moving too much, this is a jack and daxter 1 sort of issue

[@Madhatteriscool]

Actually pretty smart of him to slide the body down the path.

[@brycevo]

Good night, Sweet William

[@arcaniumdragon2444]

Wade's voice is great! Loved the "Oh, so that's what that does" and "Goodnight, Sweet William"

[@persephonesmee1720]

Loving the new animation! At times, it felt like there was a little bit too much motion for the sake of motion going on with Narrator (mainly around 0:27-0:35), but the campaign scenes look AMAZING. Great job!

[@bastionunitb7388]

That's one way to go out In a literal blaze of glory He sould be so lucky

[@Pokemon4WoT]

The idea about potion cigars is so cool that I'm disappointed I haven't seen them until this video.

[@redcenteno7150]

Press F for respects, Rip Sweet, sweet, William.

[@2nooby2idol90]

Lol this has got to be the best escape in D&D I’ve ever seen.

[@jeremiahlewis410]

Stories like this are why I play tabletop. No lie. They just ... I don't even know how to appropriately describe the emotion. They just stick in your mind decades later.

[@Barnicalsify]

An epic low level death. Stop making me want to buy things!

[@Atariese]

if you are going to die, die a legend. Lol on the healing word twist. But thanks for the update on the scenereo.

[@CloudyDaze]

The joke (to those who were not paying attention) was that Sweet William's death could've been avoided if they remembered they had enough spell slots to cast Healing Word

[@michaelginch9480]

Please continue the campaign journal, I think I speak for many when I say we we wanna know what happens next. also rip sweet willam

[@VixDen]

"Goodnight sweet William." I see what you did there

[@sebbychou]

"Nobody remembers Healing Word" is a nice takeaway from that Animated Spellbook

[@meganupchurch280]

*Played the only healer, as a bard, in a six person party* I never... ever... forgot healing word.

[@megaman161]

Our bard forgets Healing Word on occasion... But never forgets Shatter 😑

[@MrSpartanspud]

Fucking rip Sweet William. You could have slipped away but sacrificed yourself for your buds.

[@markuami]

Goodnight,Sweet William.

[@sadesemolu]

R.I.P. Sweet William. You will be missed.

[@witchBoi_Connor]

I like how realistic this is. I could imagine this happening to adventurers. Forgetting you have enough power to cast a spell, running first before trying to heal, etc. I could see these decisions being made naturally by the way you told the story.

[@linsproul3548]

it did happen. its in the campeign hes currently running

[@KazumiKiguma]

Scrolling through the comments, you're pretty far down and literally the first person who says they forgot they had enough power to cast the spell, everyone else has been "he forgot he had the spell". Thank you.

[@MacTruckBrickHouse]

you're telling me instead of healing word, a NEW player thought to throw his dead friends body through an opening to trigger reaction attacks (that I'm assuming they didn't know about) from multiple enemies while at the same time cremating his friend?..... What a legend

[@spencerhamilton2557]

No doubt about it.

[@EnsignEpic]

2 different players. Wades is the one who threw the body, not Daveh, who is the newer player who forgot that they had said spell.

[@tomfoolery2913]

At the point of the body being thrown he was fully dead I think

[@KazumiKiguma]

@@EnsignEpic Why do people keep saying "he forgot he had the spell"? He clearly says he forgot he had enough SPELL SLOTS to cast it. Spell Slots are basically MP/Mana/etc., a resource that limits the amount of spell casts you can do with different spells requiring a different amount and only restored (naturally) by a long rest. In other words, he thought he couldn't use it because of other stuff he'd done prior to going down using up spell slots, it's a matter of miscalculation. I'd guess one of the players went "Wait why didn't you just Healing Word on William?" and he said "I didn't have the spell slots left" and they went over all he'd done and realized he actually did.

[@joro8693]

Ugh that would suck to be sweet William now that I think about it. Like you risk your life saving your HEALER and he forgets to check for healing spells and instead of helping the guy who saved his life he just runs to save his own, I’d be annoyed on that kill. Luckily it seems like in zees games death happens a lot whereas if it was heavy story and you were attached to your character this would have been a lame way to go, wade did honor him at the end though which made the death a little better at least. Edit: Not to mention he gave the amulet to the creepy priest, but like Wade said I’m not mad, I’m just extremely pissed off and disappointed.

[@emmanuel8679]

Well yeah but Zee did say that Daveh's player is decently new, I'd still be frustrated but any character especially a caster is difficult to play for someone who is unfamiliar with the rules and the spells

[@bonbondurjdr6553]

@@emmanuel8679 And they always go for the spellcasters, don't they?

[@jedbex7070]

@@bonbondurjdr6553 Yep. We have a brand new player playing a life cleric. Never uses spiritual weapon or focuses on healing people. Doesnt know their abilities and attacks with their mace. We're level 11. Though we are trying to help them and they're learning.

[@wardedthorn6523]

@@jedbex7070 How brand new is an 11th level player?

[@jedbex7070]

@@wardedthorn6523 Our DM started a higher level campaign. Everyone had said they had been playing for years.

[@buttholethebarbarian8248]

I really appreciate the "Ode to Joy" as William's corpse slide

[@Femaiden]

almost seems to be a Die Hard reference. . .

[@mitkitty]

I made this mistake twice in my last campaign. The first time we were just kinda overwhelmed. Second time we all had dragon partners and i was told to focus on channeling Earthquake ti destroy a beholders shrine. Our sorcerers dragon partner ended up dying and she wouldnt leave me alone about it and acted as if i was the worst healer ever and had never done a good job at it, even though my character had been healing and rezzing the entire party fir two years at that point. Lesson being that combat people can fuck up all they want and get away with it, but if you're a healer no one will ever let you live down any mistakes. It sucks. Be nice to your healer, theyre doing their best

[@mitkitty]

@JoeRingo118 funny thing was, i was the best at crowd control in the party and ended up killing at least two bosses, one almost all alone (no small feat, since i was juggling stabilizing the others while attacking the boss.) Light clerics can be seriously badass

[@irpsicologiayeducaciongrup8251]

R.I.P Sweet William Great Rogue Great Friend Best Incendiary Decoy.

[@MerlinCross13]

I wish all my characters went out in such a bang.

[@cvhannes]

Holy crap the animation in this episode was freaking amazing

[@j.f.1639]

Tears are shed for Sweet William

[@LordThomasPassion]

"three dull thumps..." Welp...

[@FrenchiestSpy]

Goodnight Sweet William

[@elpaublo3420]

Goodnight, sweet William...

[@andrewjohnson6716]

..and may flights of Celestials sing you to your rest.

[@cyberwolfy37]

is sweet william some sort of obscure reference to halo? sweet william is a name of a cigar brand favored by sergeant major johnson. so the death of sweet william at the hand of a cigar is a bit too coincidental for me to ignore.

[@2add163]

I don't know if sweet william is a reference to halo or not but if it is dying from a cigar is such a funny coincidence.

[@davidbeauchemin1840]

Now I need to know.

[@ethansargent]

I really think we need more like this, cliff hangers from 'Unanimated' stories, and then when possible animated spellbook tie ins cause this was fantastic XD

[@stevenharper9108]

Truly, I hope William finds his way into another campaign. He died a hero, his sacrifice not in vain.

[@jinjinjinrou]

What if it returns as a ghost that appears in critical moments just to remind players of their healing word spell?

[@connorjohnson8590]

In a recent trap video by Zee, Wade reapears, and so does the frost goblin. I assume william's character took control of the goblin.

[@ericthedinosaur8802]

Goodnight sweet William

[@samus17]

I literally just noticed the freedom marker is the American flag I love little jokes like this

[@simonb.5624]

2:01 for those who didn't catch it

[@citan108]

I gotta say this is your best video so far. The animation, the action, the way you tell the story: it was just plain awesome.

[@StealthMarmot_]

RIP Sweet William.

[@destonnight5444]

Weither he healed him or not, this was a dramatic story. William went out with a blast *Good night, sweet William*

[@joeblazer3820]

“Good night, sweet William.”

[@GoofballPaul]

The way your head moves around on this episode is pretty uncanny, but the rest of the animation is a great leap from the other videos! :O

[@dantevitale5714]

Sucks to be dead. But I must say blowing up while riddled with spears to collapse a cave filled with frost goblins has to be the coolest most metal way to die/ have a viking funeral ever. I'd be giddy.

[@jamesmontney865]

+1 honor

[@shadowkat678]

The first pc death in one of my campaigns was when the pc Risk'o blew himself up to save his allies from bugbears. Definitely a memorable way to go.

[@emeraldlaneian]

Press f to pay respects to Sweet William. (I'm also very excited to find out what happens next in the campaign)

[@davidchristen8365]

f

[@irpsicologiayeducaciongrup8251]

F

[@angellightbringer4225]

I’m suppose to be asleep but your videos are worth staying up for

[@MazaAzi]

arn't we all

[@jezreelmartinez9800]

Indeed!

[@jkinney4678]

That is how an adventurer dies

[@arsenovadragonov]

*Hero

[@5OBMG]

Wait the black cigar switches health wick told him to use it on him he tried to trick them

[@syrusalder7795]

ok thats fucking genius

[@FuerstHardos]

he escaped them seven times already, stated in the first episode, of course he would trick them at every turn

[@oz_jones]

The kenku thief lied? Preposterous

[@5OBMG]

@@oz_jones I know what a twist

[@5OBMG]

@@FuerstHardos this comment was more just me realizing what he tried to do and stating it for people like I was who didn’t connect the dots

[@seeker296]

Imagine dying not because of anything in the game world, but because your meta-friend doesn't know what their in-character can or would do

[@geongsi6991]

OR, you could say that the PC (probably like the player) was in a panic and forgot. he who hasn't forgotten about an ability or spell, cast their stone lol

[@NopeJustPatrick]

The morals of the story, identify magical items and check your spell slots... Oh, and things happen in the heat of battle. No one's prefect.

[@KazumiKiguma]

I don't think they could identify them. He said there were more Dragonborn in the party in the previous Campaign Diary so one of them might have been able to, but Davae is likely a bard since all of his spells use the drum as a focus. Plus they had JUST gotten the cigars before going down there. I'm guessing they took a long rest up in the village and Davae forgot about his spell slots being restored.

[@NopeJustPatrick]

@@KazumiKiguma True enough, perhaps a more generalized moral of the story would be to always take identify if you're a caster...

[@meh12391]

Reminds me of the time our party Wizard, in an attempt to rescue me (the Bard) from a burning building (that I had set on fire), realized her strength wasn't high enough. Our Paladin (and primary healer (other than myself)) was nowhere near by. In an effort to make sure I wasn't shot by anymore crossbows to put me down for good, she decides to turn me invisible along with herself and runs out the building. Cue our Assimar fighter jumping in through the window, wings at the ready and... I'm nowhere to be found. That was the day I burned to death. Guess who forgot they had Healing Word in their repertoire?

[@EpicMidnite]

not to ruin your story, but wizards cannot cast healing word(unless multiclassed or magic initiate)

[@meh12391]

@@EpicMidnite Magic Initiate feat.

[@bastionunitb7388]

Oh no Feels bad man

[@KiloShank]

I like to think William took over playing as the goblin and made it all the way to level 20 taking down ancient dragons by chucking spears and being snuck through towns at night in bundles of cloth.

[@ryanflorian2047]

normally players never make it past level 4 understand you have to be killing CR12 monsters just to get at little over 400exp at level 19 per kill (a baby purple worm is CR12) a gob is 1/2 of a CR not even a full CR you stop getting exp at 7th level from them

[@thatpedanticcommenter5847]

That has got to be the best way to send off a dead ally: take on last bullet for the team and then go out in a blaze of glory and take out a ton of goblins with you!

[@FlameHashiraAries]

He might be a new player but he went out a legends death

[@zoroearc2582]

The Rebellion of Pinda Davae is a Dragonborn

[@CaptainSpycrab]

The Rebellion of Pinda No, Davae _was_ the new player, it's just he _wasn't_ the one who died.

[@Jebu911]

@The Rebellion of Pinda At least he didnt die in completely lame way.

[@kevinwlee1]

"Goodnight sweet Prince" Oh that had me cracked up

[@Reavermyst]

Just imagining the table. Just as they slide his body into the flames, "Oh shit.. I had a spell slot... I could've healed you dude..." RIP

[@eddiemate]

Reavermyst Dude was dead anyway, but yeah :(

[@researchinbreeder]

@@eddiemate I think healing spells work on incapacitated people. Rouge wasn't dead until he was used as a meat shield.

[@eddiemate]

researchinbreeder I think he was unconscious, though you’re right. OP was referring to during the flame slide.

[@researchinbreeder]

@@eddiemate fair enough

[@javierpatag3609]

Reavermyst I don't think Healing Word would have saved Sweet William. In fact, it would have doomed both William *and* Wades. The only reason Wades survived was because William unintentionally took all the hits for him. If William was back up thanks to Healing Word, he and Wades would be running as two separate targets. Healing Word wouldn't heal for much, Wades had 3 HP left, while the goblins- as seen from what did happen- dished out a lot of damage. So instead of just William getting all the damage, it would have been spread out to Wades as well and take him down too.

[@robertwinslade3104]

I would love to hear more from this campaign diary, maybe even another long-form episode like the first one; you've done such a good job of describing the characters and situations in which they find themselves that I now feel very invested in the story and can't wait to hear whether they will find a new adventuring companion and bring that crafty Kenku Wick to justice.

[@JaelinBezel]

Healing magic has to be the “Forgot about his powers” oopsiee with the most “oof”

[@weezact7]

I was gonna ask why the healer didn't even ATTEMPT to heal the rogue. lol. Nice bait and switch. Honestly, the use of Will's corpse as an improv fire bomb is pretty genius.

[@dynamicworlds1]

Spear catcher, improv fire bomb, and cremating a friend that they likely couldn't escape with and who likely would have been eaten had he been left behind. A very good move. Almost made up for the healer forgetting a spell slot

[@stabbyrogue]

I'm a multitasker, what can I say? /oowwww my insides and outsiiiiides/

[@MegaLoboXD]

"Oh... That what that does" **Dead**

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

My DM is going to use the cigar idea for a different thing we are working on . The ones we are going to have belong to the dragon born culture and let you spend 5 mins smoking to regain your breath weapon or gain a different breath weapon ontop of yours - warning breath sticks incorporated is not liable for any damage caused though use of our products . Using more then 1 a day may cause d4 damage . If your breath weapon lasts more then 4 hours please see a doctor .

[@bunedirbu]

It is maybe the tenth time i watch this. Everytime at "good night sweet William" i have tears in my eyes and thanks for beethoven, they remain still. Really beautiful voice and solid character presentation. Well done sir.

[@clericofchaos1]

damn, sounds like he made a better shield than rogue.

[@AllorNothingLA]

That was a beautiful end to dear sweet William, went out with a bang! 🤘💀🤘 *That shit right there is what D&D is all about*

[@tubebobwil]

Amen.