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

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.

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

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

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.

"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”!

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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.

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

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

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

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

"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)

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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

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.

Sounds like someone's casting Erratic Hammering

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

You have such high quality videos! I appreciate the effort and passion that goes into making these. I always look forward to seeing you post videos

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?

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

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 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!

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.

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

Thanks for putting all these in one video. I just sat through them again, but I love them! Cannot wait for part 5!!

Thank you so much for putting these videos out man. Your videos are always the highlight of my day. Can't wait for more!

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

Excited to see what happens in Episode 5! :D

This was such an amazing video!!! The amount of time this would've taken is insane, you should definitely be proud of what you've done here! I really enjoyed the story too... 10/10

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

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

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

One of my favourite animated series and youtube and definitely my favourite DnD series! Thanks for all the awesome content Zee!

YESSSSS i've listened to these four in succession so many times, thanks for putting it in one video!!!!

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

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

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

Incredibly excited to hear the fifth episode is coming soon! I’ve rewatched all the other episodes multiple times, and now it’s all in one place, which is fantastic!

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)

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

Thanks for compiling it all into one video, makes it very easy to watch

Im so happy to see the cold road return, I love your storytelling!

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

I'd like to hear more about the invisible dagger and blink arrow

"In preparation for Cold Road Episode 5 later this week" You've made me a very happy lady, Zee. I've loved this series and rewatched it a number of times and have been thinking about when there may be an episode 5. Thank you for this to make rewatching it easier as well!

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

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

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

Finally episode 5! Been praying for a year now! Love your work Zee! Keep it up!

Thank you Zee, the Cold Road is actually my favourite series of your videos, even higher than Animated Spellbook! Can't wait to see this campaign dairy through!

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

23:38 lmao this is dutch i can understand this.

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

This might be my favorite piece of D&D content, I watched the original videos a bunch of times already and I keep finding inspiration in them

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

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

I am so glad you're doing more of these!

Yes!!!! I have been waiting fpr episode 5 for sooo long!! Thank you :)

AHHHH EPISODE ON FRIDAY. I am hype!

This method of a campaign diary is one of the best I've ever seen. Did you stream the initial campaign on twitch? If the a way for us to see it?

I can't wait, Z thank you for all the wonderful videos you make. I watch ever one when they come out, many a few to many times

So excited. Love these. Like all your stuff but I like these the most.