0:36 Or like if you're a druid and you take 363 points of damage jumping from a cliff

This episode in a nutshell. “Sorry”

“But it’s deeply personal and meaningful..” “Now it’s a prop” what a mood

..I was expecting Talisen to talk about this.

I think it should've been clarified that taking damage while unconscious makes you fail a death saving roll.

That jab about molly was cruel

I kinda hoped they would clarify an often overlooked part of death saving throws. According to PHB, you roll at the START of your turn, so if you roll that sweet natural 20, you can still take your turn! Spend your action to chug that emergency healing potion in your pocket, and see if you can move away.

Never underestimate *Spare the Dying*, especially at low levels. A Grave Domain cleric is always a big bonus since they can cast it as a bonus action and at range.

i guess raise dead isnt good enough to be included

Marisha should get the entire handbook tattooed on her. I know it’d be a huge investment, but I’m sure you could save money on graphics in the long run 👍🏼

BUt they didn't explain the most important and confusing thing for new players which is taking hits when you are unconcious...they didn't explain either that taking any healing brings you back up...it feels quite incomplete even though the title is about death saving throws they talked about "death" in general

That end graphic though ;~;

Class: Paladin - Aura of Protection "Starting at 6th level, whenever you or a friendly creature within 10 feet of you must make a saving throw, the creature gains a bonus to the saving throw equal to your Charisma modifier (with a minimum bonus of +1)." This bonus is not restricted to ability score saving throws and affects every type of saving throw (including death saving throws).

I wish you covered how death saves work when enemies attack you while unconscious, aka the only confusing part about death saves

You forgot Spare the Dying. Cantrip that stabilizes anyone with a touch

Feels like instead of explaining the spells to come back. A section on what happens when your down and take damage was needed , how if you don't die outright you go to 0 with most effects ending, and a section on any magic heals not only auto gets you up but you get the full effects of the magical healing. Coming into 5e for the 1st time a lot of people get those three confused as it's very different from 3.5.

Be careful if you haven't seen campaign 2 episode 26 because there is half of a major spoiler

you forgot to mention the cleric spell "spare the dying" if successful you stabilize your party member.

you're so good at this dani!! love it

Sometimes you die a lot

I love the subtle Molly graphic there at the end. I love these vids and have shipped the link to them to at least three DM's that I know personally to help them explain to their non player family just what goes on.

You forgot "Raise Dead", the other 5th level spell that can bring back the dead. After all, Reincarnate is Druid only(though IMO it should also be added for Nature Clerics and Oath of the Ancients Paladins)

Character death done right is one of my favorite aspects to dnd 5e.

I may have missed it, but did you cover whether there are ways (any ways) to gain advantage on death saving throws? I know there are not, but I have clever players to deal with. Thanks!

I know death saves backwards and forwards but listen I was so so excited to see Dani (unexpectedly) that I just.... I mean come on I had to watch this she's a blessing

When you ask the DM how much damage you take and he just hands you a blank character sheet

one, you missed Raise Dead (5th level Cleric spell), and two... great episode! (love the Marisha "cameo")

I love this series and love the eyes of Dani.

The little "Ding" in the jingle has me dying every time X'D

That shot at the end made me chuckle, in spite of myself.

Congratulations Marisha! You really played you part beautifully.

"Sorry"

Fairly big miss on "Raise Dead" by far the most traditional and often cast of all the bring you back to life spells. :) Odd you would have reincarnate which I would have included as an extra as it does not bring you back to life but puts your soul in a different body.

Love Dani, but with Joe Manganiello starting his own clothing line 'Death Saves' and having been on Critical Role, I think there was a missed opportunity.

2:52 ok, I was totally not expecting for that. THANK YOU.

RIP Mollymauk

I know you guys filmed a bunch of these all at once so any feedback we give can't actually be implemented until the next set of episodes are filmed, but I'm going to state again the same thing I've said in another video. This show has a TON of promise and isn't a bad show by any definition, but you're falling into a really common trap that most new trainers fall into: You're forgetting the people you're training/teaching could possibly have 0 knowledge of the medium and you're forgetting to mention things that even casual players learn pretty quickly, but brand new players would be completely unaware of. For example, as has been pointed out, your explanation of insta-death due to damage was poorly worded to make it sound like if a single hit takes you to your negative current HP, you die. That would mean a cleric with 1 HP could be insta-killed by an attack that does 2 HP of damage. The actual rule is a single attack that takes you to your negative Maximum HP, which is significantly harder to happen. Another example is you didn't explain what happens when you drop unconscious again in the same battle or in another battle before you get a short rest. This is extremely common for low level parties, so mentioning that getting healed or stabilizing resets your death saves would make sense, or even just saying every time you start rolling death saves again after not having to roll them is a brand new set of 3 saves vs 3 losses. Another thing you missed is death saves happen at the beginning of your turn, not the end, so in the case that you roll a nat 20, not only do you get 1 HP and are conscious, but you get to take your turn that round, something a lot of players (And DMs) are not aware of but makes a HUGE difference in the game. As someone who's designed numerous training plans for everything from teaching a new DM to teaching the entire staff of a multi-million dollar store a brand new service, I can speak from experience when I say your own knowledge of the subject can hurt your potential trainees. It's extremely hard to do, but in a situation like this where your target audience is brand new players, you have to get into the mindset of someone who knows absolutely nothing about the subject. My training tip for that is "Begin at the Beginning" and it means just that. Start at the extreme beginning. If I'm training someone on how to use a computer, I don't start with how to use the mouse and keyboard. I start with how to turn on the computer. Again, most people do that without thinking because they are familiar with computers, but for someone with literally zero knowledge of computers (and they do exist, trust me on this....) you really do have to tell them where the power button is, how to make sure it's plugged in, that the master power switch on the power supply is in the "on" position. Without that very basic information, the rest of the info you're giving is a complete waste of time. Again, I really like the idea behind this and think, with your reach, your knowledge of the game, and the tools you have that most youtubers don't have, you guys can make a HUGE impact on the D&D community (and Tabletop RPG community as a whole), but you've got to step out of your own heads and approach every subject from a completely new players perspective. That's a lot easier said than done, but until you do you're going to confuse people more than educate, and that can turn people off more quickly than anything else.

Props to the ppl who came up with idea to show those Spells and their casting level. Very smart and neat.

I would like “And now it’s a prop” to become a recurring thing

gotta say those "Sorry" were pretty adorable xD

Raise dead is also 5th level and works the same as Reincarnate exept it has the tradeoff of costing 500gp less in exchange for needing the original body. To recap: Reincarnate: costs diamonds worth 1000gp, can only bring back those killed within 10 days, you only need a part of a body and the spell creates a new body. Raise Dead: costs diamonds worth 500gp, still can only bring back those killed within the past 10 days, but you need the original body (with vital organs attached! You can't bring someone back who is missing a head lol!) Both can be used as 5th level spells, but the situations surrounding the PC's death (and your party's current funds) might play into which spell you ultimately use

At 0:44 when you're describing instant death, why would the ranger die at 36 damage and 18 HP, but not 30 damage and 18 HP? Doesn't the damage still exceed their HP?

I want her dress omg she looks amazing in it!

Thank you so much! this was very helpful 👍

What happened to Sam's "ding" at the end of the song?

They should have Dani be a guest one day. She does a lot of stuff for the show, it seems.

Giving us some of the spell names to resurrect was a nice touch.

You may want to re-release this with a clarification. You do NOT die instantly if you take damage equal to twice your current HP like was suggested in this video, you die if the damage exceeding 0 is equal to or higher than your MAX HP. The example in the PHB is a cleric with 12 max hp and currently at half health dies instantly at 18 damage but is unconscious at 17 damage.

This has probably been asked and answered somewhere before, but I wonder what kind of character Dani would play?

thanks very helpfull and well resumed

Oh my god thank you. This was so helpful 😅

You only die if the extra damage is more than your Max Hp, not current hp. How was Raise Dead not mentioned? I feel like that's the most used resurrection spell.

Question: is the automatic death calculation from your starting max hitpoints or hitpoints remaining? So if you start with 18 hit points but get knocked down to 2 then you suffer 5 more hitpoints is that automatic death or would you need to take 20 points of damage?

Hello thanks for explaining death saving throws. As a new DM am still learning so i do have a questions i hope you can help explain. My party was in combat and one reached 0hp so he started his death saving throw. The rest of the party managed to kill the monster and now they were out of combat. what happens to the fallen party member that was on his second try for death saving throw ? Does he regain back to 1hp automatically? Or does he still continue with his remaining death saving thrown? Thank you in advance.

Where can i listen to that awesome background music`?

Dani is great as always in this, and Marisha's tattoo as a prop is hilarious!

Ha! Good pick for this week, I've been wondering about these throws for a while now. And now I get Marisha's tattoo!

Should also mention that anytime you take damage while unconscious you fail a death saving throw. That plus a lot of attacks being automatic critical hits on prone targets is a nasty combination.

Ahhhhhhh, the Molly feels!!!

these are very helpful one of my main questions is how does the dynamics of swapping weapons during combat work? from a bow to a sword --- or sword to bow etc

I love that Dani talked about this topic. It made it light and hopeful and nothing to be sad about. And of course, Marisha's cameo was 100% needed, you get a tattoo of something we're gonna exploit it as much as we can ;P

It would be helpfull to also explain what happens whan you take a hit after you drop to 0 hit points

Is there also a rule like if you get under 0 with necrotic damage that mean instant death? I thought it was what happened with the raven queen trap

Start video: Dani is killin it! Drag Marisha in, "Now you're a prop!" fuckin LOL!

This is so helpful.

Just curious, why did you not mention Raise Dead? It is a revival spell that can also be cast as a 5th level spell, it just sounds slightly ominous.

so i have a ranger with 30 HP he takes 40 hp of damage.. what do i write down -10 or just zero. if i then take another 35 hp of damage on the next turn am i now dead-dead or still at zero and rolling. if I am at negative 10 and my healer heals me for 8 am i at negative 2 am i now at 0 or am i at 8HP

5th level spell, Raise Dead also does the job and is far cheaper then above spells !

This was pretty short so it would make sense for it to be a bit more comprehensive. The rules for taking damage whilst unconscious (and what constitutes 1 or 2 deaths saves in those situations) would've been an easy addition. That said, still great content and covers the basics pretty well. I do think if I showed someone this who didn't know the game that well they would still ask "what happens to that extra damage below 0 though". Yes that was explained in the thing but for someone who doesn't know how any of it works, it could still come up as a point of confusion. Incidentally that information could've easily been rolled into an explanation on taking damage after you go unconscious, now that I think about it. Ahh well.

Should’ve gotten Joe Manginello to do this one.

Dani's episode is by far the most interesting

Oh man, this one made me laugh out loud.

Ugh I'm still confused lol so if my total hp is 45 but I've been hurt in battle and now at 17 hp. If I get hit by another move that's say 30 damage did I die or am I rolling death saving throws. Also if I get hit by a attack for 46 damage at 17 hp did I die then?

"ding!" I love that.

So theoretically... Molly could still come back!

Mentioning Molly's death will never not be too soon. :P

Dani is the cutest!!! This was the most fun one so far!

EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CLERIC, BUY A GODDAMN HEALER'S KIT!

That joke was a stab at Molly at the very end.... Reroll, with blood

How did we miss Raise Dead?

I just finished a 5 hours session where our party of three (at level 2) versed 15 goblins, 4 hob goblins, and 1 wizard. The half-elven druid and I (half-orc fighter) had the same initiative and when there was 1 Hobgoblin, 3 goblins and the wizard remaining we were surrounded and our rouge was no where to be seen. The druid went down first and had 1 success one failed death saving throw, and then I failed a throw. Our rouge then went into the thick of it and was dropped to 2 hit points, after being on full health the whole fight (he is very squishy). The druid and I decided to take our next saving throws together so at the same time we rolled... AND WE BOTH GOT NATURAL ONES!!!!!

Great episode, however, can the audio engineer try and fix sibilance issues in future episodes? my ears would appreciate that :D

The double "Sorry" was the best part. Was failing additional saves due to damage or stablizing resetting death saves to tangential to mention?

I wonder if Caleb is ever thinking about trying to resurrect Molly…

What happens ehen you take damage while unconscious?

I have a question Let's say someone rolls 3 successful saves and is just unconscious, but the battle is still going on and they get hit by something, what happens? They don't lose a save because they already succeeded right? So do they die?

What do you need to roll to succeed a death saving throw? Is the DC always 10 or is it based on the characters constitution?

What does Marisha's triangle tattoo mean? It looks like the pagan symbol for air, but slightly different.

I'm surprised that you guys forgot the spell "Raise Dead". It's arguably going to be your go-to resurrection spell.

Help me if the Ranger has 18 Hp and get hit 30 how do he/she only fall unconsions

Forgot to mention that creatures can make a attack at you while unconcious at advantage and critical hit you making you fail 2 safes. For my homebrew: You only fail 1 safe and the dex/shield bonus doesnt count to your AC when unconscious I also use it rarely.

RIP Molly in the background

The molly joke hits different now

There's also raise dead right?

You missed Raise Dead 5th level spell but this is a good video going to share with my players :D

Amazing as always Dani! You should do hit dice next

Could anyone confirm the rules about death saving throws outside combat. Do you still have to make them? And what are the possible consequences if your party can't get to you to heal you. For example if they are restrained or if your character falls into a trap.

Missed important info about death saving throws ( see comments ) . Also . Focused a bit on reviving characters . But also missed some of the options ( also see comments ) .

Forgot to mention that if anyone heals you for any amount of health once you are unconscious, if you stabilize at all, or if someone uses a healer’s kit to do so all of your death saving throw successes and failures reset.

I need that "Eups" sound at 1:56 as a notification sound thanks.