D&D & ABC

There is power in words,
just ask anyone who plays a healer class;
words can revive the dying
and help the party survive
even as the system seeks to grind them down,
as the fighters roar their rage
and the casters create destruction
from but a few syllables.
As for the players themselves
a few words can convey their tale
make you feel the pressure
join in the joys and sorrow
and have empathy for the epic.
Whether the words are wielded
as weapons to blast the goblins
or as shields to heal the ailing
or to simply state the barbarian rushes in
they all have a power and force
that you have to hear to believe
that pictures alone cannot convey.
Woe betide any who face the bard
or someone who is a budding bard
as the words there are set to kill
or at the very least thrill,
never mind the Dungeon Master
themselves uses words
to set the scene
describe every surrounding
detail each death
and sum up the story so far.
So just remember the capability of language
as there is power in words,
even against sticks and stones
a thick dictionary does not go amiss.