Ballad of the Nat 20 Bard

Stepped through the creaking tavern door

Dust on my boots

Ink on my sleeve

Table of heroes

Maps on the floor

"Play us your tale

Then maybe we'll leave"

They laughed at my patched-up cloak

At my lute held together by string and hope

Dealer of danger flips one joke

"Roll for your song

Or you hang from that rope"

Nat 20 for the bard tonight

Every word hits sharp and bright

Turn their fear into firelight

Sing it loud

They believe the lie

Dice come down and the stars align

One good verse and the world is mine

Nat 20 for the bard tonight

Nat 20

And the tale survives

I sing of a dragon that never was

Treasures I borrowed from other men’s dreams

Heroes who lived just because I paused

And painted their names in shimmering schemes

Their eyes go wide at every twist

Tankard half-raised

They forget to drink

The hangman laughs

Slams down his fist

"Let the lad live

I like how he thinks"

Nat 20 for the bard tonight

Every word hits sharp and bright

Turn their fear into firelight

Sing it loud

They believe the lie

Dice come down and the stars align

One good verse and the world is mine

Nat 20 for the bard tonight

Nat 20

And the tale survives

I don’t wear steel

I don’t cast flame (oh yeah)

I sharpen stories

I bend their shame

When fate feels fixed

When hope runs thin

I roll my charm and I reel them in

Nat 20 for the bard tonight

Every word hits sharp and bright

Turn their fear into firelight

Sing it loud

They believe the lie

Dice come down and the stars align

One good verse and the world is mine

Nat 20 for the bard tonight

Nat 20

And we all survive