[Musical intro]
[intro]
[Spoken Word epic wizard voice]
Remember the good ole days, before Gygax lost the rights.
Basement nights, flickering lights, dice and chips, epic fights
[Verse 1]
Dice click, pencils scratch, Gary's Games, same old scene
DM's beard twitching ,rolling our fates, from behind his screen
Remember when it was just maps, and our brains, crafting epic tales
Now every kid with a phone plays D&D, wins on the rails?
[Build]
[Chorus]
Outcasts once, dungeon elite, manuals worn and thin
Strategized 'til sunrise, every crit an epic win
Now mainstream, dumbed down, for everyone to play
Advantage spam, crits like candy, takes the thrill away
[Drop]
[Increase Tempo]
[Verse 2]
"Natural one?" a newbie asks, “what does that mean?”
We rolled for stats, feared the three, a character's extremes
Standard Array now, fates pre-made, participation gold
We Fought mimics, mind flayers, a tarrasque, cones of cold!
[Bridge]
New blood's good, keeps it alive, but challenge's gone astray
Grit, strategy, vanished smoke, feels like a fluffy play
They line up to fight a litch, plot armor saves the day
[Bridge]
New blood's good, keeps it alive, but challenge's gone astray
Grit, strategy, vanished smoke, feels like a fluffy play
They line up to fight a litch, plot armor saves the day
[Chorus]
Outcasts once, dungeon elite, manuals worn and thin
Strategized 'til sunrise, every crit an epic win
Now mainstream, dumbed down, for everyone to play
Advantage spam, crits like candy, takes the thrill away
[Outro]
Maybe we're just getting old, I remember my first TPK
But hey, roll the dice, raise a glass, to the good old days