12 Rounds of Balrog
Words by Scott Rosenberg
TTTO The 12 Days of Christmas

When we first met the Balrog, our Magic-Users cast
						a volley of fireballs.
In the second melee round, the Balrog didn't flinch from
						two lightning bolts and
In the third melee round, we tried to stomp it out with
						three polymorphs,
In the fourth round of fighting, our wizards conjured up
						four elementals,
In the fifth melee round, the Balrog didn't run from
						five vorpal blades,
After six melee rounds, our thieves hit from behind with
						six poison daggers,
In the seventh melee round, the Balrog did receive
						seven flesh-to-stones,
By the eighth melee round, we began to despair, but cast
						eight teleports,
In the ninth melee round, the dwarves didn't hit with
						nine hammers plus-three,
In the tenth melee round, our clerics did their best with
						ten deathly fingers,
The eleventh melee round found us failing to succeed with
						eleven power-word: kills,

In the twelfth melee round, scattered on the field were
		twelve dead wizards,
		eleven thieves in shadows,
		ten lords a-running,
		nine clerics recalled,
		eight vanished elves,
		seven burrowing dwarves,
		six hobbits hiding
		--five seconds late!--
		four hirelings bleeding,
		three calls to god,
		two dying gasps,
		and a Balrog smiling with glee.

After each of the first lines is a continuation, sung just as
if it were part of the line. Follow this with the continuations of
all the previous lines, in order, going up towards a volley of fire-
balls. After the eleventh line is thus completed, the twelfth line
and continuations are sung, in downward order to the smiling Balrog.