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* The unusual example of hurting yourself by speaking: The ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' supplement ''Book of Vile Darkness'' contains "dark speech" - a language so vile, it is impossible to actually communicate with it; with proper preparation you can tie it into magical effects but trying to just straight utter the words would make your mouth bleed. Also in the ''Book of Vile Darkness'' was a quiver that created arrows for you every time you lied.
** In the Fourth Edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', bards have an at-will "spell" called Vicious Mockery, which inflicts damage and status effects. Some bard players will use insult generators every time they use this attack.
** An article in [[Dragon (magazine)|''Dragon'' magazine]] in the early 1980s described an ability called "Diarmuid's Last Jest", which was something like a "final strike" ability for bards (and an unofficial bard subclass called the Jester). It was similar to [[Monty Python]]'s "Killer Joke", only it killed the teller as well as all the listeners. [[Fridge Logic|How a character ''learned'' the Last Jest without him and his teacher dying was never explained.]]
* ''[[Pathfinder]]'' has the "Blistering Invective" spell, with which your rants can actually [[Incendiary Exponent|''set people on fire!'']]
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