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Vel Mini
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Bunny witch, she/her. Author of Fellowship, Panic at the Dojo, and Final Bid. Good at bunnying.
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It's been quite a while since I wrote anything for fellowship but this morning I had an idea and it felt like a perfect fit for The Cleric

I am gonna absolutely destroy D&D with Fellowship 3e
Two custom moves for The Cleric playbook for Fellowship 3e. Not Today Touch, Healing You won’t let anyone die on your watch. When you rush to the side of someone who has every one of their stats currently damaged, you can Heal them. When you use this to heal an enemy, Forge a Bond with them. Pantheon Slow There are more gods that grant power than the one you primarily serve. When you call upon another god from the Pantheon, mark that god, use their effect, then unmark another god. Three of them will be marked at all times. These are not Spells and cannot be restored as such. [ ] God of Blood: Touch, Weapon. If this deals damage, you Heal. [ ] God of the Craft: Useful. [ ] God of the Earth: Ask a question of the land or the trees, and they will answer with truth. [ ] God of the Harvest: Grant the Giant tag to a Food. [ ] God of Love: Touch. Forge a Bond with them.
October 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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And the ultimate conclusion to the Conditions Mechanic is the Chemist Minor Archetype, which equips concoctions that they use to change the battlefiend in a pinch.
Full Power Chemist Start (Your Turn): Choose two to Gain: Haz-Mat; -or- Smoke Bombs; -or- Napalm; -or- Quickstone; -or- Blast Mine. 4+ -or- 3 Basic Tokens: Creation Choose one: Gain Blast Mine; -or- Gain Napalm; -or- Gain Quickstone; -or- Gain Smoke Bombs. Once per Turn. Limited Chemist Start (Your Turn): Choose one to Gain: Haz-Mat; -or- Smoke Bombs; -or- Napalm; -or- Quickstone; -or- Blast Mine. 5+ -or- 4 Basic Tokens: Limited Creation Choose one: Gain Blast Mine; -or- Gain Napalm; -or- Gain Quickstone; -or- Gain Smoke Bombs. Once per Turn. Blast Mine When you gain Blast Mine: Target 1 Space (Range): Place a Trap, then Area (0-1 of that Trap): Deal 1 damage to each enemy. After you perform an Action: You may discard Blast Mine to Target 2 Spaces (Range): Place Traps. Haz-Mat Obstacles cannot give you Status Tokens or deal damage to you. Fog does not block your Sight or your Targeting. When you get Hit: You may discard Haz-Mat to reduce that damage by 2. Napalm When you gain Napalm: Target 2 Spaces (Range): Place Hazards. End (Any Turn): You may discard Napalm to Target 2 Spaces (Range): Place Hazards. Quickstone When you gain Quickstone: Target 1 Space (Range): Place a Wall, then Area (1 of that Wall): Give 2 Shield and Push 1 to each ally, then give 1 Slow to each enemy, then place Rubble into each space. Before a Force is applied to you: You may discard Quickstone to Target 2 Spaces (Range): Place Walls. Smoke Bombs When you gain Smoke Bombs: Place Fog into your space, then Move up to 3, then place Fog into your new space. Start (Any Turn): You may discard Smoke Bombs to place Fog into your space, then Move up to 3, then place Fog into your new space. Super Move: Gear Up Target 1 Ally (Range): You and that ally each gain Haz-Mat, Smoke Bombs, Napalm, Quickstone, and Blast Mine, in that order.
September 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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This comes to an absolute insane limit with the ability to make a Style with multiple modes you can switch between, like Mad. Mad Style pulls a weapon on your enemies, and can throw it away to deal extra damage in a pinch. Your Style Ability completely changes depending on the weapon you choose!
Mad Style Range: 1-2 Punk Aggro Action Phase (Your Turn): Choose one: Gain Club; -or- Gain Knife; -or- Gain Pistol. Club -or- Knife -or- Pistol: Weapon Throw Target 1 Enemy (Sight): Deal 2 damage, then apply a bonus effect based on which Condition was used to pay for Weapon Throw: Club: Push 3. Knife: Give 2 burn. Pistol: Target 1 Enemy (Range 1-3 of the first enemy): Deal 2 damage. Club You may increase any Force you apply by +1. After you Hit an enemy: You may Launch them 1. When you take damage: You may discard Club to reduce that damage by 2. Start (Your Turn): Discard Club. Knife Before you deal damage with an Action that Targeted enemies: Reduce all damage you will deal by 1, then each Targeted enemy must pay 1 HP. End (Each Turn): Each enemy you Hit this turn must pay 1 HP. Start (Your Turn): Discard Knife. Pistol You have +2 maximum Range. When you could Target an enemy (Once per Turn): You may Target an enemy within Sight, instead of the listed Range. Start (Your Turn): Discard Pistol.
September 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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But the common conditions are not the only use for the mechanic. This also gives me the ability to apply unique temporary buffs (or debuffs) to characters, giving extra flexibility to various Styles or Forms.
3+: Get In There! Target 1 Ally (Sight): They gain Going In. Once per turn. Cannot target the Active Character. Going In After each Dice Action performed by the active character: If you are not adjacent to any enemies: Target 1 Enemy (Sight): Lunge 2. If you are adjacent to any enemies: Area (Range 1-2): Deal 2 damage to each enemy, then discard Going In. When you become the Active Character: Discard Going In. 3+ / 5+ / 8+: Suppression Target 1 enemy (Range): Challenge and Disarm them. 5+: Area (0-3 of the target): Disarm each enemy. 8+: Then, give Suppressed to the initial target. Suppressed Your Unique Actions have the numeric value of their Costs and their Gates increased by 1. This does not affect Actions that Cost X or Actions that Cost a Condition. End (Your Turn): Discard Suppressed.
September 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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The biggest beneficiary is the Challenge mechanic. Challenges in 1e prevented you from targeting anyone other than your Challenger with an Action, which was obnoxiously restrictive.
Challenger You may have a maximum of 1 Mark at a time. When you Challenge an enemy: Gain Challenger and give them your Mark. That Mark is linked to this Challenger. When an effect tells you to Challenge an enemy while you already have your maximum Marks: Skip over the Challenge effect. When an enemy triggers your Mark: Lunge 1 towards them, then if they are within Range: give them 1 Burn. Then, if you have any Abilities that are applied when an enemy triggers your Mark: Apply each of those Abilities now. When no one in play has your Mark: Discard Challenger. When you discard Challenger: Each of your Marks discards Mark. Marked When you Target an enemy other than your Challenger: You Trigger this Mark. You trigger your Mark once per Target, so if you Target 3 enemies who are not your Challenger, you will trigger this Mark 3 times. End (Each Turn): If you Hit your Challenger this turn: Discard this Mark.
September 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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One of the most exciting new mechanics coming to Panic at the Dojo 2e are Conditions.

Conditions are temporary abilities that get attached to a character, and provide a constant effect while equipped. Several mechanics from 1e have been converted into Conditions, like Armor -> Dodge, and Shield.
Common Condition: Dodge When you are targeted by an Action: You may discard Dodge to Move 2, reduce any Damage that Action would deal to you by 1, and you do not gain any Status Tokens or Conditions from that Action. Dodge cannot avoid Abilities or Super Moves, and cannot avoid Actions that do not Target you (primarily, Area effects). When you gain Dodge while you already have Dodge: Teleport 3. Common Condition: Shield Shields have value between 1 and 6. They cannot go above 6. Shields have three Abilities - Block, Absorb, and Break. All of them are mandatory. Block - When you take damage while you have a Shield: Reduce that damage by 1 and reduce your Shield by 1. Absorb - When you gain Status Tokens while you have a Shield: Reduce the number of tokens gained by 1 and reduce your Shield by 1. If you gain multiple types of Status Tokens at once: you Absorb one of each, in an order of your choice. Break - When your Shield is reduced to zero: Discard your Shield. When you gain a Shield while you already have a Shield: Add their values together, to a maximum of 6.
September 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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The Alpha move is not necessarily more damage dealing. For example, the Demon Super Moves! Endless Despair is much simpler, but it deals no damage.

Dancing Mad is a high damage AoE super move, but it is more difficult to resolve, so it is the Delta move
Demon Super Moves Super Moves are unlocked starting at level 3. If Demon is one of your Archetypes, you may choose one of these as your Super Move: Endless Despair Target 1 Enemy (Range 1): Give them 3 Burn Tokens, 3 Frost Tokens, and 3 Slow Tokens. Then, you gain 3 Chaos Tokens. Dancing Mad Teleport 3, then Target 1 Enemy (Range 1-2): Deal 3 damage. Repeat until you Hit an enemy that was already Hit by this Dancing Mad, then you gain 4 Speed Tokens and Dancing Mad ends.
August 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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So with Panic at the Dojo 2e coming soon, its time to start posting... PREVIEWS!!! One of the new mechanics for the new edition is Super Moves, really powerful moves that can be used once per team per Round. They cost two numbers of 3 or higher to perform. I particularly like Teacher's Super Moves:
Teacher Super Moves Super Moves are unlocked starting at level 3. If Teacher is one of your Archetypes, you may choose one of these as your Super Move: Expulsion Target 1 Enemy (Range 1-2): Deal 4 damage and Push 20. Elder’s Zen Add 7 5 3 to your Action Pool. Then, perform one Unique Action you know from any of your Stances, without paying its Cost. This cannot be an X Action or an XYZ Action, and you will not pass through any of that Action’s Gates.
August 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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I made a bunch of pixel art today so the various Archetypes in Panic at the Dojo can have a nice, easy to read chart showing you how they compare to one another in Strength, Defense, Mobility, and Utility, as well as their overall complexity.

I love making things like this, it feels so cool.
A chart that shows all 13 Archetypes in Panic at the Dojo, with a variety of information to give you a feel for how they play. Angel: Ruinous Guard. Complexity: 3 Stars. Strength: 1. Defense: 3. Mobility: 4. Utility: 4. Cavalry: Support Mobility. Complexity: 2 Stars. Strength: 2. Defense: 4. Mobility: 5. Utility: 2. Cyborg: Preparation Aggro. Complexity: 2 Stars. Strength: 4. Defense: 3. Mobility: 3. Utility: 3. Demon: Ruinous Mobility. Complexity: 2 Stars. Strength: 4. Defense: 2. Mobility: 5. Utility: 2. Flametongue: Ruinous Aggro. Complexity: 2 Stars. Strength: 5. Defense: 2. Mobility: 3. Utility: 3. Gunslinger: Aggro Zoning. Complexity: 1 Star. Strength: 5. Defense: 3. Mobility: 3. Utility: 1. Phantom: Ruinous Zoning. Complexity: 3 Stars. Strength: 1. Defense: 3. Mobility: 4. Utility: 4. Punk: Desperation Aggro. Complexity: 1 Star. Strength: 5. Defense: 3. Mobility: 2. Utility: 2. Teacher: Preparation Support. Complexity: 2 Stars. Strength: 1. Defense: 4. Mobility: 2. Utility: 5. Trickster: Ruinous Preparation. Complexity: 3 Stars. Strength: 0. Defense: 4. Mobility: 4. Utility: 5. Underdog: Desperation Preparation. Complexity: 3 Stars. Strength: 2. Defense: 2. Mobility: 3. Luck: 5+. Wardancer: Mobility Preparation. Complexity: 1 Star. Strength: 4. Defense: 2. Mobility: 5. Utility: 1. Winterblossom: Zoning Guard. Complexity: 2 Stars. Strength: 4. Defense: 4. Mobility: 1. Utility: 3.
August 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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I am getting so much work done on Panic at the Dojo today, but Charlotte has decided it is break time.
My pet cat Charlotte is sitting on my lap, blocking my keyboard tray from being pulled out.
July 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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I'm so freaking good at writing tabletop games
excerpt from Panic at the Dojo 2e that says: Level 1: Attitude Problem. You gain a second Attitude. Level 5: Attitude Solution You gain a third Attitude.
June 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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If you saw that last post: no you didn't, that's not the energy I want to put into the world.

Anyway for no reason in particular I was reminded recently that I wrote some D&D Fellowship playbooks for 3rd edition and this is a neat thing the Fighter playbook can do.
□Brawler Core, Optional, Spells You fight with your fists, and your weapon tags come from your various fighting stances. Replace the Reach tag on Armed to the Teeth with Touch. Your adaptability and endurance is unmatched. When you mark the last of your Combat Tricks, unmark two of your other Combat Tricks. Also, gain this Combat Trick: Grapple: Touch. Equip an enemy you can grab as one of your Armed to the Teeth weapons, with the tags Reach and Fragile. When they would ‘break’, they instead break free of your grasp.
June 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Writing games is so freaking fun. I love writing panic, I love writing fellowship. I just need to be careful to pace myself, I don't want more burnout, but. I get to write absolutely ridiculous things
Gambling Style Underdog Preparation Range: 1-1d4 When you enter Gambling Style, roll 1d4. The result is your maximum range until you enter another stance. After you roll your Action Dice, and after each Action or Ability you perform that included a Dice roll in its effect: you gain 1 Basic token of your choice. 6 Basic Tokens or HP: All In! All in! can only be paid for by paying 3 of the following costs: 2 HP, 2 Iron, 2 Heart, 2 Power, or 2 Speed. Roll 1d6 and add the result to your Action Pool. If you roll a 2, you also heal 2. If you roll a 1, you also gain 1 of each basic token. Once per Turn. 5+: Lucky Blow Target an enemy within range. Deal 1d4 damage to them, then Launch them X spaces. X is equal to 5 minus the damage number rolled. Once per turn.
June 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Tarot 9 of Swords. The art depicts a man crying in front of a wall with 9 swords hung up on it, implying he regrets having so many swords
June 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Also some pictures of my cat Charlotte, she helps me write by sitting on my lap and sometimes helping press keys on the keyboard
Charlotte, a fuzzy Grey longhair cat, enjoying a sunny window with a dour look on her face Charlotte, a longhair Grey cat, sitting on my lap and looking up at me with bright yellow eyes Charlotte, a longhair grey cat, looking up at me from inside of a worn out cardboard box
May 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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This is the second notebook I've totally filled up while writing panic at the dojo second edition. These 4 pages are all that is left blank.
A 120 page pocket journal, splayed to show 4 empty pages and also show writing on the pages before them and the pages after them.
May 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Cyborg bunny witch
Explain your gender in 10 words or less without using boring words like male, female, non binary, masculine, feminine, or androgynous.
April 22, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Panic at the Dojo second edition is gonna go hard
Stooge Bleed Stooges are "Bleeding" when exactly one Stooge is in play. When you Bleed, you become important. Tell us your name and what you fight for. You are now a Warrior, not a Stooge. Set your current HP to twice the Bleed Value.
February 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Also I'm sure folks would be interested in seeing my ttrpg collection so I took a picture of that shelf specifically.
A ttrpg book shelf containing: Apocalypse World, Beam Saber, Breakfast Cult and it's expansions, Costume Fairy Adventures, Fiasco, FATE Accelerated, Grim World, Hack The Planet, Hard Wired Island, Legacy, Monster Care Squad, Nobilis, Retrocausality, Sprawl, Strike, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, Through The Breach, Voidheart Symphony, Worlds In Peril, World Wide Wrestling RPG, The Ultimate Character Backstory Guide, and many thinner unknown books or sequels/expansions for the above books.
January 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Like 3 months ago I got a cheap bookshelf from Walmart so I'd have room for all my books. Last week it split in half.

Just finished building a nice metal bookshelf. It was more expensive, but far easier to assemble and much much sturdier. I will be shocked if this one breaks.
Newly built black metal bookshelf, loaded with books. The top three shelves are manga and graphic novels, mostly yuri. The bottom shelf is ttrpg books. The shelf above the ttrpg shelf contains various books on witchcraft, crafts, and art.
January 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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I forgot to alt text that, shoot. Again with text:
Dungeons at the Dragons 4e dnd via the panic at the dojo engine On your turn in combat, roll 1d10 1d8 1d6 Spend numbers on actions during your turn All actions are only usable once per turn, even basic actions Characters are made by combining 4 elements: your Power Source (arcane, beast, etc) Your Role (assault, defense, leader, saboteur) Your Weapon (sword and Shield, wand, bow, etc) Your Class (aristocrat, farmer, Rogue, etc)
December 26, 2024 at 4:13 AM
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I always get so many ideas for new games when I go on vacation, my mind cannot help it

Anyway I saw some discussion on what made 4e DnD so good and yanno? I could do that
December 26, 2024 at 4:08 AM
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It is a St Nick's Day tradition in my family to give each other one christmas gift early, because it's fun and we are impatient

Both me and my wife knocked it out of the fucking park with this year's st nick gifts. She installed a custom built keyboard undertray in my desk while I was at work!!
Undertray for a keyboard, custom built into my desk The same undertray, tucked in under my desk. The wood matches the color of my pink desk!
December 9, 2024 at 10:56 PM
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Beauty!!!
November 15, 2024 at 10:58 PM
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I'm gonna need to work on the formatting but: Gattai!!!! basic mecha stats are now a thing. Modules get slapped on top of this to create a proper war machine.
Standard Mech (Zack) A mecha with no modules has these stats. 3 Ammo, 3 Fuel, 3 Scrap per round. Weapon HP: 4 Mobility HP: 4 Support HP: 4 Main Gun: Rifle. Range 0-1. Type: Energy or Ballistic. Effect: None. Mobility during your turn: 1 Move, 1 Deflect, 1 Dodge. Mobility off-turn: 0 Moves, 1 Deflect, 0 Dodges. Repair per turn: 2
November 5, 2024 at 8:29 PM