Panic at the Dojo

Is the creator okay? The radio silence is a little concerning. 

Hey, I'm interested in eventually getting this game but I'm mainly waiting for the big update before I get it. Is there any update on that front? I remember being recommended this system in a video I watched and I look forward to reading and running it.

Page 25 of the Patch'd Up PDF under Edges Rework states:

"When you enter a Pit from Forced Movement, however, that push or pull immediately ends, then you take 2 Fall damage. If a Pit is placed directly under you, you take 2 Fall damage. Fall damage cannot be reduced or prevented by any means."

And then page 26 under Armor Rework states:

"Armor is a once per turn, automatic block. The first time each turn that you take damage, if you have Armor, reduce that damage by 3. This can apply to any type of damage, including Fall damage, burning token damage, Super Move damage, or damage dealt by a Trap."

Does this (potentially) conflicting information mean that:

1) The Fall damage from Pits specifically cannot be reduced.

2) Fall damage cannot be reduced.

3) Fall damage cannot be reduced except by Armor.

Is there a rough timeline on when the "Patch'd Up" changes will be edited into the main PDF? I'm interested in the game but trying to parse the main book with the separate errata document seems potentially messy.

Question, I noticed some of the archetype's styles were cut off to where I can only see their names, is that a mistake or an issue with my PDF reader of choice, in which case I use Adobe Acrobat Reader. This info btw I'm bringing up is from the patched up version. Also does blaster form no longer provide a range increase outside of amplify?

Edit: Does Flashy style still provide its passive of combining two rolls together or was that removed?

Odd question and figured I'd ask while it was still on my mind, I saw the document note that you can make copies you have perform an action you initiate, but does that mean the copy inherits your current range to perform said action, or can a copy only perform that action while within your current range?

For example, if I initiated the "Now You See Me..." ability from Phantom and had a copy range 4 away from me, would that copy actually be able to use the ability? If so, would it be able to do so within range 3 of itself, or just within range 3 of me?

Question about Wild Form and Ten Thousand Style, when it says add action dice, it shows the number on the die. Is it saying add the die itself meaning you roll those dice again, or does it add the number of that die to your action dice pool?

I recently found out about this game and it sounds super interesting! Is it better to purchase through this site or DTRPG? Also, do we have to manually keep track of what the patch updates change in the corebook, or does it implement in the PDF?

I might be stupid but how do we get the patchd up version?

Will there be a Character Sheet available soon?

Hiya! It says the game is available for print through DTRPG, but it only looks like the PDF is available? Any chance a second print run will happen?

How does the Bleeding style interact with multiple health bars? By the strictest interpretation, a solo boss who's reduced to 0 hit points while in Bleeding style would lose immediately, with no regard for remaining health bar, but the other interpretation I can think of, that the ability doesn't activate until you're on your last health bar, means it doesn't benefit a solo boss at all and is proportionally weaker the more health bars the character has.

I bought the game on Drivethrough yesterday and i noticed a big problem for me. It seems that the action dice section of the forms uses only images, which makes the product unplayable for a blind gamer such as myself.

can an edit be made in the near future to make theese sections accessible; 

First of all; love the game. It's the most engaging combat system I've ever met.

Now the questions:
1. I was reading through the errata and noticed Halcyon style doesn't specify the category of tokens it can remove and can target "someone". Does this mean I can target an enemy and remove their rare tokens?

2. The new Singing Style's ability doesn't specify the range- it just says "all enemies". Given that you've done a lot of errata to add ranges other places this seems odd. Was that deliberate (and means what it says- i.e. "screw everybody on the other team") or an omission?

Very cool system, I'm eager to get to experience it in action when I get the chance - one question, though: if an ability or action says "heal x", it means healing the actual value of x, not multiplied by heal value, right? For example, the Angel focused and fused abilities, or Dance form's Try and Keep Up.

Great game. Not sure if you've answered this somewhere below, but what happens when actions conflict? For instance -- an enemy has declared an action, but I have a Speed Token and I want to spend it. How do we know who gets to go first? Is it just whoever blurted out their idea first?

I know there is a fan made character sheet going around but is there any plans for making an official character sheet or a vtt add on?

Fantastic system. Veteran DM in 5e, BREAK!!, and Witcher TRPG, and this is probably the best combat system I've run so far. 

When will the main PDF be updated to include the rule changes in the Errata? It still shows a Last Edited date of 2021 (on Itch Download page).

Hi! I just ran this system with my friends for the first time yesterday and it was a lot of fun for us all. I just have a small question that came up yesterday:

If I was to spend more than one Power Token (via Power Form) on a move that pushes an enemy back, do they get pushed back more spaces for each Power Token being spent, or do they only get pushed one space total?

Thanks, and looking forward to the update!

I made my purchase using drivethrurpg, will I be able to get an updated copy; when the errata comes out?

hello there how can I know when the errata is going to happen ?

Hello! I am excited about the updates, I have ran this game a few times in the past. Had a lot of fun, 

There is one thing I am still a bit confused about in the book. On page 25, it says "There's two main ways to decide on the terrain of a battlefield. The first is Free-form." but the section never says what the other one is. Although I have always assumed the other options is just that the players don't get to add extra obstacles to the map.

Tested the game with a couple of friends, did a couple of quick fights and erased a Lightweight 3-bar boss in a single action (Ten Thousand Gunkata Style + One-Two Form with 10 power tokens).  It was cool and hilarious, exactly the vibe we want out of a game like this, but we were also sitting around with our jaws on the table for a bit.

The power tokens are the thing we're wondering about - I set it up with Training Teacher Style + Song Form, and it seems like Training tokens (or Take Aim from Crosshair) would boost a lot more things in Sing Along than seems intended?  To run through it, with all the variables in bold caps:

1+ or 4+ or 6+: Sing Along

Choose ONE ally you can see. Choose ONE: They remove ONE token they hold; they heal; or they gain TWO tokens from your song.

4+: They also choose ONE from the list.

6+: Add a 4 to their Action Pool. They must immediately spend it on an Action.

With just one of Training or Take Aim, you spread the move to two allies, each of them gets two picks from the basic list - and both the token options are buffed too! - and you give both of them a free instant off-turn 5 action.  With both a Training token and Take Aim (both of which should stack in either order, because Training a Take Aim would increase the cost and all values of the next action by +2 anyway), you can target three people, who take all three actions on the list twice and then get a 6 action (and if you target yourself, you can also then use the 6 for *another* maxed Sing Along on a single ally).  If you roll well, you can do this twice on a turn in Crosshair Song or Training Song, which is what I did to generate 10 tokens for two allies in a single round of prep.

It was incredibly fun and satisfying, but also felt unintentionally powerful?  I'm wondering if there's something about it we overlooked or if it's going to get addressed in the errata, or if it's just an explosive payoff for spending a turn (and a good roll, since it costs at least a 3 and a 5 to stack tokens or a 7 for the free action) on fully selfless support for a more aggressive ally.

Edit for context: it did also take specifically a rate-of-fire character to spend those tokens over multiple attacks, and it was a Lightweight 9x3 boss and he had to plan out which attack would happen when to keep her in range and not waste damage, so it wasn't exactly a win button even still, but, again, jaws dropped for a little bit.

I bought the book after reading about it on a FB RPG group. Where can I download a character sheet to record all the info for my character ? That would be great to have one

Potential Errata/FAQ Quandary:  If a Wardancer takes Forbidden: Iron/Power.  And spends a die to gain speed tokens.  How would they translate?
My assumption: Half become iron, the rest become power, round up for one. (so a 5 would give 3 iron, 2 power)
Possibly: round off both (so a 5 would give 3 iron, 3 power)
Hope not: They both take the same majority half (5 gives 3 iron, 3 power, 2 speed)

Hello!  Discovered this wonderful system recently, and began theorycrafting characters immediately!

I ran into a seeming contradiction between the rules and the advice, and wondered if you could help me with it?

So I was looking at making a Winterblossom fighter, and was considering Frozen Style.  The advice there calls out Frozen Dance as a good combination - and thematically that seems great!

But then I read the rules on Grapple and Pull again, and from my read of them Frozen Dance is actually a terrible combo!  I can't help but feel I'm likely missing or else misunderstanding something.

So Pull effects (in this case, both the Basic Grapple Action and the Pull added to Free Movement by Dance Form) are described on pg 9 as "each movement must bring them to a space closer to you".

The problem?  Frozen Style has a Range of 1!  So if someone is in Range, they can't get any closer, so I can't actually Pull them.

Based on the fact that you specifically reccomended Frozen Dance as a good combo, I feel like I must be missing or misunderstanding somewhere.  Can you enlighten me?  Thanks!

EDIT: Found a comment you made previously where you clarified that a Pull can move someone adjacent to you to another adjacent space, which is great for that part of Dance Form!  I'm still confused as to whether the Pull resulting from Free Movement is wasted if I move out of adjacency with someone, however.  Do I need to use this "adjacent pull" to keep them next to me for the entire process if I wish to dance my dance of weakness tokens, or can I actually drag them across the map?  Thanks again!

So counter attack from Reversal form. Does that mean you teleport to a enemy that attacked you regardless of distance but you have to place yourself within your stance range of them when you do teleport, or does it mean you can only teleport if that enemy is within your range first?

Since you're answering questions, I was wondering: does the Fused Flametongue ability only trigger once per turn, or is it once per turn per enemy? The ability could be read either way, and I'm not quite sure which one is the intent.

I'm back with more questions!

This is such a quick game to set up and play that it's become a big hit, and as a result I've been getting a match in just about every night. I've ran enough fights at this point that my players and I are finding the balance we like, but there are still things we aren't sure about.

In Zen stance. When you gain a new shield and choose to replace your current shield, does it go into reserve, or do you discard it? The level 7 Zen ability gives you a 2 shield, then a 4. Half my players think that means you take the 2 and keep the 4 in reserve, or you willingly give up your 2 to have the 4 active immediately. the other think it means you can replace the 2 with the 4 and put the 2 in reserve.

Are teachers able to spend Inspired tokens on themselves if they hoard them till their next turn?

Do copies replace fog tokens and vice versa? We've been playing it that copies/walls/traps can't normally exist together, but that fog can exist on anything.

This is more of a balance observation with a related question. Vigilance Form is really good. A heal or token drop, a 1+-4+ for weakness tokens, and a 1+-4+ line of sight heal has made it probably the most disruptive form in our group. We've been talking about different ways to tone it down, including limiting the heal to range, having fog block line of sight to friendlies, or making it a smaller heal, like a flat 1 or 2. I was curious if you find it to be that strong in your games, and if so, what you might propose. Or, if maybe there is something obvious we might be missing.

And finally, my second and last balance thought. Wild style is hard to use on bosses. At a glance I thought it would let them sneak in extra turns for healing themselves or spreading around damage. In practice it doesn't trigger extra dice very often, and when it does it can't quite seem to make up the difference in damage, healing, or action economy other forms manage. The group has proposed having bosses gain the bonus dice differently, with 1d6 after their first health bar is gone, and an additional 1d6 after half or more of their health bars are gone, with the bonus die for special tokens remaining unchanged. I'm curious for your thoughts here as well. Do you find solo bosses should avoid Wild form? Do you have a fix you prefer?

Looking forward to the Erata, and happy battling.

So quick questions. Do you count as a valid target for your own abilities that target "Ally"? I imagine not since you have the "someone" version on other abilities.

And does Challenge stop you from using abilities that do things to yourself? Like are you unable to use Yell to gain power tokens or any other albitites that affect you yourself but not the enemy. Because I feel like me and my friend group may have massively misunderstood Challenge and made it more powerful than it actually is.

Oh and something else I thought up. Does Mastermind style bypass Challenge since you yourself can not preform actions and instead use your dice to make other people take actions for you?

This game looks amazing and I totally wanna give it a try. Question though, I know it says 3-5 players. Would the rules still work for 1 player and 1 DM?