RootDispel
RootDispel
Break Timer for Gamers
Look away from the screen. Move your body. Two reminders for playing the long game without breaking yourself.
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Add RootDispel to your home screen.
On iOS Safari: tap the Share button ↗ then "Add to Home Screen."
On Android Chrome: tap the three-dot menu then "Add to Home Screen."

Then enable alerts below so notifications reach you even when your screen locks.
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Paused
Focus
Focus
20:00
Rooted
Dispel: look 20ft away, hold 20 seconds, no screens
Vigor
Vigor
60:00
Rooted
Dispel: rise, move, drink water, eat if needed
Focus
Focus / Mental Flow
Focus
20:00
Every 20 min  ·  Look away  ·  20 feet  ·  20 seconds
Focus is Flow made mental. It moves through attention, through thought, through the act of seeing. Your eyes are the only part of your brain that lives outside your skull, and what you look upon is where your mental Flow goes. Every 20 minutes: look at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds. No other screens. Let the mind release its grip.
Rooted
Dispel: look 20ft away, hold 20 seconds, no screens
Active debuff
Vigor
Vigor / Physical Flow
Vigor
60:00
Every 60 min  ·  Rise  ·  Move  ·  Drink  ·  Eat if needed
Vigor is Flow made physical. It lives in the blood, in circulation, in a body moving through the world. Roots held long enough begin to drain you. Every 60 minutes: rise, move, drink water. Eat something if you need to. These are not interruptions to your session. They are how you survive it.
Rooted
Dispel: rise, move, drink water, eat if needed
Active debuff
Grace period ending...
Why "RootDispel"?
In games, a root is a debuff. It pins you in place, immobilized, while a thorny tether drains your health every second you stay stuck. And if something else lands while you're rooted, you're done. A long session without breaks casts that same debuff on your body. The dispel is in your hands. This is your timer.
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For the Mindful Grind
You're not trying to play less. You're trying to play without destroying yourself in the process. Two resources. Two reminders. Keep both from hitting zero.
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Free. No account needed.
Open the page. Hit Begin. Keep playing. When a resource depletes, an alert fires. Get up, do the thing, then dismiss. Your session stops so you restart fresh and intentional.
This tool is part of something bigger
The Crucible Between
RootDispel was built by Onyxicca, a content creator, writer, and chronic illness survivor who knows firsthand what it means to lose yourself in a session and pay for it with your body. The tools, the merch, the fiction: all of it grows from that lived experience. The Crucible Between is her monthly newsletter and digital grimoire for people who play the long game. Real lore, real survival, told through dark fantasy and gaming. Newsletter subscribers on onyxicca.com unlock the full Grimoire app: IRL quests, affirmation cards, a lore codex, and journaling prompts. The YouTube channel and newsletter go deep into the IRL origins and the chronic health lore that built all of this.
Learn More › Flask of Flowing Focus & Vigor ›
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Free to read. Newsletter subscribers unlock the full Grimoire app. RootDispel updates automatically. No reinstall needed for feature updates.