Spell durations?


Rules Questions


Hi, first time poster long time reader... Ok relatively recent reader. Anyways, I've only very recently gotten into Pathfinder and have a question regarding spell duration. I realise this has probably been answered before, or perhaps is even in the GM book, but I couldn't find it. How do you work spells that have a timed duration such as Bless (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/b/bless) as opposed to spells that have a duration listed by # of rounds ? Are the minutes real-time? Or is there a defined unit that coincides minutes with number of rounds? My only concern with using real time measurement is that with a newbie GM and newbie players, fumbling through the rules, well quite frankly a minute isn't very long..

Thanks!


1 minute is 10 rounds in Pathfinder.


Thanks! Wow, that was simple. Where is that listed btw? I scoured the book and didn't see it anywhere. But then again I'm fairly easily distracted so my "scouring" is more akin to skimming.


It is in the beginning of the Combat Chapter

Quote:

The Combat Round

Each round represents 6 seconds in the game world; there are 10 rounds in a minute of combat. A round normally allows each character involved in a combat situation to act.


**EDIT= I type way too slow.

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