Ok so I was curious how much time actually passes per round. So in one round does something like 3 seconds pass or is it less or more? How much time actually passes during combat.
Half right. Six seconds a round. That make things easy for spells with durations in minutes.
Well I was looking at the Shi'ar from 3.5 Dragon Compendium (Done by Paizo) and the gen returns with spells in 1d4+Spell level in rounds. So I was trying to get an idea of how long that would actually be.
A round is generally considered to be 6 seconds, 10rds to a minute. Something to consider when combat seems to be taking ridiculously long at the table, but in game time all this action has been 1 to 2 minutes at most.
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No "generally considered" about it. It's explicitly described right in the CRB:
Each round represents 6 seconds in the game world; there are 10 rounds in a minute of combat.
For some clever fun, read The Order of the Stick comics. These guys are comic book D&D characters who are always "in character" (because they ARE characters) but even while they're always in character, they speak in rounds. They say things like "You wait here for five rounds while I spend three rounds getting into position..." or some such things. Completely OOC metagamey terminology used while speaking in character. It's kinda cute.
The current comic even has in-character knowledge of initiative order. (Also an excellent gnome pun)
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0977.html
1 Round is 6 seconds.
1 Minute is 10 Rounds.
If you're using 1st Ed material, also make not of this:
1 TURN is 10 minutes, or 100 Rounds.
1 Round is 6 seconds.
1 Minute is 10 Rounds.
If you're using 1st Ed material, also make not of this:
1 TURN is 10 minutes, or 100 Rounds.
In first edition material, 1 combat round is equal to 1 minute.
pg 61 Dungeon Master's Guide.
1 Round is 6 seconds.
1 Minute is 10 Rounds.
If you're using 1st Ed material, also make not of this:
1 TURN is 10 minutes, or 100 Rounds.
In first edition material, 1 combat round is equal to 1 minute.
pg 61 Dungeon Master's Guide.
But we're talking about Pathfinder.
I'm saying if you're looking at and want to use, say, Tomb of Horrors, where Turns are mentioned, realize that "Turn" means 10 Minutes, which means 100 Rounds in modern time.
OD&D had 10-Second rounds, 1st & 2nd Ed had 1-Minute rounds, and 3rd through 5th have 6 second Rounds.
