Structure of a Round


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Dark Archive

I reread the combat section of the PRD and I think I understand the difference so I'm going to post it here. Please provide any corrections or concerns.

My understanding is that a players turn is a subsection of a round.

After the first turn, A round consists of all the players turns and the NPCs turns, so the structure of the turn is like this:

Round Begin

Player A turn begin
Player A Actions
Player A turn end

NPC 1 turn begin
NPC 1 Actions
NPC 1 turn end

Player B turn begin
Player B Actions
Player B turn end

Player C turn begin
Player C Actions
Player C turn end

Round ends, restart from Round Begin

This matters because there are some abilities that fire and the beginning or end of your turn. So if player B takes an action then something fires at the end of Player B's turn, it would happen before Player C gets to even start their turn.

Please let me know if this is incorrect and any other details that might be relevant.

Dark Archive

It is correct, but you also need to include perception checks and the surprise round for many encounters.


DubiousYak wrote:
This matters because there are some abilities that fire and the beginning or end of your turn. So if player B takes an action then something fires at the end of Player B's turn, it would happen before Player C gets to even start their turn.

Correct, and working as intended.

Did you perhaps think it should work some different way?

Dark Archive

DM_Blake wrote:
DubiousYak wrote:
This matters because there are some abilities that fire and the beginning or end of your turn. So if player B takes an action then something fires at the end of Player B's turn, it would happen before Player C gets to even start their turn.

Correct, and working as intended.

Did you perhaps think it should work some different way?

No, I could not find anywhere that explicitly stated this or diagramed it. I wanted to be sure I had it right as it has implications on a character I'm thinking about playing that will have the Shield Champion archetype.

Thanks for the confirmation!

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