D&D 4E Nonobvious coolness in 4e healing system

[Nifft]

A round was a minute in AD&D, but I'm pretty sure it was 6 seconds or something like that in Basic.

I don't recall that. I remember rounds and turns, and IIRC a turn was ten minutes.

I remember playing 3e for the first time and being amazed that an hour-long fight could represent thirty seconds of time in-game.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Nebulous]

The thing is, not everyone likes the death spiral. Not enough to make it standard, anyways. I think it's a great spot for homebrew, though.

I would really like to see alternate rules like this posted in Dragon, or compiled in future DMGs. Sort of like how they did with Unearthed Arcana that threw a kitchen sink of houserules at DMs; pick and use what you want.

 

[DracoSuave]

Wow. A group that decides it doesn't have enough time for a five minute rest....

...just how long do you think it takes to 'loot the bodies?' Certainly not thirty seconds. Five minutes is not a lot of time. You catch your breath, loot the bodies, you've already rested more than five.

If your group -chooses- not to take five minute rests I...

...wow.

 

[Xorn]

In OD&D a round is 10 seconds, a turn is 10 minutes.

 

[Staffan]

In OD&D a round is 10 seconds, a turn is 10 minutes.

Ah right, I misremembered. I thought it was the same 10:1 relationship between rounds and minutes as between minutes and turns. But I knew it was way less than the absurd AD&D 1 minute round.

 

[Regicide]

...just how long do you think it takes to 'loot the bodies?' Certainly not thirty seconds. Five minutes is not a lot of time. You catch your breath, loot the bodies, you've already rested more than five.

I wouldn't consider looting to be resting.

 

[Nifft]

In OD&D a round is 10 seconds, a turn is 10 minutes.

Cool, thanks. 10 seconds vs. 6 seconds... not that huge a change.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Saeviomagy]

I wouldn't consider looting to be resting.

I wouldn't exactly consider it to be strenuous exercise.

 

[Regicide]

I wouldn't exactly consider it to be strenuous exercise.

Neither is 30 seconds of swinging a sword, but there you go.

 

[PrecociousApprentice]

I think that I like to go for the more abstract notion of an encounter than the 5 minute rule. If it is a new scene/encounter based on what the challenges are, as a DM I would say that all that gamey surges/encounter power replentishment "just happen". The narrative, unless desired otherwise by myself or the players or demanded by plot would be that you just move on. The game effect would be that 5 minutes of artificail gamey time went by. As a player, I would hope that my DM would be this focused on the narrative, and let the game just be ballanced in a way other than story.