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<blockquote data-quote="eamon" data-source="post: 5934142" data-attributes="member: 51942">House-&quot;defining&quot; it to be 1 encounter is fine.&nbsp; I think you can get away with neither houseruling it nor tracking the duration in most cases, however.&nbsp; In practice, for 99% of all fights it's going to be utterly obvious it doesn't matter - nobody need to count to tell that 5 rounds aren't 10.&nbsp; The one time it does, I don't mind recounting the battle to count the rounds.&nbsp; Especially if the DM kind of knows its coming (when this combat is over, the ogre next door comes knocking...) and can keep count himself that one time.&nbsp; So I think I'm just going to suggest winging it to my group, and accepting that we might get the count wrong in a minor fashion once or twice.&nbsp; Certainly won't be the first or last time I forget to apply some effect...Only when people start buffing before battle might it matter, and it's fine by me that they then need to count rounds in that case.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eamon, post: 5934142, member: 51942"] House-"defining" it to be 1 encounter is fine. I think you can get away with neither houseruling it [I]nor[/I] tracking the duration in most cases, however. In practice, for 99% of all fights it's going to be utterly obvious it doesn't matter - nobody need to count to tell that 5 rounds aren't 10. The one time it does, I don't mind recounting the battle to count the rounds. Especially if the DM kind of knows its coming (when this combat is over, the ogre next door comes knocking...) and can keep count himself that one time. So I think I'm just going to suggest winging it to my group, and accepting that we might get the count wrong in a minor fashion once or twice. Certainly won't be the first or last time I forget to apply some effect... Only when people start buffing [I]before[/I] battle might it matter, and it's fine by me that they then need to count rounds in that case. [/QUOTE]

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