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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 475240" data-attributes="member: 7808">Here's part of a little visualization bit that I posted before.  At the time, it was meant to help understand some stuff about why different movements cause AoOs.[repost]It may be more confusing than helpful, but here's an (incomplete) idea of how I view some of the action options in rounds. Consider an action to be a space along time. Visually:XXXXXXXXXXXXA players turnNext, consider a move equivalent action to take up about 1/3 of the characters round, and a standard (or partial) action to take up 2/3. A full round action takes up about 5/6 of the round. A 5 foot step would take up 1/12 or a round. Things that are free actions don't take up any time, as they are considered to be happening at the same time a different action is taking place (like pulling a sword out of a sheath while you walk towards an enemy). Visually:A move followed by a standard action:XXXX|XXXXXXXXMove|standard actionA full attack followed by a 5 foot step:XXXXXXXXXX|X|XFull Attack|5' Step|Leftover timeA double move:XXXX|XXXX|XXXXMove|Move|Leftover timeThe real significance of this visualization is that it shows that when you do a double move or a 5 foot step, there's some time in the round that isn't directly accounted for with the actions stated. This extra time is why the double move and 5 foot step don't draw attacks of opportunity; the character takes time to pay attention and wait for an opportunity to do their move rather than move recklessly and give others that opportunity.[/repost]I hope this helps you out a bit.  I've changed some of the fractions involved a bit since the first time I posted this, because I think that the ones here show it a bit better, but I advise you to not get hung up with them.  The system of rounds is really meant to just be an abstraction of time.  Visualizations are a way that some people like me deal with it, but the pictures are still only abstractions.</blockquote>

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