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Message: <blockquote data-quote="irdeggman" data-source="post: 5614871" data-attributes="member: 16285">I go back to my earlier statement about not confusing "time" with effort.None of the categories in a D&D combat round reflect time.  They all reflect the amount of effort it takes.  Time is an arbitrary measure the rules mention for a rough reflection of how long a combat would last.Every time I see someone posting about combat in terms of time they end up in arguments like this one and of course they end up circular in logic - this is just my observation of what I have seen and may not be factual.A free action consumes relatively no effortA swift action consumes more than a swift by less than a move actionA move action consumes more than a swift but less than a standardA standard action consumes most of a character's effort allowed per a single round leaving only enough effort for a move action and a swift actionA full round action consumes all of a character's efforts for a single round excepting free actions (again consuming no effort and limitied in number only by the DM)</blockquote>