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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord_Blacksteel" data-source="post: 5140374" data-attributes="member: 53082">I have limited 4th ed experience but I can tell you that in my many 3rd edition games the dividing line of combat was how quick the melee characters got into hand to hand with the opposition. Opening rounds could be dicey and might take more time as people positioned themselves and decided on tactics, but once the headbashers got in close rounds went quickly as the decisions were mostly over and it was down to hacking for a few rounds until things died. So an "average time per round" could be misleading - opening round or two could take 5 or 10 minutes of discussion for a 6-man party, but the melee rounds might last 30 seconds apiece. Is this not the case in 4th edition? Like I said I have limited experience but I expect to be starting up a game in the near future so it would be good to know. I've recently started and old-school basic game and let me tell you - combat typically lasts les than 5 rounds and those rounds go quickly as most things die in 1 or 2 hits, including the PC's.</blockquote>