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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jeffh" data-source="post: 5983033" data-attributes="member: 2642">I am all for 4th-Editionizing these, and in fact mostly do so in my Pathfinder-based game. This is one thing 4E did right that is directly applicable to versions of D&D that otherwise resemble 3E or even earlier editions, and as such I hope to see it adopted wholesale for 5E.The great majority of spells in my current Pathfinder game have, sometimes in addition to other changes, their durations errattaed, mostly to either "Encounter" or "Until the end of your next turn". (You'd be surprised how little difference the latter makes compared to, say, 1 round per level durations - most fights only last a few rounds anyway, so one complete round plus a tiny fraction of another is a BIG chunk of most fights, enough time for plenty of stuff to happen.) Some spells have concentration durations, which I've also revised to work more like 4E "Sustain" durations, especially in that the action used to maintain them isn't necessarily a standard action. It works well and no-one has complained that spells whose durations have been shortened in the process aren't powerful enough.I've only kept one spell of 400 I've looked at so far at a duration of 1 round per level, and that was because it relied heavily on the Pathfinder mechanics for bard abilities (which I'm not crazy about either, but can live with).</blockquote>