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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Murrdox" data-source="post: 899261" data-attributes="member: 10131">Technically, this is incorrect: D&D considers almost all actions to occur sequentially in combat.If this is the case, you run into the same problem I mentioned before where a fighter can attack 100 times in one hour by himself, but he can only attack 6 times in one hour when with 99 other combatants.Actions DO occur sequentially, I'll grant you that.  HOWEVER, in terms of realtime, all action that takes place over the course of a combat round happens at the same time.  It is simply RESOLVED in sequence.We have a Dragon, a fighter, and 2 wizards.By YOUR scheme of timing, as I've come to understand it, this is what happens.  Please correct me if I'm misunderstanding something here.  We'll measure in time, 6 seconds equals one round.  The dragon is at initiatve 10, wizard 9, fighter 8 and wizard2 is at 7.0:0 to 0:6 - Dragon breathes and moves 30 feet forwards.  Dragon rolls a "3" on his breath weapon.(10)0:7 to 0:12 - Wizard casts fireball at the dragon and moves 30 feet backwards (9)0:13 to 0:18- Fighter moves forwards 20 feet and attacks the dragon (8)0:19 to 0:24 - Wizard2 casts magic missle at the dragon (7)0:25 to 0:30 - Dragon breathes again (3 rounds have passed, or 18 seconds)  and remains standingWhat REALLY happens is this:0:0 to 0:6 Dragon breaths and moves 30 feet forwards.  Dragon rolls a "3" on his breath weapon (10)0:0 to 0:6 Wizard casts fireball at the dragon and moves 30 feet backwards (9)0:0 to 0:6 Fighter moves forwards 20 feet and attacks the dragon (8)0:0 to 0:6 Wizard2 casts magic missle at the dragon (7)0:7 to 0:12 - Dragon does a full attack against the fighter (after this the dragon must wait 12 more seconds before breathing)So, while action follows in the INITIATIVE sequence, everything happens at the exact same moment of time.  If this is wrong, then I'm completely wrong in my interpretation of how time works in this game.  I don't have the PHB in front of me, but here's something from the SRDCharacter's TURNS act in sequence, but everyone is acting on the SAME round.The last part in bold says that an effect that lasts ONE ROUND would expire just before the initiative number in which it was started.  Now, you could say that if a dragon rolls a 1 on his D4, then his "can't breathe" effect lasts until just before his initiative, which means when it is his turn, he can breathe again.  This might be true, depending on the wording of the breath weapon.</blockquote>

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