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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7383530" data-attributes="member: 20564">How much combat is in a game is entirely dependent on the table.&nbsp; Ignore any numbers that say otherwise.&nbsp; I'm in one group that has about 1 combat ever 3 sessions, and another where there are multiple combats most nights and it's 75% or more of the session regularly.But there is a grain of truth to this.&nbsp; In terms of /mechanical time spent in a session/, combat is much longer than any other single activity.&nbsp; Let me unpack that.&nbsp; /mechanical time/ is time spent simply on mechanical aspects.&nbsp; For example, 45 minutes of roleplay might have less than a minute of it as mechanical time for a few skill rolls.&nbsp; On the other hand, 45 minutes of combat will probably have 20-35 minutes of rolls, bookkeeping HPs, resolving statuses and the like.Even in the group that can go sessions between combats, I would say that we spend over 50% of our total mechanical time on combat.&nbsp; For the groups with frequent combat I can see it reaching much higher percentages.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7383530, member: 20564"] How much combat is in a game is entirely dependent on the table. Ignore any numbers that say otherwise. I'm in one group that has about 1 combat ever 3 sessions, and another where there are multiple combats most nights and it's 75% or more of the session regularly. But there is a grain of truth to this. In terms of /[I]mechanical time spent in a session[/I]/, combat is much longer than any other single activity. Let me unpack that. /[I]mechanical time[/I]/ is time spent simply on mechanical aspects. For example, 45 minutes of roleplay might have less than a minute of it as mechanical time for a few skill rolls. On the other hand, 45 minutes of combat will probably have 20-35 minutes of rolls, bookkeeping HPs, resolving statuses and the like. Even in the group that can go sessions between combats, I would say that we spend over 50% of our total mechanical time on combat. For the groups with frequent combat I can see it reaching much higher percentages. [/QUOTE]

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