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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jemal" data-source="post: 703806" data-attributes="member: 9026">OOC: First: Retort? to what?Secondly: I agree Realism is nice but I do have one thing to say.  Keep in mind that I'm not arguing with you, just telling you the reason a round is (In campaigns other than yours) 6 seconds:It is true that a sword strike does not take 6 seconds usually, but most characters also move in a round, draw weapons, drink potions, or even take more attacks.  Plus there's the fact that the official stance is that while in any given round characters make several swings or attacks with their weapons, their 'attacks per round' is the number that actually have a chance of getting through... to quote 1st edition"how silly it would be to think that 2 warriors stand still in front of each other and just take turns swinging at each other every 6 seconds!  Combat is filled with many thrusts, parries, and feints that would unnecesarily bog down the pace in any game"And yes I know that doesn't explain ranged attacks.. Im guessing that (Like bullets) Bolts and arrows and other ammunition just moves so fast it always has a chance of hitting.IC: ALexander fires off one more arrow after the Zhents, then turns to his steed, and checks its wound (Heal untrained +2 wisdom as move equivalent action)</blockquote>