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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 4521654" data-attributes="member: 1656">I agree.But would you let him make a similar comment after every attack made in a round by either a PC or a monster?&nbsp; Let's say there are five PCs and a dozen minions, for a total of seventeenish attacks in the round... can our hero make a pithy remark along the lines of the above seventeen times?I wouldn't allow it.&nbsp; Once, fine; twice, maybe.&nbsp; Not seventeen times.&nbsp; I would, on the other hand, be perfectly comfortable with a &quot;Ha!&quot; or &quot;O-Ho!&quot; after each of those attacks.I can see a sentence as a free action.&nbsp; I wouldn't allow seventeen sentences in a round.&nbsp; I see &quot;Ha!&quot; as a free action, and I have no problem with seventeen of those in a round.I don't agree.&nbsp; I don't think you can say that &quot;All move actions take 3 seconds, and all minor actions take 2 seconds, and all standard actions take 4 seconds&quot;, or anything like that; an action's category is not necessarily related to how long it takes, but rather to what sort of 'effort' the game rules require.As soon as you start saying they take up X amount of time, action points become a form of time travel - the character has shoehorned a few extra seconds into a round somehow with which to fit his extra standard action.&quot;Ha!&quot; and a sentence are both free actions, and both require the same rules-mechanical 'effort', but they don't take the same amount of time.-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 4521654, member: 1656"] I agree. But would you let him make a similar comment after every attack made in a round by either a PC or a monster? Let's say there are five PCs and a dozen minions, for a total of seventeenish attacks in the round... can our hero make a pithy remark along the lines of the above seventeen times? I wouldn't allow it. Once, fine; twice, maybe. Not seventeen times. I would, on the other hand, be perfectly comfortable with a "Ha!" or "O-Ho!" after each of those attacks. I can see a sentence as a free action. I wouldn't allow seventeen sentences in a round. I see "Ha!" as a free action, and I have no problem with seventeen of those in a round. I don't agree. I don't think you can say that "All move actions take 3 seconds, and all minor actions take 2 seconds, and all standard actions take 4 seconds", or anything like that; an action's category is not necessarily related to how long it takes, but rather to what sort of 'effort' the game rules require. As soon as you start saying they take up X amount of time, action points become a form of time travel - the character has shoehorned a few extra seconds into a round somehow with which to fit his extra standard action. "Ha!" and a sentence are both free actions, and both require the same rules-mechanical 'effort', but they don't take the same amount of [i]time[/i]. -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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