The World of Avlis

Does anyone know how many rounds are in an hour? (in NWN of course)

2. In PnP its 6.

A round is 6 seconds in length.

IN NWN an hour is 2 minutes long.

60 seconds/minute =10 rounds per minute. A NWN hour is consequently 20 rounds.

Thanks much.

I was wondering how long 100 rounds is, because that's how long a single Bardsong lasts with the Lasting Inspiration feat. Five hours, very nice...

Ah, I thought you meant turns.

In NWN the default is 1 hour = 2 RL minutes. Some servers do NOT run on this time; however, Avlis does use this standard. As a round lasts 6 seconds, and there are 120 seconds in 2 RL minutes...

In PnP, there are 10 rounds in a minute and 10 minutes in a turn. There are 6 turns in an hour. Just because this is the next logical question and someone will ask it, so I'm answering preemptively.

Reminds me of how annoyingly confusing the spell durations in NWN are. You've got: round/level, minute/level, hour/level... I think there are some that are 10 minutes per level too right? *brain explodes*

Am I right in thinking that a minute is the same as a turn? Wait a second, hmm.. That would mean 10 minutes is more than an hour... *brain explodes again*

Brock Fanning wrote:Reminds me of how annoyingly confusing the spell durations in NWN are. You've got: round/level, minute/level, hour/level... I think there are some that are 10 minutes per level too right? *brain explodes*

Am I right in thinking that a minute is the same as a turn? Wait a second, hmm.. That would mean 10 minutes is more than an hour... *brain explodes again*

yes, its still very confusing. IN fact, I find it a lot easier just to play the game rather than looking up to figure out how long some spell is going to last.

Titanium Dragon wrote:In PnP, there are 10 rounds in a minute and 10 minutes in a turn. There are 6 turns in an hour. Just because this is the next logical question and someone will ask it, so I'm answering preemptively.

Back in 1st and 2nd ed. Pnp, a round was comprised of 10 segments and was a minute long. There were 10 rounds in a turn and 6 turns in an hour. Did this change for 3rd ed?

To add to the confusion I noticed that some of the newer spell descriptions (i.e. from HotU) appear to be given in minutes / level or similar rather than rounds! Ye gads whatever next?

Someone Else's Problem wrote:

Titanium Dragon wrote:In PnP, there are 10 rounds in a minute and 10 minutes in a turn. There are 6 turns in an hour. Just because this is the next logical question and someone will ask it, so I'm answering preemptively.

Back in 1st and 2nd ed. Pnp, a round was comprised of 10 segments and was a minute long. There were 10 rounds in a turn and 6 turns in an hour. Did this change for 3rd ed?

Yes, it changed. I always thought it was silly anyway, taking an entire minute and all i did was swing once? Right.



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Dirk Cutlass wrote:To add to the confusion I noticed that some of the newer spell descriptions (i.e. from HotU) appear to be given in minutes / level or similar rather than rounds! Ye gads whatever next?

They were probably just keeping in line with 3e, some spells in 3e are minutes/lvl.


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Strangg wrote: Yes, it changed. I always thought it was silly anyway, taking an entire minute and all i did was swing once? Right.
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Not that it really matters, but it wasn't just one swing, it was a series of "moves" that resulted in one chance to have an effective attack (or more at higher levels).

Best regards,

j5hale3 wrote:

Strangg wrote: Yes, it changed. I always thought it was silly anyway, taking an entire minute and all i did was swing once? Right.
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Not that it really matters, but it wasn't just one swing, it was a series of "moves" that resulted in one chance to have an effective attack (or more at higher levels).

Best regards,

Like i said, still silly. As my "effective attack" still missed more often than not(speaking of lower levels here), so it wasn't that effective now was it? I always thought that cheeze explination of why you only got in 1 swing in rounds that were so long was crap. Thats why i like the 6 second round as apposed to the 60 second round.



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easier way to save the confusion....don't use spells

Well I rolled up a wizard to test out some of these spells on Elysia. Results: As has been said, an hour/level spell translates into 2 real-life minutes per level, and a round/level spell translates into 6 real-life seconds per level. The funny thing is that the minute/level, turn/level, and 10minute/level spells ALL translate into 1 real-life minute per level. So there is no in-game difference between the durations of these spells. I guess Bioware decided to give them different descriptions just to create the illusion that they were being faithful to PnP D&D.

Ten minutes a level and a turn per level are the same thing.

True, and so is 1 minute/level (in NWN at least)