Time Question

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#1

Gnollbane

Aug 06, 2014 12:43:13

I have a question concerning the passage of time in-game.

 

I am well aware that a "round" during combat represents about six seconds in the game world, but reading through the 5E Starter Set Rulebook I saw things like "It takes X minutes to don armor" or "It takes X minutes for a magic user to prepare a spell". Do these mean minutes in real life? Or in the game?

#2

Plaguescarred1

Aug 06, 2014 12:54:44

In game time. 

#3

Grazel

Aug 06, 2014 17:16:41

It's game time. Rounds are only a measurement when in combat situtations. Outside of combat time is treated normally or you can go under an assumption of a 1-minute turn (a term from older editions, dropped in 4e and 5e due to rules that talk about a character doing stuff "on their turn" which would cause confusion with the older turn mechanice which was assumed to be 10 rounds or 1 minute).