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From: steve@siemens.UUCP
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Subject: Re: command spell & ropes
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Date: Wed, 31-Jul-85 09:21:00 EDT
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There is (or was some editions ago) an explanation somewhere about D&D
(or AD&D) melee rounds.  One round (one attack roll) does not imply one
swing of the sword.  It implies a series of attacks and parries lasting
one minute.  (Maybe it's not one minute, but whatever time interval.)
It is the smallest amount of time one can spend fighting, supposedly.

Often in real fights the two people will go at it for a series of swings,
back off and breathe for a moment, go at it again, etc.  The rules most
closely reflect this type of fight.

I do not intend to express either endorsement or rebuke of D&D or AD&D
melee systems.

......{ihnp4, topaz}!princeton!siemens!steve