ACKS has a specific progression so does OSE. Each dungeon round is 10min and assumes a check for traps, secret doors and listening. You do that for every 20-30' (can't remember). You can only go 4 rounds (40min/80') before stopping to rest. Its talked about in ACKS Main but is explored more deeply in Axioms: Campaign Turns issue.
These are similar rules from a dungeon crawl PbP that I was in a few year back... Each
Quote:
How does this game work?
Game Turns
A Turn is roughly 10 minutes of time. During that time, the party can usually do one of several things:
* Move the distance of the party's slowest member (120' for light encumbrance, 90' for medium encumbrance, 60' for heavy encumbrance). This assumes you are moving carefully, on the lookout for traps or ambushes, and trying to be stealthy.
* Search a 10'x10' area (for hidden treasure, traps, secret doors, etc.). Multiple characters can search the same area.
* Have an encounter (combat or otherwise)
During exploration, I will describe the initial scene. You can post questions for more details if you like, then post your party's actions for the Turn. I will then resolve the actions and give you the new scene details. You may again ask questions and then give your actions for the next Turn.
If a peaceful encounter happens with monsters or NPCs, negotiations take place within that original Turn. We can play out the conversation until you are satisfied. Similarly, if you ask questions about a scene and still have unanswered questions, keep asking until you are satisfied, then we will resolve the Turn.
Surprise: If your party surprises a group of monsters, you can avoid the encounter if you wish by simply saying so and having the party leave the area. Otherwise, you can get the drop on the monsters either by forcing negotiations or forcing combat, as you like.
Combat Rounds
In combat, we will use group initiative. I will roll initiative to speed things up.
Post all actions taken by your party each round, including all combat rolls and any rolls needed for spells cast. I will do the same for the monsters/NPCs, and then let you know the results of the round and initiative for the next round.
Again, if you have questions that need answering before a Round is resolved, I'll answer the question and then you can post your actions for the Round.
Time Keeping:
While I will run each party Turn-by-Turn/Round-by-Round, I will also allow parties that enter the same area of the dungeon in real time to interact. Because each poster will have their own posting speed, if this happens things may slow down. In order to avoid too much slowdown for the faster players, I may simply declare the encounter over and move the faster party on.
Also, differing intervals of time may occur between two parties meeting in the same location and then meeting again in another location. We'll hand-wave this away by saying that time is strange in the mythic underworld of the dungeon.
Last edited September 27, 2022 2:31 am
