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Old 04-01-2002, 08:56 PM   #8
Katherine
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Join Date: November 11, 2001
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Quote:
Originally posted by Hayashi:
My *guess* is that the time reflected in the save game screen reflects the amount of game time that has elapsed since you started the game with that particular character.
The date/time stamp in the journal reflects the game's "real life" time.

For instance suppose the date and time when you first started the game with your freshly-rolled character is Apr 1 0800. In the save game screen that would be Day 1 Hour 0 but in the journal it would be Apr 1 0800 (or whatever the D&D equivalent of April is).
That's right. The time on the clock reflects that you're standing around on the first day of the game at 7am. You obviously don't ever start at day zero because you'd then be stuck in a space/time vortex and the game would never begin.

One is a calendar/clock, the other is elapsed time. It's like that on everyone's game.

"Let's do the time warp again"
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