Time Passing

[Gabryal]

What is the number of IG days that pass to every RW day? I have tried to figure it out for RP purposes. If you were to ask another character "I've known you how long?" for example. Thanks

[Saulus]

There is nothing definitive for obvious reasons.

[wangxiuming]

I tend to leave all references to time passage very, very vague in any dialogue with other characters, since everybody's on for different amounts of time.

[Kaeldorn]

I usually speak about 'the other day' or 'the other night' or 'a few days ago' as well... just like wang, I would assume. Being precise about it only creates hassle to make everyone's experiences fit together.

[Elusa]

For reasons relating to my character, I use a 1 to 1 ratio for all calendar specific events (FR holidays, rituals, etc.), and then remain extremely vague for all other purposes.

When I need to refer to how long I've known someone or how long I've been in Sundren, I usually just say "quite some time" or "not very long." If you start getting into specifics, it gets rather dicey.

[CloakandDagger22]

Ah, don't you love the solution to our lack of an in game clock is to simply 'not talk about it'.

This may sound abit odd, because its abit of a paradox, but I think we need some specific vagueness. Like perhaps if within every real life day there are several days so anything that happened earlier that night or that day was a few days ago, while something that happened in the real world's yesterday would have happened nearly a week ago in game time. Making three to four days a tenday, and a month is a month. From there its just so long ago most people don't even remember it.

Thats my thoughts and that how I refer to it, but everyone is welcome to do their own thing.

[Peridan]

The problem with that is while using a defined set of values for time, one would have to say eventually "A year ago". This obviously cannot work, because we have to stay within the year 1372

[Jai_V]

No need to quantify the timing. Sure, it makes some of the realism and RP immersion fade, but that's all a state of mind, anyway. Think outside the box: bad events can become distant memories and good events can be fond recollections.

Edit:

Consequently, it can help RP. For example, I was physically inactive in the game for 3 days, but for my character, it was a long time. Long enough for him to leave Sundren, experience a couple days worth of events (some of which are being detailed, in between memories, in my "Nights in Neverwinter" post *shameless plug*), and make the trip back. People tend to forget how long travels via wind-driven ships were, some times.

Or Pyras trip to Thay corresponding with the player's IRL vacation.

[Urithrand]

I actually still tend to refer to "yesterday" as RL yesterday, or "This morning" in the same fashion, but after a day I generally just refer to "a while back"