DM Miscellany - a word of comment and a minor correction

Dear Guests,

One serious deviation from the original AD&D2E rules I use in my game is the duration of the combat round.
The PHB clearly states 1 round = 1 minute. This is surprising in the face of the fact, that D&D has always assumed it to be 10 seconds. Now, I am not really sure about the 1E but why 1 minute?
In combat situation this is hell of a long time. In one minute the fight can easily be over and with much more that one swing of a sword.
Also, such solution is impractical to my mind. Given the pace of action in a combat round, extending it to 1 minute doesn't really serve any logical purpose.
So, for the slightly modified combat system I assume 1 round is equal to 6 seconds. Thus, 1 turn equals 10 rounds. This should also solve the movement problem. If a character can pass 12 yards in 1 round, then do the authors imply that the character is dragging 12 yards in 1 minute?
Take 6 seconds and start ahead in a brisk pace. How far have you've gone? 12 yards is a quite probable result. Even more maybe.
Of course in close combat situation you are forced to slow down unless you want to expose yourself to the enemy. I give it a 1/2 penalty. Obviously this is arbitrary.
It just makes much more sense to me, feels more natural.

Then I stumbled upon the issue of ROF (rate of fire) of shooting weapons. Given my direct experience with archery I thought that a skilled bowman can fire much more rapidly that normally you'd imagine. Remember the famous English bowmen from Agincourt.
However, not as fast as to fire 2 arrows in 6 seconds (which was implied by the initial version of DM miscellany). Bows fire a standard one arrow (1 attack) per round, though specialisation bonuses should apply (I bet Robin Hood could fire 2 accurate arrows in 6 seconds, heh).
There is a disadvantage for the crossbow, true. But it balances the severe damage it makes and if you have it loaded on the spot, you're at a definite advantage over the bow.

With this short comment, please help yourself with a corrected DM miscellany file.

Until then!