And, of course, you don't have to accept challenges from spell-casting times if you don't want to. :) This message was last edited by the GM at 20:55, Sat 29 July 2006.
Preperations
Any spell with a duration greater than 8 hours can be pre-cast (and you can rest afterwards to get the spell slot back). You don't know who your opponent will be that far in advance however, so you must list this type of precast on your character sheet.
Before the fight starts, each combatant has two full rounds during which they can make no offensive actions of *any* kind. This includes things like spells that target your opponent (of any kind) or collapsing the roof on him or anything, but not things like activating rage, casting spells with yourself as a target, summoning monsters etc.
Supposedly I have some of the fastest speeds you can get, but then we also live in a small town where service isn't always that great. Still it's a lot faster than dial-up. :P