How long is a TURN during combat?

[Wahooka]

This may seem a stupid question, but what is meant by a TURN during combat?

When it says that a creature is effected by a BLINDNESS spell for 3 Total Turns, how long is that exactly?

Is it that he loses his next 3 chances to act, regardless of when they occur?

Or does it represent the next 3 actions in the initiative stack by other creatures?

Or something else?

[darkprinceh5]

A turn in H5 means a turn for a standard hero to act, which equals a creature with initiative of 10.

All magic/states are measured in standard turns no matter the target's initiative. An implication for Fire Walls/Decays/Regeneration is that these magics can trigger multiple times in a turn if the targeted creature has an initiative higher than 10.

If your heroes have Expert Sorcery, they might act faster than usual and act 4 times in 3 turns.

[Wahooka]

I guess it wasn't a stupid question

Thanks,