Do the Non-US Players and DMs use the metric system?

[Morrus]

The bit which trips me up are weight triggered traps. Will this to kobold adventurer trigger a pressure plate that triggers at 50 pounds. I have to figure out if kilos are twice pounds or the other way round.

What, every time?

Yes, they are. Ish.

 

[John Lloyd1]

What, every time?

Yes, they are. Ish.

Yes. It is pretty much the only time I need to know how much a pound is. Otherwise, it never comes up in Australia.

 

[Morrus]

Yes. It is pretty much the only time I need to know how much a pound is. Otherwise, it never comes up in Australia.

I mean, I only need to know what the capital of Sweden is once every 20 years or so, but I don’t have to look it up every time! A kilo is about 2 pounds. Sorted. File it away in the ‘useless trivia’ part of your brain.

 

[Bohandas]

I try to stay away from exact measurements in general nowadays, though. I just prefer "short, medium, long, or extreme range" or comparing the size of something to an evocative object. It's one thing to say a jar is 8" tall, but it's another thing to say it's the size of a halfling's skull.

Mind you, I read that as 8 feet tall. Big halfling.

 

[Atomoctba]

Do the translated versions also convert the measures? Do they even have Portuguese translations of any of the books?

Yes for both.

 

[John Lloyd1]

I mean, I only need to know what the capital of Sweden is once every 20 years or so, but I don’t have to look it up every time! A kilo is about 2 pounds. Sorted. File it away in the ‘useless trivia’ part of your brain.

Oh, I get there eventually. It just isn't natural and I'm never 100% sure I have it right if I do it on the fly.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

I mean, I only need to know what the capital of Sweden is once every 20 years or so, but I don’t have to look it up every time! A kilo is about 2 pounds. Sorted. File it away in the ‘useless trivia’ part of your brain.

Interesting. To me remembering a numerical conversion rate I almost never use is vastly harder than remembering a place name I almost never use. To other people it is doubtlessly the other way around. It sounds like for you they rate about the same.

 

[Mad_Jack]

I use feet, miles and pounds even if I don't know exactly what they mean.

The easiest way to remember Imperial length measurements is that a foot is roughly the length of your forearm, and an inch is roughly the length from the tip of your little finger to the joint.

I know inches are very small,

25mm/2.5cm = 1 inch, so if you think about it in terms of miniatures, one of your older '70's/'80's RP/Grenadier miniatures (true 25mm scale) is about an inch tall.

1ft is about the size of a 30 cm ruler,

30.4cm = 12 inches = 1 foot... The PHB is just under a foot tall (11.5 inches, or 2cm shorter than a foot).

a mile is more than a kilometre

If you're just doing a quick very rough estimate, miles are one-and-a-half the kms. A mile is 1.6 km.
10 km is about six miles (6.2) and 100 km is around 60 miles (62).

and 10 pounds is the average weight of a cat,

A KG is 2.2 pounds so to convert pounds to kg you basically divide by 2.

 

[Morrus]

The easiest way to remember Imperial length measurements is that a foot is roughly the length of your forearm,

Or your foot?

 

[Mad_Jack]

Or your foot?

People usually object to me putting my feet on things to measure them, and it's kind of hard to lift my feet over my head, lol.