billd91
Not your screen monkey (he/him)
Ultimately, I'm sure this is why. 2e was a weird hodgepodge of round ups and round downs. Going with just one method simplifies things.
D&D General Why do we Round Down???
Bolares
Hero
... I've just turned 30. That's more than half my lifeYou're right, for me, it's still below half of the time I've been playing D&D, so it qualifies as "rather new", but I can see your point and it makes it probably even harder to admit.
...Or we could just not mention it and round everything the way normal humans round in their everyday lives?
There are many different ways to round. For a fun chart showing ten of those methods, check out this Wikipedia page. The method taught to children might be standard in U.S. grade schools (although it's definitely not standard in various professional fields, even within the U.S.), but it would not surprise me if different cultures taught different rounding systems in their schools.
Given the potential disagreements among readers regarding what the "default" method of rounding might be, it makes sense to specify a uniform method in the PHB.
Vaalingrade
Legend
I learned the hard way why you round down instead of up: not everything is 1/2. If you start getting 1/4 or 1/6, you're looking at massive jumps.
Lanefan
Victoria Rules
1/4 or 1/6 you'd normally always round down; just like you'd always round up 3/4 or 5/6. It's only at 1/2 that the question arises as to which way to round it.
embee
Lawyer by day. Rules lawyer by night.
I think you mean that that is more than half as long as you have been living.
If 20 years is more than half of your life, then you will be dead within 10 years.
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