D&D General Here's What A 5' Square Actually Looks Like

Over on imgur, a user called DoofusDad created a real-life five-foot square to illustrate what it actually looks like.

 

[erachima]

Those sandals do not appear to be DSHA-compliant footwear.

 

[Charlaquin]

Looks about right for the space a human-sized creature can control in close combat.

Really wish D&D would make the switch to metric. Especially cause you could make squares meters and then it would be 1-1. Maps would be a bit smaller, but I think that’s a worthwhile change.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Looks about right for the space a human-sized creature can control in close combat.

Really wish D&D would make the switch to metric. Especially cause you could make squares meters and then it would be 1-1. Maps would be a bit smaller, but I think that’s a worthwhile change.

I don't like that idea. Feet are easier to grasp.

 

[Charlaquin]

I don't like that idea. Feet are easier to grasp.

Not for most of the world.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Not for most of the world.

I am canadian. Feet are still easier to grasp than meters for me.

 

[Charlaquin]

I am canadian. Feet are still easier to grasp than meters for me.

Funny, I’m American and I find meters easier. Decimalized systems are always superior.

Also, again with the ratio of squares to standard units of distance being 1:1.

 

[not-so-newguy]

Saved the image. This will be useful some day, no doubt about it.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Funny, I’m American and I find meters easier. Decimalized systems are always superior.

Also, again with the ratio of squares to standard units of distance being 1:1.

The system as a whole is superior I agree. But for distances on a map like this I find feet easier.

 

[Morrus]

Definitely gives a sense, if you added a sword, of how much space someone swinging round a long pointy stick takes up.