Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Localized D&D coming from Gale Force 9
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Elothan" data-source="post: 7070240" data-attributes="member: 87930"><p>Personally I agree, and while the distance measurment is the easier ones to translate after a while, the weight of stuff is totaly unknown to me, be it 200lbs or 2 lbs, I just do not have a reference point for how much it is, making it more or less abstract for me. When I have no practical concept of how much 1lb is,even tho i know its under half a kilo (after looking it up), its a bunch of convertions needed to be done to get a real relatable number me and my group can use.</p><p></p><p>"Bob the barbarian" : How wide is the ravine</p><p>DM: oh, about 8 meters</p><p>BtB: Can I use my boots of jumpyness to get across?</p><p>DM: Let me just convert from feet to meters.</p><p></p><p>Will the Wizard: I have a spell that can create X Gallons of water, Can I use that to fill the room and drown the kobolds?</p><p>DM: just let me convert...</p><p></p><p>Point is, a single convertion dont take much time, but several convertions does. I want to play/create adventures, and even an aproximate convertion ready to go in the books would make it faster and easier to convey stuff to my players in a way where we all had a common reference point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elothan, post: 7070240, member: 87930"] Personally I agree, and while the distance measurment is the easier ones to translate after a while, the weight of stuff is totaly unknown to me, be it 200lbs or 2 lbs, I just do not have a reference point for how much it is, making it more or less abstract for me. When I have no practical concept of how much 1lb is,even tho i know its under half a kilo (after looking it up), its a bunch of convertions needed to be done to get a real relatable number me and my group can use. "Bob the barbarian" : How wide is the ravine DM: oh, about 8 meters BtB: Can I use my boots of jumpyness to get across? DM: Let me just convert from feet to meters. Will the Wizard: I have a spell that can create X Gallons of water, Can I use that to fill the room and drown the kobolds? DM: just let me convert... Point is, a single convertion dont take much time, but several convertions does. I want to play/create adventures, and even an aproximate convertion ready to go in the books would make it faster and easier to convey stuff to my players in a way where we all had a common reference point. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Localized D&D coming from Gale Force 9
Top