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<blockquote data-quote="Aexalon" data-source="post: 4739893" data-attributes="member: 16283">Improving accuracy of myself here: duodecimal beats decimal because 12 is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highly_composite_number" target="_blank">highly composite number</a> (i.e. it has more dividers (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, &amp; 12) than any smaller integer). 6 is higly composite too (having 4 dividers, being as good as 10 in that regard), but 20 isn't (having 6 dividers, being only as good as 12 in that regard).More on topic, IMC, Rana, we use a vigesimal calendar:[code]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; great&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; seconds&nbsp; minutes&nbsp; hours&nbsp; &nbsp; days&nbsp; &nbsp; months&nbsp;&nbsp; years&nbsp; &nbsp; years&nbsp; &nbsp; 1 second =&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1/20&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1/400&nbsp; &nbsp; 1/8000&nbsp; —&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; —&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; —1 minute =&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 20&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1/20&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1/400&nbsp;&nbsp; —&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; —&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; —1 hour =&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 400&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 20&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1/20&nbsp; &nbsp; —&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; —&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; —1 day =&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 8000&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 400&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 20&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1/20&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1/400&nbsp; &nbsp; 1/80001 month =&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; —&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; —&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; —&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 20&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1/20&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1/4001 year =&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; —&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; —&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; —&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 400&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 20&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1/201 great year =&nbsp; —&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; —&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; —&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 8000&nbsp; &nbsp; 400&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 20&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1[/code]with a ½ second round, a 1 minute short rest (40 rounds i.s.o. 50; &quot;give me a minute to catcm my breath!&quot;), and a 5 hour extended rest. The timescale match is: 1 Rana day is 1.1 D&amp;D day (96000 D&amp;D seconds), so the round is just as long as before (6 D&amp;D seconds).We also use a vigesimal currency system with 3 naming schemes:[code]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; copper&nbsp;&nbsp; silver&nbsp;&nbsp; electrum gold&nbsp; &nbsp; platinum&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; pieces&nbsp;&nbsp; pieces&nbsp;&nbsp; pieces&nbsp;&nbsp; pieces&nbsp; pieces1 copper piece =&nbsp; &nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1/20&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1/400&nbsp; &nbsp; 1/8000&nbsp; 1/1600001 silver piece =&nbsp; &nbsp; 20&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1/20&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1/400&nbsp;&nbsp; 1/80001 electrum piece =&nbsp; 400&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 20&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1/20&nbsp; &nbsp; 1/4001 gold piece =&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 8000&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 400&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 20&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1/201 platinum piece =&nbsp; 160000&nbsp;&nbsp; 8000&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 400&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 20&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; English&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Greek&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Roman&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Per Kilogram5-copper piece&nbsp; &nbsp; Farthing&nbsp; &nbsp; Obol&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; As&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 400silver piece&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Penny&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Drachma&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Sestertius&nbsp; &nbsp; 10005-silver piece&nbsp; &nbsp; Groat&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Pentadrachma&nbsp; Denarius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 200electrum piece&nbsp; &nbsp; Shilling&nbsp; &nbsp; Mina&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Siliqua&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 5005-electrum piece&nbsp; Florin&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Pentamina&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Miliarense&nbsp; &nbsp; 100gold piece&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Noble&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Stater&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Aureus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2505-gold piece&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Souvereign&nbsp; Pentastater&nbsp;&nbsp; Histamenon&nbsp; &nbsp; 50platinum piece&nbsp; &nbsp; Scepter&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Talent&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Hyperion&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1255-platinum piece&nbsp; Throne&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Pentatalent&nbsp;&nbsp; Hecatonaures&nbsp; 25[/code] with silver worth 10 times its weight in copper, electrum (a 10/1 silver/gold mass fraction alloy) ten times its weight in silver, gold ten times its weight in electrum, and platinum ten times its weight in gold. The currency match is 1 D&amp;D sp = 1 Penny (purchasing power, not weight), so gold prices are cut to 1/40th of book values. We don't use astral diamonds per se (as 2½ Thrones are worth 100 000 Pennies, just like an Astral Diamond is worth 100 000sp), but we do have Residuum at 10 times its weight in platinum as &quot;ultimate&quot; portable wealth: 1 kilogram of the stuff is worth 10000 kg silver (i.e. 10 million Pennies), which is a pretty close match for the value of Residuum on PHB1 p225.For distance we use <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pace_%28length%29" target="_blank">paces</a> (a necessary consession to 4E's pervasive &quot;squares&quot;, with larger units not really defined so far (suggestions for what to call 30m, 600m, 12km and 240km are welcome <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aexalon, post: 4739893, member: 16283"] Improving accuracy of myself here: duodecimal beats decimal because 12 is a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highly_composite_number"]highly composite number[/URL] (i.e. it has more dividers (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, & 12) than any smaller integer). 6 is higly composite too (having 4 dividers, being as good as 10 in that regard), but 20 isn't (having 6 dividers, being only as good as 12 in that regard). More on topic, IMC, Rana, we use a vigesimal calendar: [code] great seconds minutes hours days months years years 1 second = 1 1/20 1/400 1/8000 — — — 1 minute = 20 1 1/20 1/400 — — — 1 hour = 400 20 1 1/20 — — — 1 day = 8000 400 20 1 1/20 1/400 1/8000 1 month = — — — 20 1 1/20 1/400 1 year = — — — 400 20 1 1/20 1 great year = — — — 8000 400 20 1[/code]with a ½ second round, a 1 minute short rest (40 rounds i.s.o. 50; [I]"give me a minute to catcm my breath!"[/I]), and a 5 hour extended rest. The timescale match is: 1 Rana day is 1.1 D&D day (96000 D&D seconds), so the round is just as long as before (6 D&D seconds). We also use a vigesimal currency system with 3 naming schemes: [code] copper silver electrum gold platinum pieces pieces pieces pieces pieces 1 copper piece = 1 1/20 1/400 1/8000 1/160000 1 silver piece = 20 1 1/20 1/400 1/8000 1 electrum piece = 400 20 1 1/20 1/400 1 gold piece = 8000 400 20 1 1/20 1 platinum piece = 160000 8000 400 20 1 English Greek Roman Per Kilogram 5-copper piece Farthing Obol As 400 silver piece Penny Drachma Sestertius 1000 5-silver piece Groat Pentadrachma Denarius 200 electrum piece Shilling Mina Siliqua 500 5-electrum piece Florin Pentamina Miliarense 100 gold piece Noble Stater Aureus 250 5-gold piece Souvereign Pentastater Histamenon 50 platinum piece Scepter Talent Hyperion 125 5-platinum piece Throne Pentatalent Hecatonaures 25[/code] with silver worth 10 times its weight in copper, electrum (a 10/1 silver/gold mass fraction alloy) ten times its weight in silver, gold ten times its weight in electrum, and platinum ten times its weight in gold. The currency match is 1 D&D sp = 1 Penny (purchasing power, not weight), so gold prices are cut to 1/40th of book values. We don't use astral diamonds per se (as 2½ Thrones are worth 100 000 Pennies, just like an Astral Diamond is worth 100 000sp), but we do have Residuum at 10 times its weight in platinum as "ultimate" portable wealth: 1 kilogram of the stuff is worth 10000 kg silver (i.e. 10 million Pennies), which is a pretty close match for the value of Residuum on PHB1 p225. For distance we use [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pace_%28length%29"]paces[/URL] (a necessary consession to 4E's pervasive "squares", with larger units not really defined so far (suggestions for what to call 30m, 600m, 12km and 240km are welcome :D). [/QUOTE]

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