Rules of the Game, Metric II

[Grazzt]

Isn't Close range 25 ft. + 5 ft. per 2 caster levels? He has it 25 + 5/caster level.

Apparently not when the illustrious sage does it. But yeah, according to the PHB and SRD: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)

 

[Staffan]

A Swedish guy did a translation of the SRD, and converted stuff to metric in a more accurate fashion (10 ft = 3 m). So, a human has a base speed of 9 m, a halfling 6 m (4 m when encumbered), and Jumping has a DC of 1 per 25 cm for a broad jump and 1 per 5 cm for a high jump.

He also uses 1 m as the base unit for combat - the 5' step is replaced by the 1 m step. Fighting space is 2 m for a Large creature, 3-4 m for a Huge, 5-6 m for a Gargantuan, and 7-8 for a Colossal (the smaller value is for Tall beings, the larger is for Long). Reach is 2 m for large/tall, 2-3 m for huge, 4-5 for Gargantuan, and 6-8 for Colossal (now the smaller value is for Long beings). He has recommended that one translates every 5' square on published maps to a 1m square - makes the maps make more sense too, a 3 m corridor is huge but a 2 m one is more sensible.

For spells, Close range is 6 m + 1 m/level, Medium is 30 + 3/level, and Long is 120 + 12/level.

 

[Conaill]

I'd be interested in hearing from some of the people with a metric (i.e. German, Italian etc) version of the core books how the long-distance conversions are handled in their books. For example:

- What is the range in km of the Whispering Wind spell? (1mile/level, Skip says 2.1 km/lvl)
- What is the Overland distance in km a person with a base speed of 30' (9 m using 5'=1.5 m, 12 m according to Skip) can walk in one hour? (3 miles, Skip says 7.2 km)

 

[andargor]

I wonder, if a character using the metric system fights a character using the english system, which would have the advantage?

Aha! My spells go farther!!



Andargor

 

[Staffan]

I'd be interested in hearing from some of the people with a metric (i.e. German, Italian etc) version of the core books how the long-distance conversions are handled in their books. For example:

- What is the range in km of the Whispering Wind spell? (1mile/level, Skip says 2.1 km/lvl)
- What is the Overland distance in km a person with a base speed of 30' (9 m using 5'=1.5 m, 12 m according to Skip) can walk in one hour? (3 miles, Skip says 7.2 km)

In the fan-made Swedish version, Whispering Wind has a range of 1.5 km/level and a human (base speed 9 m) walks 5 km in one hour, and 40 km in one day.

 

[jester47]

Composite long bow 7500$
great sword 5000$

full plate 150 000$.
leather armor 1000$.

Backpack 200$.

Cleric vestment 500$

one mug of beer at the local tavern 4$
Stay at the inn good 200$
common 50$
poor 20$

1/2 pound of meat 30$

Heavy war horse 40000$.

Warship 2.5 million$

Coach cab 3$/mile

Knowing that your game's money system matches real world costs: Priceless.

Dragon's Hoard, its everywhere you want to be.

Aaron.

 

[Conaill]

In the fan-made Swedish version, Whispering Wind has a range of 1.5 km/level and a human (base speed 9 m) walks 5 km in one hour, and 40 km in one day.

Seems like he's going for accuracy over ease of use.

I'd still like to hear from someone with one of the WotC-sanctioned, official metricized books though!

 

[Staffan]

Seems like he's going for accuracy over ease of use.

I'd still like to hear from someone with one of the WotC-sanctioned, official metricized books though!

Personally, I don't find "1.5 km/level" particularly difficult (I might find 1.6 km or 1.609 km excessive though), and 40 km/day is not difficult at all.

 

[Conaill]

Personally, I don't find "1.5 km/level" particularly difficult (I might find 1.6 km or 1.609 km excessive though), and 40 km/day is not difficult at all.

Except that 40km/day is for a creature with a base speed of 9m (30'). What about a creature with a reduced speed of 20', or a horse with a speed of 50'? 40 km/day sounds easy, but 26.7 or 66.7 km/day is a lot more unwieldy. I would much prefer 9m -> 4.5 km/hr -> 36 km/day.

In english units, things are a lot simpler: 30' -> 3 miles/hr. In theory, the 5'=2m conversion *could* make long-distance conversions very easy as well: 12m -> 6km/hr.

 

[Nuclear Platypus]

Yes. It's C = (F - 32) x 5/9 and F = C x 9/5 + 32

Like skinning a cat, there's another way.

F -> C
((F + 40) / 1.8) - 40 = C

C -> F
((C + 40) * 1.8) - 40 = F

At -40 degrees, both Celsius and Fahrenheit are at the same point. Alternatively you could get a fancy calculator that does conversions for you.