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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scharlata" data-source="post: 1454883" data-attributes="member: 4806">I've seen the Rules of the Game - Going Metric additions to the game by the wise sage. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I have declined to use them at all. Our german groups have long ago decided, that 5 feet have to be 1,5 m (for convenience sake). In my campaign we use the 1 mile ~ 1,5 km conversion. In another campaign the DM instists that we use the normal conversion: 1 mile (1760 yards) = 1,609 km.Even if the wise sage has normally a good answer to most difficult questions and inquiries THAT conversion systems is useless - I'm sorry to say that. Even if I'm not even an D in maths it's plain to see, that by converting 5 feet to 2 m you have to travel 25% more of the the distance than an non-metric counterpart has to, because it would have to be 1,524 m (or at least 1,5 m). To put it boldly: The Going Metric Rules are crazy.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" />The one and only reason why our sage was given the duty to "convince" metric gamers all around the world to use 5 feet ~ 2 m is just compatibility:"Also, other d20 games that were designed from the beginning using metric measurements, such as the Star Wars game, already use 2-meter squares." from "Going Metric (Part One)"Kind regards</blockquote>

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