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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 7811131" data-attributes="member: 6669384">The default was basically mechanical.In the original D&amp;D the standard of measure was that each map square indoors represented 10 feet.&nbsp; It was 10 yards outdoors.&nbsp; And since most dungeon designs were drawn on what's essentially graph paper it was really hard to plot a corridor that was smaller than that.That original game also called for using the map board from an Avalon Hill game called Wilderness Survival as the standard for outdoor terrain.&nbsp; Like many mapped board games that board was divided into one inch squares.So an &quot;inch&quot; indoors was one square on the graph paper, and represented 10 feet, while an &quot;Inch&quot; outdoors represented 10 yards.Part of that was the idea that things like archery are inherently limited when in doors:&nbsp; Range is limited by how high the arrow's trajectory. the &quot;arch&quot; of archery, could be.&nbsp; Can't be higher than the ceiling indoors, while the the lowest limit outdoors would be the height of the forest canopy outdoors.&nbsp; So the default standards were that distances were always expressed in &quot;inches&quot;, with an inch representing 10 feet indoors and 10 yards outdoors.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 7811131, member: 6669384"] The default was basically mechanical. In the original D&D the standard of measure was that each map square indoors represented 10 feet. It was 10 yards outdoors. And since most dungeon designs were drawn on what's essentially graph paper it was really hard to plot a corridor that was smaller than that. That original game also called for using the map board from an Avalon Hill game called Wilderness Survival as the standard for outdoor terrain. Like many mapped board games that board was divided into one inch squares. So an "inch" indoors was one square on the graph paper, and represented 10 feet, while an "Inch" outdoors represented 10 yards. Part of that was the idea that things like archery are inherently limited when in doors: Range is limited by how high the arrow's trajectory. the "arch" of archery, could be. Can't be higher than the ceiling indoors, while the the lowest limit outdoors would be the height of the forest canopy outdoors. So the default standards were that distances were always expressed in "inches", with an inch representing 10 feet indoors and 10 yards outdoors. [/QUOTE]

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