Why is everything twice as big?

[Ovarwa]

Hi,

Everything in the OP is wrong.

A door or bed is exactly the size the DM says it is.

Average European male height is 5' 8" - 5' 11" depending upon country.

This thread enrages me. We had enough fake news in 2018, don't start the New Year like this!

I had considered adding this point, except that the OP did not specify "average *adult* European male." All those male babies do bring the average down. Not to mention male European swallows.

Anyway,

Ken

 

[Ovarwa]

Hi,

And it would convert well to metric.

That is reason enough for any true, red-blooded American to immediately disqualify your proposal!

Metric? You will pry our feet and inches out of our cold, dead hands.

After our guns.

We have big hands. The average American hand occupies a 5' cube.

Anyway,

Ken

 

[Azzy]

Not to mention male European swallows.

Laden or unladen?

 

[Satyrn]

Laden or unladen?

Well has it gotten into that 10 foot bed?

 

[AkaKageWarrior]

Yeah but we still have to fit things to a grid.

Do you?
We don't.

 

[Ovarwa]

Hi,

Laden or unladen?

Depends on its Charisma score....

Anyway,

Ken

 

[Ovarwa]

Hi,

It gets even bigger in metric. D20 Modern went with 2-metre squares. I don't get why they didn't shrink it down to 1 metre . . . and that made me kinda wish they shrank the 5 foot square down to 1 yard.

More history, or rather, historical re-enactment!

In this instance, you have dressed up as Steve Jackson, who went with 1 yard hexes for GURPS.

In the opposite corner is the Hero System, who went with 2.

Anyway,

Ken

 

[Umbran]

For comparison, the average european male is around 5 feet tall.

This is relevant because... european men often go through doors horizontally?

 

[Satyrn]

This is relevant because... european men often go through doors horizontally?

I mean, if they went vertically it'd be a trap door.

 

[jasper]

In D&D, it is Procrustes' bed that must be stretched or shrunk.

We call him Old Crusty. He always shows a profit. I think he has a side business out of the back of the tavern. I think sandals and vintage gently used clothing.