10-09-2018, 09:59 AM | #1 |
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Using metric in TFT - house rules
In my world -- in fact, in my worlds, from here on out -- the Wizards' Guild or whatever passes for it, uses the metric system. Along with any closely related guilds or guilds they oversee (such as Alchemists, Chemists, Mechanicians, etc.)
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10-09-2018, 10:44 AM | #3 |
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Re: Metric system in TFT?
My system will use the system of the common man that was later standardized by royal decree. But beverages will come in containers that are labelled with both system's unit of volume...because wizards like their beverages and their fancy metric system too. Eventually, the wizards will have their way and the metric system will be used by all by royal decree.
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10-09-2018, 12:41 PM | #5 |
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Re: Metric system in TFT?
No, it's because they are used to dealing with complex tasks and subjects like magic. This has the unfortunate side-effect that they tend to over-analyze simple subjects and tasks, causing them to take longer to learn things that simpletons simply accept. :)
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10-10-2018, 12:00 AM | #6 |
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Re: Using metric in TFT - house rules
When I converted my TFT campaign to GURPS circa 1986, we considered what to do with the measurement system. Seeing that both games seemed to have values that weren't particularly consistent with real-world weights for weapons & armor, which seemed to be the weights that mattered most since they affect encumbrance for combat purposes . . . I decided that GURPS pounds would be used since we were using GURPS, and that the GURPS pound was an "effective weight" for encumbrance purposes, and that the actual terms used weren't particularly important and may be translations from whatever words they actually use in my campaign's part of Cidri, to modern English.
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