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Old November 10th, 2007
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First, I do agree with using metric. (For one, it's just a superior measurement system and I absolutely hate having to deal with both systems on a day-to-day basis, when there's no added value to doing it.)

However, I've never understood the idea that you have to convert anything. At the granularity of RPGs, 1 yard = 1 meter. Conversion complete. There's no need to dig the calculator out and start doing 2.54 cm/inch or anything.
AQbout the only "bad" things about metric are:

1) Many Americans and unfamilar with metric and can't tell the difference between a kilogram and a kilometer.

2) If doesn't have the right flavor for a lot of historical settings. Something just isn't right about an adventurer going into a pub and ordering a "half a liter" (ha'litre? yuck!) of ale.

You right about conversions though. For the most part, I like to use "Paces" rather than yards or meters. Good enough for most people to work it out, and has a nice archaic ring to it. But for the most part, I7m with you, and just go with 1meter=1 yard, 1 kilogram=2pounds, etc. It's not like the characters are actually weighting or measuring things that often, anyway (maybe the butcher has his thumb on the scale?).
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