I know as Americans we're kinda weird when it comes to being the only country that doesn't use the metric system but is there a setting in dnd beyond to change it back to the imperial system?
I know as Americans we're kinda weird when it comes to being the only country that doesn't use the metric system but is there a setting in dnd beyond to change it back to the imperial system?
Imperial is the default. I know there is a browser plugin that changes these to metric, do you perhaps have any plugins for DNDBeyond? Check if they change the imperial to metric.
I'm in the UK and had to spend the last year teaching a group of kids Imperial because there's no way to change to metric I've ever found (and even if there was so much is based on 5 foot squares metres would fit badly on top)
I'm in the UK and had to spend the last year teaching a group of kids Imperial because there's no way to change to metric I've ever found (and even if there was so much is based on 5 foot squares metres would fit badly on top)
How to convert to metric: 10' = 3 meters (actually 3.048, but that's easily a rounding error), so the squares are 1.5 meters. The only D&D stuff I know of that uses meters is BG3, though.
I'm in the UK and had to spend the last year teaching a group of kids Imperial because there's no way to change to metric I've ever found (and even if there was so much is based on 5 foot squares metres would fit badly on top)
How to convert to metric: 10' = 3 meters (actually 3.048, but that's easily a rounding error), so the squares are 1.5 meters. The only D&D stuff I know of that uses meters is BG3, though.
Yeah I know how to do the conversion but when absolutely everything in the game references in feet it's simpler to just not convert it. Weirdly I even had to switch BG3 to feet because it was confusing me
The problem is that because the base system works with feet as its presumed unit, all the arithmetic works on that presumption. Sure, Reach can be estimated as 1.5m, but it's much easier to work with lots of 5 in your head than 1.5s - and the quantities expressed complicates this. Yes, 30ft can be estimated as 9m, but the DM has to divide 30ft by 5ft to get 6 then multiply it by 1.5m to get 9m. Then after moving his Speed, the Wizard casts Fireball and now we need to divide 40ft by 5ft to get 8, then multiply by 1.5m to get 12m...
I'm fine with imperial, personally. The archaic feel to it makes the game feel more medievally. However, I'm comfortable working with it (and likewise with metric), not all are. The "just do X" solutions almost always sound a lot easier and more practical than they really are.
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The problem is that because the base system works with feet as its presumed unit, all the arithmetic works on that presumption. Sure, Reach can be estimated as 1.5m, but it's much easier to work with lots of 5 in your head than 1.5s - and the quantities expressed complicates this. Yes, 30ft can be estimated as 9m, but the DM has to divide 30ft by 5ft to get 6 then multiply it by 1.5m to get 9m. Then after moving his Speed, the Wizard casts Fireball and now we need to divide 40ft by 5ft to get 8, then multiply by 1.5m to get 12m...
I'm fine with imperial, personally. The archaic feel to it makes the game feel more medievally. However, I'm comfortable working with it (and likewise with metric), not all are. The "just do X" solutions almost always sound a lot easier and more practical than they really are.
I think we drifted of the topic of the question of the OP.
But, if we ever get a metric based D&D, 1 square=1 meter. Easiest stuff to do.
Are you saying that your DNDBeyond shows all measurements in metric instead of imperial measurements?
Because there isn't a native setting to change the units of measurement in DNDB. You must have addon or extension that is doing it, in which case it's going to be trial and error to figure out which one and then change its settings.
I know as Americans we're kinda weird when it comes to being the only country that doesn't use the metric system but is there a setting in dnd beyond to change it back to the imperial system?
The only country? The UK still uses Stones to quantify weight.
I know as Americans we're kinda weird when it comes to being the only country that doesn't use the metric system but is there a setting in dnd beyond to change it back to the imperial system?
The only country? The UK still uses Stones to quantify weight.
And miles to do long distances but everything else is metric (also we still buy beer by the pint but interestingly our pints are a different size than a US pint because the imperial system wasn’t standardised across the Empire until after US independence)
That isn’t something that DDB is doing. DDB only presents Imperial.
so, no, there is no setting to switch it back, because there is no setting to switch to it in the first place.
you have a browser extension doing it. You will have to look there.
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I know as Americans we're kinda weird when it comes to being the only country that doesn't use the metric system but is there a setting in dnd beyond to change it back to the imperial system?
The only country? The UK still uses Stones to quantify weight.
Only when weighing people. When weighing ingredients, it's in grams and kilos. We do fuel efficiency in miles per gallon, then sell fuel in litres. We're a weird hodgepodge and some things drive me nuts.
Still, the point remains, most of the world does work in metric. I'm not sure D&D will change though. American books rarely go to the expense of having their language adapted to non-American audiences, let alone rewriting the ruleset to accommodate their units of usage. I haven't read it yet, but I really wouldn't be surprised if the Italian PHB still uses feet and miles, despite being in a different language.
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What strikes me as funny is that it should be possible for them to set it up as a programmatic part of DDB -- there should be a toggle.
this was one of the reasons we switched to a 3 foot grid (we futz the difference) for everything, including species sizes. We drop by 6 inch below 3 feet and then bump by 3 feet, 6 feet, or 9 feet going up. Also makes combat more fascinating when reach is 9 feet, and regular combat is 6, and movement is always in single grids.
not that I recommend it to anyone else; we are a bunch of folks who hate having to overthink stuff.
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I know as Americans we're kinda weird when it comes to being the only country that doesn't use the metric system but is there a setting in dnd beyond to change it back to the imperial system?
Isn't it imperial by default? (I know it is in the books I have)
Imperial is the default. I know there is a browser plugin that changes these to metric, do you perhaps have any plugins for DNDBeyond? Check if they change the imperial to metric.
I'm in the UK and had to spend the last year teaching a group of kids Imperial because there's no way to change to metric I've ever found (and even if there was so much is based on 5 foot squares metres would fit badly on top)
it was never the default for us,
exactly! i just want to know if there's a setting to change it back
How to convert to metric: 10' = 3 meters (actually 3.048, but that's easily a rounding error), so the squares are 1.5 meters. The only D&D stuff I know of that uses meters is BG3, though.
Yeah I know how to do the conversion but when absolutely everything in the game references in feet it's simpler to just not convert it. Weirdly I even had to switch BG3 to feet because it was confusing me
The problem is that because the base system works with feet as its presumed unit, all the arithmetic works on that presumption. Sure, Reach can be estimated as 1.5m, but it's much easier to work with lots of 5 in your head than 1.5s - and the quantities expressed complicates this. Yes, 30ft can be estimated as 9m, but the DM has to divide 30ft by 5ft to get 6 then multiply it by 1.5m to get 9m. Then after moving his Speed, the Wizard casts Fireball and now we need to divide 40ft by 5ft to get 8, then multiply by 1.5m to get 12m...
I'm fine with imperial, personally. The archaic feel to it makes the game feel more medievally. However, I'm comfortable working with it (and likewise with metric), not all are. The "just do X" solutions almost always sound a lot easier and more practical than they really are.
If you're not willing or able to to discuss in good faith, then don't be surprised if I don't respond, there are better things in life for me to do than humour you. This signature is that response.
I think we drifted of the topic of the question of the OP.
But, if we ever get a metric based D&D, 1 square=1 meter. Easiest stuff to do.
Are you saying that your DNDBeyond shows all measurements in metric instead of imperial measurements?
Because there isn't a native setting to change the units of measurement in DNDB. You must have addon or extension that is doing it, in which case it's going to be trial and error to figure out which one and then change its settings.
The only country? The UK still uses Stones to quantify weight.
And miles to do long distances but everything else is metric (also we still buy beer by the pint but interestingly our pints are a different size than a US pint because the imperial system wasn’t standardised across the Empire until after US independence)
That isn’t something that DDB is doing. DDB only presents Imperial.
so, no, there is no setting to switch it back, because there is no setting to switch to it in the first place.
you have a browser extension doing it. You will have to look there.
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Only when weighing people. When weighing ingredients, it's in grams and kilos. We do fuel efficiency in miles per gallon, then sell fuel in litres. We're a weird hodgepodge and some things drive me nuts.
Still, the point remains, most of the world does work in metric. I'm not sure D&D will change though. American books rarely go to the expense of having their language adapted to non-American audiences, let alone rewriting the ruleset to accommodate their units of usage. I haven't read it yet, but I really wouldn't be surprised if the Italian PHB still uses feet and miles, despite being in a different language.
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What strikes me as funny is that it should be possible for them to set it up as a programmatic part of DDB -- there should be a toggle.
this was one of the reasons we switched to a 3 foot grid (we futz the difference) for everything, including species sizes. We drop by 6 inch below 3 feet and then bump by 3 feet, 6 feet, or 9 feet going up. Also makes combat more fascinating when reach is 9 feet, and regular combat is 6, and movement is always in single grids.
not that I recommend it to anyone else; we are a bunch of folks who hate having to overthink stuff.
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i dont metric im english and naturally imperial > all. if 1 inch is 2.54 cm then 1 foot is 30.48cm and 1m is 39.37 inches? is my maths right?
It is though at the resolution of D&D (or most other RPGs) you will not have problems calling 1"=2.5cm (1' = 30cm, 1m = 40").