Re: [hw-rules] imperial

On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Graham Robinson wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Mikko Rintasaari wrote:
>
> > *sigh* this is the truly tragic development from RQ to HW. We seem to
> > have slipped back to imperial measurements. Isn't even US supposed to be
> > using SI-units these days?
>
> Erm, isn't this a great advantage? Metric measurements, while lovely and
> logical and all, just don't have the same olde worlde feel of
> imperial. Certainly, I can't see the Orlanthi using a regimented system
> based on multiples of ten - maybe the Lunars...

I do use old measurements and wonderful inaccuracy when actually running the game, but I find it much, much easier to have the Narrator material in metric form.

I'll live :)

        -Adept             Received on Fri 19 Jan 2001 - 02:48:17 EET