It is not only alchemists who need to know weights and measures – common folk use them too, when speaking of distances, or purchasing some quantity of this or that. Here are some of the more well-used weights and measures of the Old World – their descriptions remain fairly consistent in Moraithe, the isles of Masalla, the New World, and other lands of Masallan descent. I’ve spoken to Kenton and Rebecca, who have helped me to include references to your common measurements.

The King’s Standard is the commonly recognized standard for all the listed measures here – examples of the ‘official’ weights and measures are kept in a vault in Masalla. However, the reality of the situation is that measuring devices which adhere exactly to the King’s Standard are difficult to find, and many measures are based off of their descriptions below, and thus differ from locale to locale.

Distance –

Breadth – Broken into halves and quarters for more accurate measures, the breadth is taken as the width of a man’s thumb. It corresponds to approximately 2 and a half of your centimeters.

Arm – Measured at ten breadths, an arm is about the distance from a man’s inner elbow to his wrist.

Pace – Measured at three arms, the pace is the distance of a short step paced out by a man, measured from toe to toe.

League – At six thousand paces, a league is very roughly equivalent to three of your miles. They are sometimes divided into halves or quarters.

Time – See the calendar for days, years, and moons. Otherwise, there is only one time measurement, as most timing is done by the position of the sun (ie. Meet me at midday.)

Hour – Roughly equivalent to your hour, it can be broken into quarters or halves. Hours are measured by sandglasses, unavailable to most, so the hour is a highly subjective measurement which owes its origins to the alchemists, who used it for measuring the time they should allow processes to continue on.

Weights –