Acres, Leagues, and the Common Measures of Faerûn

In the bustling markets of Faerûn, coin is not the only currency of trust, measurement is. From the wheat fields of the Dalelands to the shipyards of Luskan, merchants, nobles, and adventurers depend upon a shared language of land, distance, weight, and volume. Without these measures, contracts could not be enforced, caravans would falter, and harvests would be sold with suspicion rather than certainty.

The common measures of Faerûn, acres, leagues, rods, fathoms, and more, did not arise from...