Re: [Fwd: Steel tech and weapons]

[Wright Frazier <khelek@ns1.cioe.com>]

> Jevan Furmanski wrote:
> > 
> > In response to the hub-bub about steel, the problem with steel isn't the
> > working of it, but the making of it.  The planet hasn't even developed
> > coke technology, which is essential to steel production, and I would
> > attribute this to the planet's lack of dried up swamp land.  Steel
> > production is the tricky part, and for the most part wasn't as we know it
> > until the first world war, and yielded cool new ways to kill eachother.
> > If someone wanted to have a group of super artisans like the Japanese
> > swordsmiths, who overcame their technological limitations I could back
> > that.  Steel as a raw material is hundreds of years away though.
> 
> So, a question to all:
> 
> Are there more steel longswords on Jaern or are there more
> once enchanted by-the-book Weapon Charm effect longswords
> on the planet?  Perhaps this is step one in deciding how
> abundant good steel weapons are...
> 
> Oh, and the swamps?  There is marshland in the northwest
> corner of Geleia...around Aelran.  But thank you for
> the materials lesson..I didn't know exactly what goes
> into steel besides carbon and iron.
> Now, if only they could make 316 stainless steel weapons...
> 
> 
> And, along the same topic:
> 
> 1)  How prevalent is Terisium upon the planet?
> Should 1/10 of the adventurers have an ounce or more?
> 
It is laughable to think that there are more once enchanted long swords on the planet
than steel weapons.  100,000+ xp for a +1 weapon charm.  10,000sp for a steel
long sword?  

Terisium should be rare in my opinion, and as valuable as a magical item.

Wright