Joerg, there is nothing in the rules that even hints at the possibility of alloys, with the sole exception that tin and copper can be combined into bronze. How can you create all this house of cards about how RQ III metals are "impure" and so forth? Adulterated metals, alloys such as electrum, even minor things like steel are conspicuous by their absence. Obviously the norm in Glorantha is for metals to be pure. It's possible on Earth to find a pure node of copper, gold, or silver. The same is true in Glorantha, only more so. Typically, Gloranthan metals appear as pure veins, except for iron.
>Take for example the coinage. Wouldn't you think that a Wheel
would make a
>superior surface for light spells?
Yes. Of course. Why is that a problem?
>It's gold, it is enchanted (when coined from the metal bar by a
Lokarnos >priest), and its a coin. Is it pure gold, or does it have
one of the usual >three-quarter or half gold contents?
Gold doesn't need to be enchanted to have its special light power. Is it pure gold? Nominally so. Where does it imply otherwise? Even its weight and value were figured by comparing pure gold to pure silver.
Sandy P.
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