Wulf and Co,
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>
> The fun bit is tempering a (steel or iron) blade... you can
plunge the
> hot blade in water, but better are oil, blood (your enemies,
> preferably), or urine... These are to add various chemicals (notably
> carbon) to the surface metal. My friends tried urine once... only
> once. Try working in a shed full of urine steam and you'll see why...
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>
[Dave Bailey] Thanks for that, I seem to remember something about Japanese swords being tempered by thrusting them into criminals bodies as well.
The reason for my question was that I was wondering how I was going to explain to my players, when I start running this, how the socio-economic system works and was just thinking about "So you want to buy a mail shirt?". Anyway it got me thinking 'cause I seem to remember something about it taking a hellish long time to create one and that it's going to take a huge amount of time away from other projects like making nails for next weeks barn raising or a plow for the neighbour. It seemed to me that this is a prestige project and was generally wondering what other big projects could be turned into an adventure to illustrate the flow of favours and gifts around the clan. Also it means I can quickly establish the players in the tangled web of gifting and counter gifting that is the Orlanthi lifestyle.
Dave
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