> One of the best-known mining towns in Dragon Pass is Tink, out in
the
> dragonewt wilds, and hideout for Forang Farosh. They have access to
what
> remains of a bronze god skeleton. Probably accessible only through
> tunnels, or the deposits would have been exploited by now.
I have run a scenario based on an old RQ magazine (RQA or Tradetalk, I forget which), which I recall described Tink as the fading remnants of a once-significant mining town, now the bronze was all mined out.
> Metal can be found as metal - godbones or fragments thereof, or
> semi-rotten remnants of battles in the Dragonkill War - or as ore.
Gustbran also has feats to alloy bronze from Rune metals... about the most expensive method I can imagine.
> Theoretically it should be possible to cast bronze swords in moulds
and
> then only hammer out the edges. Is that part of what the Machine
City
> did?
Historically, this was a common method, but I'd have to do a bit of reading to be sure who by. It's how I assume Gloranthans do it, with a bit of help from Gustbran's magic.
Wulf
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