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Originally Posted by Icelander
Is there a particular reason to have the iron wire on the outside?
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Properly wrapped, it strengthens the container AND adds nasty frag. It can also strengthen whatever cap you have over the filler hole. If you use a wax coating to protect the fuze and powder, it can also be arranged to protect that from wear.
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Of course, iron wire is expensive to make until TL6. I have no idea how the price compares to cast iron, using the TL5-ish (magically-assisted)* manufacturing that the PCs are adopting.
Or, for that matter, how it compares to using TL3 methods to make an iron shell in several parts and fastening them together.
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Yes, that's a couple of kettles of worms right there. However, downthread you mention a local abundance of bronze, which is much more ductile and easier to make into wire. It doesn't need to be good wire of uniform cross section and strength, so perhaps even something like a shot tower only with a thin stream of molten bronze hardening into a wire could be managed...