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Originally Posted by Sindri
Note that with metal rarity like this I can't see people being very good at working metal. In fact metalworkers probably don't exist as an independent profession. This might lead the society to using what metals it has as religious items rather than badly made weapons made out of superior materials. Priests might pass on the secrets of metalworking.
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I had a similar thought. Weapons made of metal would be fashioned after stone ones. For example, rather than an iron sword, you'd see a Macuahuitl with iron teeth. Metal spear heads would be affixed like stone ones (splitting the wood, slotting the head in and wrapping with cord or sinew) rather than making a metal "sleave" that fits over the haft. Making the metal blades themselves would be another problem entirely... the few high-quality ones would be weapons of legend.