Trouble with Armor and Worldbuilding

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by maximara

As James Burke described it the process was well within the TL2 Rome had: Design a reusable mold (bronze statues), carve the letter in a soft copper bar (around since the Greeks), and pour molten lead in the mold (Romans used lead for the pipes). Nothing in that list was beyond the ability of the TL2 Romans.

Romans are a poor example for TL2. They're very much pushing TL 3. Look instead at ancient Persia or Babylon, the Germanic tribes the Romans found, and pre-alexandrian Greece. Romans are TL2 in the same way World War II is TL6.

But yes, TL3 is probably sufficient for moveable type.