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Polydamas · 11-12-2020, 09:49 AM

One detail: Carts and wagons are thousands of years older than iron smelting, and all-wood-and-hide Red River Wagons were still used in the 19th c. Not having bronze or iron tools does make woodworking harder. You would see more dugout canoes and bentwod boxes than intricately carved munti-story wooden buildings. Not being able to use stone axes and scrapers would be crippling for food gathering and tool making.

11-12-2020, 09:49 AM	#28
Polydamas Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central Europe	Re: Elves as "closer to nature and lower-tech" - give them a revulsion to metal? One detail: Carts and wagons are thousands of years older than iron smelting, and all-wood-and-hide Red River Wagons were still used in the 19th c. Not having bronze or iron tools does make woodworking harder. You would see more dugout canoes and bentwod boxes than intricately carved munti-story wooden buildings. Not being able to use stone axes and scrapers would be crippling for food gathering and tool making. __________________ "It is easier to banish a habit of thought than a piece of knowledge." H. Beam Piper This forum got less aggravating when I started using the ignore feature Last edited by Polydamas; 11-12-2020 at 09:51 AM. Reason: typos fixed