TL4 Without Iron

[Sindri]

Originally Posted by DanHoward

There aren't any noticable improvements in mining technology from the Roman period until the Industrial Revolution. There were advancements in smelting technology - you'd probably be able to recover 10-20% more metal from ore using late TL4 smelters compared to earlier ones.

Good to know.

Originally Posted by DanHoward

For most intents and purposes it is the same except for a few small things. You won't have magnets. It doesn't spark so you couldn't have flintlocks. It can't be made as hard as high carbon steel but high carbon steel that wasn't brittle was very hard to make and usually reserved for high-quality swords. Pretty much everything made of iron that a regular person used could be replaced with bronze if it was cheap and plentiful enough. The problem is that it stops being cheap and plentiful enough by TL2. There isn't enough of it to replace iron.

Well how it behaves includes the cost. Does anyone know the best alternative for sparking though? That seems interesting.