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Old 01-28-2021, 08:15 AM   #61
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Of course, there is the possibility that a "cookpot" may not be available at sufficiently low TL; but I have the impression that cultures that eat grain are likely to have some way to make porridge of it, which seems to imply something like a stewpot or cauldron.

I think the "pre-boiling pot" tech level is TL0, and mid to early TL0 at that. Pottery becomes abundant in the neolithic, and once you have pottery, you usually start boiling things.
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Old 01-28-2021, 08:17 AM   #62
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You can boil things in a leather sack. It's a little complicated but you can do it.
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Old 01-28-2021, 10:31 AM   #63
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You can boil things in a leather sack. It's a little complicated but you can do it.
Yes, and the player is proposing to acquire a very large leather sack, in case the character ever needs to reanimate a troll with cauldron magic. The smaller cauldrons are for cooking dinner . . .
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Old 01-28-2021, 10:35 AM   #64
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Yes, and the player is proposing to acquire a very large leather sack, in case the character ever needs to reanimate a troll with cauldron magic.
This is taking re-birthing ceremonies to a whole new level...
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Old 01-29-2021, 08:25 AM   #65
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I think if anything TL can help determine the divide between the (relatively) lightweight traveling equipment and something that you'd see in a settlement or household.

Traveling is tough on gear, so pottery wouldn't last so early on I think the hide pots that are heated using stone boiling is what you've got. Bigger ceramic pots would stay at home where they can be properly handled so they don't break from use or accident. Or, as folks have pointed out, disposable ceramic/earthenware stuff can be supplied by the local potter.

It'd be a TL3 time period probably before a proper little metal cookpot is something you'd find in the camp gear listing.
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