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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 5589065" data-attributes="member: 58197"><p>How historically accurate are you trying to be? Why the Bronze Age specifically?</p><p></p><p>Some general thoughts about the Bronze Age:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dominant weapons are spear and bow. Long-bladed swords don't exist; swords are basically big daggers and used as sidearms only.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The best armor is scale. Full plate will not be invented for 3,000 years.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No books--these were not invented till the time of Rome. Papyrus scrolls and clay tablets are the order of the day.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Metal is expensive. Deposits of copper and tin (the components of bronze) are not nearly as common as iron. Moreover, unless you happen to have a copper mine right next to a tin mine, you have to ship the copper to the tin or the tin to the copper before you can make bronze.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you want a "magic metal," an equivalent to mithral/adamantine, I suggest meteoritic iron. People were making things out of iron meteorites long, long before they figured out how to smelt terrestrial iron. The stuff is both insanely rare and lends itself to stories of mystical or divine origin.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Depending on the period, warhorses may or may not be available. Cavalry was invented around the middle of the Bronze Age. Before that, it was chariots or walk.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Each major city is likely to have its own patron god.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 5589065, member: 58197"] How historically accurate are you trying to be? Why the Bronze Age specifically? Some general thoughts about the Bronze Age: [LIST] [*]Dominant weapons are spear and bow. Long-bladed swords don't exist; swords are basically big daggers and used as sidearms only. [*]The best armor is scale. Full plate will not be invented for 3,000 years. [*]No books--these were not invented till the time of Rome. Papyrus scrolls and clay tablets are the order of the day. [*]Metal is expensive. Deposits of copper and tin (the components of bronze) are not nearly as common as iron. Moreover, unless you happen to have a copper mine right next to a tin mine, you have to ship the copper to the tin or the tin to the copper before you can make bronze. [*]If you want a "magic metal," an equivalent to mithral/adamantine, I suggest meteoritic iron. People were making things out of iron meteorites long, long before they figured out how to smelt terrestrial iron. The stuff is both insanely rare and lends itself to stories of mystical or divine origin. [*]Depending on the period, warhorses may or may not be available. Cavalry was invented around the middle of the Bronze Age. Before that, it was chariots or walk. [*]Each major city is likely to have its own patron god.[/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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