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Message: <blockquote data-quote="abri" data-source="post: 3934826" data-attributes="member: 1080">Well I am a material scientist <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Ceramics cannot be reworked. Once They've been sintered to their final shape the only thing you can change is breaking them in smaller pieces. You might still be able to find some interesting pieces: after all, any chunk of carbide (whatever shape it might me) will be an incredible tool for a medieval society.Metals tends not to survive 2000 years, you might find some weird intact one in ruins of unniversity labs. As for super alloy, as soon as you remelt it you lose all their amazing properties (its not the composition, its the microstructure that make them better).Polymers... Well some will still be around, but their utility is dubious, they really havent got good mechanical properties in general, I just don't see them being used much in a medieval society.Now they will be exceptions and those will be the treasure the adventurers go after. Any carbide tools would probably be beyond masterwork (+3/+4 to skills) , some industrial cutting tools [most likely diamond/saphire/carbide coated] might still be around if lucky and could be cut (using magic or a lot of patience) into axes (i'd make them equivalent to +1 or make them naturally keen)And artificial gemstones would be undistinguishible from regular one (nowadays you need an expert to spot an artifical ruby)</blockquote>

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