Timeline for How to sabotage a blacksmith production? [closed]
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| Jan 16, 2019 at 5:30 | history | closed |
Guran Mołot sphennings elemtilas JBH |
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| Jan 16, 2019 at 3:05 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jan 13, 2019 at 11:39 | answer | added | Sascha | timeline score: -1 | |
| Jan 11, 2019 at 20:22 | history | protected | James | ||
| Jan 11, 2019 at 18:08 | comment | added | Myles | If you'd consider a ret-con to this: "The city's main weapon and armor supplier has lost his contract arming the city's guard because the quality of the last batch of its products was so awful he refused to ship them." is a much simpler premise that allows for all sorts of sabotage to materials and tools that is detectable in the finished product but not easily diagnosed if the sabotage is subtle enough. | |
| Jan 11, 2019 at 15:04 | answer | added | Taju | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jan 11, 2019 at 14:20 | comment | added | xdtTransform | @Keeta, galllium is a great idea. Sheath filled with galium. Some alloy will break like a wet cookie. | |
| Jan 11, 2019 at 2:55 | vote | accept | NewGM | ||
| Jan 11, 2019 at 1:02 | comment | added | Mazura | (not) Related: How to screw up a HVLP paint job: have someone else anywhere in the building using a can of spray silicone. | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 23:59 | answer | added | Shalvenay | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 22:33 | answer | added | Typhado | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 20:05 | answer | added | Alex H. | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 18:23 | comment | added | Guran | @James tbh I did not down-vote, though I did vtc. Mostly bc the question was so story-based. | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 17:57 | comment | added | James | @Guran and other down-voters. Real world questions are on topic per the help site, please familiarize yourself with How to ask before downvoting again. | |
| S Jan 10, 2019 at 17:55 | history | suggested | user | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 10, 2019 at 17:51 | comment | added | James | There are some complicated answers in here, but honestly...all you have to do is add to much carbon when you are folding the steel, it will make it brittle... | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 17:49 | answer | added | G. B. Robinson | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 17:34 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Jan 10, 2019 at 16:18 | history | edited | NewGM | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 10, 2019 at 15:37 | answer | added | cmm | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 15:25 | comment | added | Keeta - reinstate Monica | Not enough time to post a full answer, but adding gallium to a batch of metal makes it annoyingly magnetic, brittle, and hard to separate out the gallium. I am sure there is probably something else more plentiful that would produce the same result but I can't think of it right now. | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 15:23 | comment | added | nzaman | Would a variable magnetic field work to weaken the iron while it is still soft? But it still wouldn't explain why the blacksmith didn't notice the weakened blade, unless he didn't have time to check the finished product. | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 15:07 | answer | added | Magus | timeline score: 93 | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 14:45 | answer | added | Soeren D. | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 12:17 | comment | added | SeanR | Could you sabotage the blacksmith himself? eg add some mercury into his furnace, to slowly poison him with the effect of the fumes? | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 10:24 | comment | added | L.Dutch♦ | @chaslyfromUK, if you sabotage the sword after the artisan tested it, you achieve the scope of sabotaging. That the army breaks the sword before fight might even be good: no sane commander would deploy a swordless army... | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 10:24 | answer | added | Martin | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 9:15 | comment | added | chasly - supports Monica | "The swords break at the first clash, ... The materials are of the highest quality". Without magic this doesn't compute. The blacksmith will test the blade thoroughly, especially after one or two have been found to fail. The soldiers will test their swords as soon as they receive them - they won't wait for battle before even trying the weapon. | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 6:48 | answer | added | Battle | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 6:44 | answer | added | Christmas Snow | timeline score: 12 | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 6:33 | comment | added | Guran | Interesting question, but still VTC since it is not worldbuilding but a mix of story, history and real-world metallurgy. | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 6:23 | answer | added | L.Dutch♦ | timeline score: 53 | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 5:25 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jan 10, 2019 at 5:09 | answer | added | Willk | timeline score: 13 | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 4:56 | answer | added | Sonvar | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 4:46 | answer | added | gael | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 4:45 | comment | added | Sarriesfan | In Late Medieval Europe creating weapons and armour was already a specialised task, the Guild of Armourers in London was founded in 1322 the Guild of Cutlers granted a charter in 1416. It was also before the days of centralised manufacturing there would be several craftsmen performing those task in a city rather than one, a smaller town one would,be more likely. | |
| Jan 10, 2019 at 4:32 | history | edited | L.Dutch♦ |
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| Jan 10, 2019 at 4:17 | comment | added | JBH | Sabotaging the process might be possible, but it would take a whomping good bribe to sabotage the blacksmith himself. He'd know about anything wrong with the process and would certainly know that he was producing substandard equipment. I suspect this question is more about the blacksmith than it is the process of subverting the process of blacksmithing. | |
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| Jan 10, 2019 at 4:06 | history | asked | NewGM | CC BY-SA 4.0 |