Well I could make another workshop that requires said mechanisms and maybe some ropes/chains an anvil or a block. But really something so complex for breaking something that is not meant to be hit on the non-edge side? If I wanted I could break one of my swords easy, might be dangerous if i'm not careful and it might not be "instant" but I could do it. All I need is leverage, something to whack it with, and time. Metal bends, and when it does you bend it the other way, everytime it bends back and forth it gets weaker at the point of bending until finally it snaps off.
Remember I'm assuming that weaponsmiths are just taking pure Iron or steel and just shaping/working it into a sword/weapon. So that means no fancy techqniue to make the metal more absorbant to impact, and more resistant to the effects of being bent (like spring steel, or any metal that is really floppy, for lack of better words)
My brother and I have machetes, they are made from light flexible metal I can flex the blade and let go and it would spring back into place (I don't bend it that much) because it is like that it is harder to snap due to being able to "move" with the impact. If anything the handle would break before the blade.
But my brother bought one of those fancy SOB machetes, hardened carbon steel. Surpose to be the best for outdoors and hardcore campers, even being able to chop down trees with it they promised. My brother broke 3 trying to cut down a tree, and it wasn't a very big tree.
The blade was too hard, and didn't have anything to absorb the impact of a solid blow. Thus even snapping on the edge part that is designed structually to be the strongest part. Imagin a good 11" of free flying sharpened metal coming back at you, not fun I think.
So going with the simple "Weapons are cheaply made" concept Steel to Copper stuff can be broken. Bronze and Copper might be a bit harder but with time and alot of bending and whacking it can be done.
But I could probally use a custom workshop for breaking and making crude stuff, since I don't think the Craftshop is the best of places. or maybe it is, it has tools has it not?
So far this can be worked on, as there are probally alot of bugs still. I kinda want to get those cleaned up before I start working on something I added into KC
With some kobold creature related bugs reported thanks to DB and others that managed to crop up. I'd say things are going well.
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