David Scott Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Let's not forget naturally occurring sodium carbonate in dry lake beds, Natron is one example. Or plant sources such as soapwort. We don't need to go entirely alchemical to produce soap. 1 1 Quote ----- Search the Glorantha Resource Site: https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com. Search the Glorantha mailing list archives: https://glorantha.steff.in/digests/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 On 9/26/2022 at 3:21 PM, Darius West said: What do people think about the possibility of soap in Glorantha? The RQG rules, p 66, have the following items in a Healer's Kit: lotions, ointments, salves, herbs, soaps, razor, tweezers, bandage. So, yes, Glorantha does have soap. 4 Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChildOfEru Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Quote Castile Olive Oil Soap, Spain, 2000 BCE Legend has it that the first soap was accidentally produced on Mt. Sopa, a site of animal sacrifice. As the goat meat burned, fat dripped down through the fire, bonding to lye leaching out of the ashes. The combination flowed down the mountainside and collected in the clay of the riverbanks, where women used the clay to scrub laundry clean. Although soap was known in the Fertile Crescent as early as 2000 BCE, it was used in the treatment of wounds and in hairdressing before its cleansing properties were understood. <SNIP> Although the Arabs used animal fat for their soaps, the abundance of olive trees in the Mediterranean area led to the development of soaps based on olive oil and lye from the ashes of the barilla, a common plant. The soap shown here is Castile soap, an olive oil soap of the region of Castila, Spain. -- https://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/hsc07b.htm If you do your animal sacrifices correctly, the gods add the additional gift of some soap. No reason not to have bronze age soap. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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