> Apart from trace amounts of gold and silver, there are no metals in the setting.
Everyone dabs to communicate
One dab = yes
Two dabs = no
>>53658252
You're refering to smoking dabs of hash oil right?
>>53658252
>>53655442
>the antagonists are larger but less intelligentdark skinnedcannibals
>>53655442
>no metals
So humanoid life cannot exist due to absence of sodium, potassium and calcium, among others?
>>53661796
Pedants are regularly exiled from most societies, and are considered delicious by the bloodsuckers who live in the dark places of the world.
>>53661796
I mean, it would probably be easier to say, "humanity cannot work metal."
There, now quit your bitching
Locations with high quality flint are strategic resources. Tribes who can hold the hills where they are found enjoy significant advantages not only in combat but in hunting and most crafts.
Bone, shell, and horn are also important materials, providing options for among thousands of other things hard armor, one of the few counters available against flint using tribes. Reeds are also extremely useful- bed and floor mats, clothing, papyrus, and more can be made from the fast growing reeds along major rivers.
Wood and stone are harder to harvest and shape, representing much more labor. Without metal saws, large trees are not practical to harvest, and stone blocks can only be quarried using sand abrasion.
>>53666132
Most of the world would bear no visible marks of human habitation. Predators would still be a significant threat, a lone hunter still viable prey to the most aggressive.
Oh, missed one important material- pottery. Ceramics, and eventually even glass, are entirely possible without metal. It would be nice to have metal tools to work, but bone would work as long as it was thoroughly dried first and you replace it fairly regularly.
>>53666132
>Without metal saws, large trees are not practical to harvest.
The native americans would set them on fire. it was pretty effective and easy. Shaping a canoe wasn't much of an issue if the wood was green.