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Originally Posted by Targan
Good call. Keeping it really simple, you could make a strong brine solution by evaporating sea water down.
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I'm sure there are lots of methods for low-tech extraction of salt from sea water. The only one I can recall from college anthropology and archeology classes was used in Mesoamerica and simply consisted of putting ceramic bowls of sea water near fires or nested down in the coals to evaporate out the water. (Places with low humidity and lots of sunlight you could skip the fire.) Probably not the most fuel efficient method, where that is an issue, requires some full time labor, and has at least as big a signature as cooking alcohol fuel if stealth is an issue -- but it's caveman simple. Unfortunately, I also have no clue as to yield per unit of volume -- admittedly, most gaming situations won't hinge on how many grams of salt can be had from a liter of sea water, but it would be nice to have a reasonable feel for scale.