• Phineaz@feddit.org
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    3 days ago

    To provide some context: Corfu received strong British influence in the past and was under the crowns reign for a few decades. It has remained a frequented destination for upper-class British tourism into the early 20th century as I have heard.

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      3 days ago

      Good on them abandoning the dreadful culinary influence of the Brits. A culture so captivated by spices, but one that never thought to get high on their own supply. No no, just keep boiling things

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        Brits are to spices like dragons are to gold: they only hoard with no way to use it themselves.

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          At least in D&D the good and evil dragons do have a use for it.

          The evil dragons eat it just before they die. If they don’t show up with enough gold in hell, then Tiamat/Takhisis eats their souls.

          The good dragons use it to fund various parts of their chosen civilization/ city/ town. So a gold dragon may create a perpetual trust to fund the defence force of a kingdom, or a silver dragon may fund a museum or theater.

          I haven’t come across any material that says what the neutral dragons use it for, other than a bed. Apparently when you’re that big, gold is quite soft and comfy.