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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AmerginLiath" data-source="post: 7750695" data-attributes="member: 777"><p>I’m reminded of one of my favorite stories from history, and the one I remain shocked has never been made into a movie or Netflix show. After the establishment of the Bank of England in 1694, the two men put in charge of the recall and recoinage of English coinage were Isaac Newton and John Locke — one a man obsessed with pure metals and alchemy, the other a “hard money” anti-mercantilist, both major intellects of their age. There were rumors of the agents collecting coins for the Bank shaving the money and using official scales that were off-tare when delivering counts. To test this, Newton himself was alleged to go around the countryside in disguise from tavern to tavern, weighing coins and tabulating their weight on a private scale to counter these thieves. Imagine your world’s favorite wizards in Newton’s and Locke’s place and the party having to decide on which side to act with ancient currency pulled up from dragon hoards — do they play fair with the king’s might agents or try to outsmart the smartest in the land if it means getting rich?</p></blockquote><p></p>