The Picard Maneuver to RPGMemes @ttrpg.network • 9 months agoOh cool, a sword of detect evilstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1932arrow-down111
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minus-square@DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilink6•9 months agoYeah, even when alignment is proof enough you still need trials, and a random person’s magic sword isn’t exactly reliable proof in itself. Can it fail? Can it be tricked? Is it a magical effect, or a divine one? What about people who have done horrible crimes but served their sentence?
minus-square@Sotuanduso@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish14•9 months agoYou can’t expect to wield supreme judicial power just cause you threw a sword at some watery tart.
minus-square@Klear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink7•9 months agoSupreme judicial power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical abuse of a magic item. I mean, if I went around stabbing people just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me they’d put me away!
Yeah, even when alignment is proof enough you still need trials, and a random person’s magic sword isn’t exactly reliable proof in itself.
Can it fail? Can it be tricked? Is it a magical effect, or a divine one?
What about people who have done horrible crimes but served their sentence?
You can’t expect to wield supreme judicial power just cause you threw a sword at some watery tart.
Supreme judicial power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical abuse of a magic item. I mean, if I went around stabbing people just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me they’d put me away!