The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to RPGMemes @ttrpg.network · 1 year agoOh cool, a sword of detect evilstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1947arrow-down112
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minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year 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-squareSotuanduso@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoYou can't expect to wield supreme judicial power just cause you threw a sword at some watery tart.
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year 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!