• DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
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    1 year ago

    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?

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      1 year ago

      You can’t expect to wield supreme judicial power just cause you threw a sword at some watery tart.

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      1 year ago

      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!