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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 2513049" data-attributes="member: 20323">I'm creating 2 feats for my "Caliphate Nights" setting. I've finished one, but I'm having trouble coming up with ideas for what Honest Law can be used for. Do you have any suggestions?Honest LawPrerequisite: Literacy, Trained in Diplomacy and Knowledge (Local)You are well versed in the letter and spirit of the Sharia, and you’re committed to using such knowledge for the good of your community and nation.Honest Law: New Uses for the Knowledge (Local) SkillDC....Task10....Prompt reply for minor request (application, license, permit, visa)10....Knowing which official to approach and the best time10....?    15....Find an unbiased qadi to try a case15....Get backup for a specific legal task. Typically this includes a number of 1st level characters equal to your Expert level who are assembled in one day. You must be able to communicate with a mosque or honest government official to get backup. Using backup negligently or manipulating them for extra-legal activities is a criminal offense.20....Get access to normally secret government documents if they in some way pertain to your current case.20....?    25....?Opposed Skill Check: Design a contract with no loose ends. Track illicitly gotten wealth. Defend/prosecute a court case heard by a council (not a dictator). Detect a forged legal document (see Dishonest Law).Dishonest LawPrerequisite: Trained in Diplomacy and Knowledge (Local)You know how to manipulate the Sharia to your own advantage. You may use Knowledge (Local) to perform cunning legal tricks.Dishonest Law: New Uses for the Knowledge (Local) SkillDC....Task10....Avoid close inspection within city (not palace) or avoid police harassment10....Get around the riba – the law preventing the charging of interest15....Get minor charges dropped or find a biased qadi to try a case15....Waive minor taxes and fees20....Create delays (paperwork mismanaged, trials put off)20....Move wealth between cities or even countries (e.g. from Baghdad to Cordoba), smuggle goods, or convert illicit goods to silver standard.25....Find a loophole in the sharia or make paperwork disappear. Such a loophole may only be used once and may incite the faithful.25....Secretly channel money into a “heretical” business or causeOpposed Skill Check: Create a contract with loose ends. Create or detect a forged legal document. This is opposed by anyone with Craft (Manuscript) or someone with the Dishonest or Honest Law feat on a Knowledge (Local) check. You must be literate and have Craft (Manuscript) in order to forge a document.</blockquote>

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