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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 2754132" data-attributes="member: 14159">It doesn't matter, because Lord Shojo has no right to level accusations.&nbsp; The gate was not on his lands, the OotS are not his subjects and not subject to their laws.&nbsp; He was arrogant enough to send someone to render his judgment on people in another land, imposing his will on the soveriegnty of others.&nbsp; Now Miko is hauling the OotS in chains along the road, you'd imagine she'd get arrested for slaving or kidnapping trying that, except the DM is openly railroading at this point.&nbsp; Also, it is being wrongfully accused, not falsely accused.&nbsp; They may have destroyed the gate (Elan did actually, not the entire OotS), and that may have had consequences on magic, but that doesn't mean that anything that the charges are just, only that Shojo has taken offense to this and ordered a minion to kill or capture those who did it.In the big campaign of the OotS, I don't think the DM understands the concept of &quot;jurisdiction&quot; and how it relates to a highly lawful society.&nbsp; A lord who sends his servants to enforce his will in other countries, arresting their subjects is one who is likely to get a war started.&nbsp; How would Lord Shojo and Miko reply if the actual King of Nowhere or the President of Someplace Else sent knights in to arrest Shojo's subjects and haul them away because things they did offended him?&nbsp; The players understand this however, note Roy's speech about how they aren't part of her society so they don't have to respect her as a Samurai</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 2754132, member: 14159"] It doesn't matter, because Lord Shojo has no right to level accusations. The gate was not on his lands, the OotS are not his subjects and not subject to their laws. He was arrogant enough to send someone to render his judgment on people in another land, imposing his will on the soveriegnty of others. Now Miko is hauling the OotS in chains along the road, you'd imagine she'd get arrested for slaving or kidnapping trying that, except the DM is openly railroading at this point. Also, it is being [i]wrongfully[/i] accused, not [i]falsely[/i] accused. They may have destroyed the gate (Elan did actually, not the entire OotS), and that may have had consequences on magic, but that doesn't mean that anything that the charges are just, only that Shojo has taken offense to this and ordered a minion to kill or capture those who did it. In the big campaign of the OotS, I don't think the DM understands the concept of "jurisdiction" and how it relates to a highly lawful society. A lord who sends his servants to enforce his will in other countries, arresting their subjects is one who is likely to get a war started. How would Lord Shojo and Miko reply if the actual King of Nowhere or the President of Someplace Else sent knights in to arrest Shojo's subjects and haul them away because things they did offended him? The players understand this however, note Roy's speech about how they aren't part of her society so they don't have to respect her as a Samurai [/QUOTE]

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