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<blockquote data-quote="FreeTheSlaves" data-source="post: 2193116" data-attributes="member: 9952"><p>What happens when the law does not cover an obvious injustice? Am I expected to respect the lawful Mayor when we have uncovered that he is a murderer (the previous constable I replaced), is sanctioning a gang that practices extortion, and has my deputies and I beaten to within an inch of our lives to set as an example for the people that there is no hope for justice? The rearrested gang is then freed without due process and we are utterly powerless from a legal standpoint. He even controls the mail so I'd have to travel 3 months to lodge a protest, which if he bothered to pay a bribe could get 'lost' in the system. </p><p>Is a paladin supposed to respect illegitimate law? My characters viewpoint is to resort to the natural justice of common law.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It is not a case of the cavalry not holding prisoners, it is a case of the cavalry being led by an actual accomplice to the Mayor! There is no 'legitimate' higher authority that we know of, that is the recurring theme, think of the vast spaces of say Russia and you have an idea of how isolated we are. Hmmm, we will give it another go though to find a legitimate authority, heck, we could organize a provisional council in the meantime. </p><p>No jail is going to work, we tried that but were over-powered and the prisoners were let loose, until we despatch the sons & co normal law and order can't be maintained.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't think I can order anything but martial law and I think that the DM would require that to originate from the Mayor, I certainly am not allowed to institute any new 'laws', that would be unlawful. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I was one of the survivors and needed to provide medical nursing to nurse my companions to conciousness after 3 days. Given the situation I threw him a spade when he came to and left him to protect his brothers from the buzzards. I admit it wasn't my finest hour but I was real cranky after almost losing that battle and all our lives, to my credit I saved his life which I was not obligated to do as it was a fight to the death.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FreeTheSlaves, post: 2193116, member: 9952"] What happens when the law does not cover an obvious injustice? Am I expected to respect the lawful Mayor when we have uncovered that he is a murderer (the previous constable I replaced), is sanctioning a gang that practices extortion, and has my deputies and I beaten to within an inch of our lives to set as an example for the people that there is no hope for justice? The rearrested gang is then freed without due process and we are utterly powerless from a legal standpoint. He even controls the mail so I'd have to travel 3 months to lodge a protest, which if he bothered to pay a bribe could get 'lost' in the system. Is a paladin supposed to respect illegitimate law? My characters viewpoint is to resort to the natural justice of common law. It is not a case of the cavalry not holding prisoners, it is a case of the cavalry being led by an actual accomplice to the Mayor! There is no 'legitimate' higher authority that we know of, that is the recurring theme, think of the vast spaces of say Russia and you have an idea of how isolated we are. Hmmm, we will give it another go though to find a legitimate authority, heck, we could organize a provisional council in the meantime. No jail is going to work, we tried that but were over-powered and the prisoners were let loose, until we despatch the sons & co normal law and order can't be maintained. I don't think I can order anything but martial law and I think that the DM would require that to originate from the Mayor, I certainly am not allowed to institute any new 'laws', that would be unlawful. I was one of the survivors and needed to provide medical nursing to nurse my companions to conciousness after 3 days. Given the situation I threw him a spade when he came to and left him to protect his brothers from the buzzards. I admit it wasn't my finest hour but I was real cranky after almost losing that battle and all our lives, to my credit I saved his life which I was not obligated to do as it was a fight to the death. [/QUOTE]
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