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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 1735876" data-attributes="member: 9254">Agreed.&nbsp; Curses at the high end, arcane marks at the low (i.e. Scarlet Letter) and Mark of Justice for seriously binding tasks.&nbsp; Geas would also be used in legal fashion to enforce compliance.&nbsp; The legal system is probably both more straight forward and even more convoluted. I'd imagine a zone of truth pretty much simplifies the bulk of cases where magic isn't likely to be involved but then you get to the weird stuff.&nbsp; Would you trust what you see from a scrying done by the god of illusions?&nbsp; The god of good?&nbsp; The god of warfare?&nbsp; What about a wizard?&nbsp; Glamours and transformations make all evidence questionable since you can magically turn yourself into an exact physical duplicate so even truth magics merely prevent someone from saying what they know to be false.&nbsp; Imagine the legal wranglings between a church and a wizard's guild!&nbsp; I'm sure it's a king's nightmare.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 1735876, member: 9254"] Agreed. Curses at the high end, arcane marks at the low (i.e. Scarlet Letter) and Mark of Justice for seriously binding tasks. Geas would also be used in legal fashion to enforce compliance. The legal system is probably both more straight forward and even more convoluted. I'd imagine a zone of truth pretty much simplifies the bulk of cases where magic isn't likely to be involved but then you get to the weird stuff. Would you trust what you see from a scrying done by the god of illusions? The god of good? The god of warfare? What about a wizard? Glamours and transformations make all evidence questionable since you can magically turn yourself into an exact physical duplicate so even truth magics merely prevent someone from saying what they know to be false. Imagine the legal wranglings between a church and a wizard's guild! I'm sure it's a king's nightmare. [/QUOTE]

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