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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Always_a_DM" data-source="post: 72620" data-attributes="member: 2961">Depends on who makes the law in that town and who meets out the justice. It also depends on what is important to the town. If the town's main function is a garrison, then the penalty for sneaking around while working in the militia will be a lot worse than stealing the money. If the town's main source of income is trade based, then the crime of stealing money will be a lot more hefty.Stealing money from the state normally comes under the heading of treason (Lords and Kings can get very irate if you steal their pocket money) and the punishment for treason is almost always death.If the PC's want to live, then they'll need to convince the lord (or whoever) that they are worth more alive than dead.Here's my 2 copper. Mine it for any inspiration you can find. I'd have the Lord hire a spy to find out how much money the PC's have. Then hit them with a fine that will almost send them broke. Then have the lord tell the PC's that unless they turn state's evidence on that crime ring, they will be rotting in a prison for a very long time. That'l' be the stick. Now time for the carrot: I'd have the lord offer a slice of the pie from any confiscated loot that the lord gets from the crime ring.I suppose that'll only happen if the party is discovered. If no-one suspects the party of these crimes, why not have an NPC run a con to scam the party out of their loot ?</blockquote>