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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Herobizkit" data-source="post: 6292354" data-attributes="member: 36150">In our current campaign, my character has returned from his adventures and must now take some time attending to his duties as Lord Mayor of a largely pirate/port/trade town.Last game, our party held Court and heard some civil and criminal complaints, and this led me to realize that the kingdom in which the town is located is primarily Lawful Good - the harsh kind with a lot of strict punishments.  My character is a True Neutral champion of "do my own thing, man" but wants to keep the city running as a business and source of income.He has changes in store for the town's Legal Code:He is looking to legalize prostitution and govern it by protecting the workers and their rights (essentially making a Guild of "Geisha", for lack of a better term).  He wants high- and lower-class (Burlesque / ladies of the evening) entertainment to be available and to be able to tax the revenue of same.  This could be done as a _very_ stylized Bard college...To that end, he is thinking about placing an edict to protect all entertainers and treat them as if they were nobility.  There is something in the 4e builder for this but I can't remember what atm.He is looking to legalize same-sex partnering (at present, there is a ten-year prison sentence for 'buggery').  If open acceptance isn't a possibility, he is willing to put in a "behind-closed-doors" policy to protect the privacy of those involved in such affairs.He is opening his doors to all persons of race and creed.  Humanoids will be welcome if they can abide by the city's laws; presently, my character's NPC Knight Commander is a Hobgoblin who holds sway over 20k goblins.  There are also villages of Goliaths, Elves, Orcs, and Duergar within a few day's ride of the town.  Should war come to pass, plans are to pull them all into the city for their defense.I looked at a few examples of fantasy legal codes (I found one from 1e Waterdeep that was incredibly detailed) but I don't want to just copy/paste.Any ideas as to what kind of code/laws I should consider for such a place?</blockquote>

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