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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MrsMongoose" data-source="post: 9616514" data-attributes="member: 7026582">No problem <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />You have to get a lot more into the how and why of when police forces were started in the first place (not including the magic), as technology is running at a faster pace in this campaign, but think of the era being Argy-bargy or Drunken fighting via fisticuffs was common, so were barroom brawls; however, drawing a lethal weapon is a step up. So is rioting by more steps. How the authorities dealt with them, and consequences of that (see Peterloo) set the stage for reforms and so on.Bear in mind a night in the cells to cool your heels after a bit of a slapping in this period probably won't get you much of a rap sheet, but if you continually do it or up the ante, then that's a whole other thing... Also have a look at how the police/spies etc were started in different countries. In some countries they really were just the biggest gang. And protected the landowners' interests... look at which of the countries in the setting think (different types of) slavery is ok, for example...Have a look at how an early Scotland Yard worked and you might have something approaching what you want, maybe? This is where the detectives went out to the regional force, headed the investigation, and tended to pick a selection of the local police to do the legwork.For books that give a good idea, I'd probably say that the Shardlake books are too early, but has some good precursors to a more modern kind of policing/spying later, A Conspiracy of Paper (Liss) is a good one (ex-Boxer gets embroiled in South Sea Bubble stuff), The Queen of Bedlam would work if you want to run some Ragman sidequests and do more on the asylum, A Broken Vessel, (Kate Ross) is probably exactly the kind of feel just post-Yerasol wars with Danor being very French Republic, and Sherlock Holmes is maybe a bit too late, but the early stuff may work. The Gods of Gotham may also work (1860s) as it is about New York FINALLY setting up a police force...But 1700-1837 as a time period, basically.</blockquote>

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