Player Handout: Laws of the Commonwealth
(Please note that individual nations may have additional laws, or additional punishment options. This is a general list of laws and punishments set forth by the Commonwealth Accord, and a good general reference document)
Punishment for a crime can include one or more of the following, based on the nature of the crime, who or what the crime is committed against, and the criminal record of the convicted:
- Death
- Damages (Payable to the injured party or victim’s next of kin; Inability to pay the fine leads to punishment and/or hard labor)
- Edict (Forbidding the convicted from doing something; Violation of an edict can result in imprisonment, hard labor, and/or fine)
- Exile (For a set number of years)
- Fine (Payable to the respective territory; Inability to pay the fine leads to punishment and/or hard labor)
- Flogging (For a set number of lashes)
- Hard Labor (For a set period of days, months, or years, depending on the severity of the crime)
- Imprisonment (For a set period of days, months, or years, depending on the severity of the crime)
- Assaulting or impersonating a Minister: Death
- Assaulting or impersonating an Official or Noble: Flogging, Imprisonment up to a fortnight, and a fine of up to 500gp
- Blackmailing an Official: Flogging and exile up to 10 years
- Bribery or Attempted Bribery of an Official: Exile up to 20 years and a fine of up to double the bribe amount
- Murder of a Minister, Official, or Noble: Death
- Using magic to influence a Minister without consent: Imprisonment up to a year, and fine or damages up to 1000gp
- Using magic to influence an Official without consent: Fine or damages up to 1000gp and edict
- Arson: Death or hard labor up to 1 year, with fines and/or damages covering the cost of repairs plus 2000gp
- Brandishing Weapons without Due Cause: Imprisonment up to a fortnight and/or fine up to 10gp
- Espionage: Death or permanent exile
- Fencing Stolen Goods: Fine equal to the value of the stolen goods and edict
- Forgery of an Official Document: Flogging and exile up to 10 years
- Hampering Justice: Fine up to 200gp and hard labor up to a fortnight
- Littering: Fine up to 2gp and an edict
- Poisoning a Town Well or City Water Supply: Death
- Theft: Flogging followed by imprisonment up to a fortnight, hard labor up to 1 year, or fine equal to the value of the stolen goods
- Treason: Death
- Vandalism: Imprisonment up to a fortnight, plus fines and/or damages covering the cost of repairs plus 100gp
- Assaulting a Priest or Lay Worshipper: Imprisonment up to a fortnight and damages up to 500gp
- Disorderly Conduct within a Temple: Fine up to 5gp and edict
- Public Blasphemy against a God or Church: Edict
- Theft of Temple Goods or Offerings: Imprisonment up to a fortnight and damages up to double the cost of the stolen items
- Tomb/Grave Robbing: Imprisonment up to a fortnight and damages covering the cost of repairs plus 500gp
- Assaulting a Citizen: Imprisonment up to a fortnight, flogging, and damages up to 1000gp
- Blackmailing or Intimidating a Citizen: Fine or damages up to 500gp and edict
- Burglary: Imprisonment up to 3 months and damages equal to the value of the stolen goods plus 500gp
- Damaging Property or Livestock: Damages covering the cost of repairs or replacement plus 500gp
- Disturbing the Peace: Fine up to 25gp and edict
- Murdering a Citizen without Justification: Death or hard labor up to 10 years, and damages up to 1000gp paid to the victims next of kin
- Murdering a Citizen with Justification: Exile up to 5 years, hard labor up to 3 years, or damages up to 1000gp paid to the victim’s next of kin.
- Robbery: Hard labor up to 1 month and damages equal to the value of the stolen goods plus 500gp
- Slavery: Flogging and hard labor up to 10 years
- Using magic to influence a Citizen without consent: Fine or damages up to 1000gp and edict
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