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minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoYeah, even when alignment is proof enough you still need trials, and a random person’s magic sword isn’t exactly reliable proof in itself. Can it fail? Can it be tricked? Is it a magical effect, or a divine one? What about people who have done horrible crimes but served their sentence?
minus-squareSotuanduso@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoYou can’t expect to wield supreme judicial power just cause you threw a sword at some watery tart.
Yeah, even when alignment is proof enough you still need trials, and a random person’s magic sword isn’t exactly reliable proof in itself.
Can it fail? Can it be tricked? Is it a magical effect, or a divine one?
What about people who have done horrible crimes but served their sentence?
You can’t expect to wield supreme judicial power just cause you threw a sword at some watery tart.