RPGMemes

10414 readers

802 users here now

Humor, jokes, memes about TTRPGs

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

930

Oh cool, a sword of detect evil (startrek.website)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

118 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

You can't expect to wield supreme judicial power just cause you threw a sword at some watery tart.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Supreme judicial power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical abuse of a magic item. I mean, if I went around stabbing people just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me they'd put me away!