Published weekly
Issue 1491/32
Neverwinter Council decree 1 - Crime & Punishment:
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
• Exile (for a number
of years or summers)
• Flogging (a set number of strokes)
• Hard labor (for a period of days, months, or years
depending on the seriousness of the crime)
• Imprisonment in the dungeons of Castle Neverwinter (for a
period of days or months depending on the seriousness of the crime)
• Fine (payable to the city; inability to pay the fine leads
to imprisonment and/or hard labor)
• Damages (payable to the injured party or victim’s kin;
inability to pay damages leads to imprisonment and/or hard labor)
• Edict (forbidding the convicted from doing something;
violation of an edict can result in imprisonment, hard labor, and/or a fine)
I.Crimes against Lords, Officials, and Nobles
Assaulting or impersonating a Lord: death
Assaulting or impersonating an official or noble: flogging,
imprisonment up to a tenday, and fine up to 500 gp
Blackmailing an official: flogging and exile up to 10 years
Bribery or attempted bribery of an official: exile up to 20
years and fine up to double the bribe amount
Murder of a Lord, official, or noble: death
Using magic to influence a Lord without consent:
imprisonment up to a year, and fine or damages up to 1,000 gp
Using magic to influence an official without consent: fine
or damages up to 1,000 gp and edict
II. Crimes against
the Gods
Assaulting a priest or lay worshiper: imprisonment up to a
tenday and damages up to 500 gp
Disorderly conduct within a temple: fine up to 5 gp and
edict).
Public blasphemy against a god or church: edict
Theft of
temple goods or offerings: imprisonment up to a tenday and damages up to double
the cost of the stolen items
Tomb-robbing:
imprisonment up to a tenday and damages covering the cost of repairs plus 500
gp
Arson: death or hard labor up to 1 year, with fines and/or
damages covering the cost of repairs plus 2,000 gp
Brandishing weapons without due cause: imprisonment up to a
tenday and/or fine up to 10 gp
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 for 10 summers
Hampering justice: fine up to 200 gp and hard labor up to a tenday
Littering: fine up to 2 gp and edict
Poisoning a city well: death
Theft: flogging followed by imprisonment up to a tenday,
hard labor up to 1 year, or fine equal to the value of the stolen goods
Treason: death
Vandalism: imprisonment up to a tenday plus fine and/or
damages covering the cost of repairs plus up to 100 gp
Using magic to influence an official without consent: fine
or damages up to 1,000 gp and edict
IV. Crimes against Citizens
Assaulting a citizen: imprisonment up to a tenday, flogging,
and damages up to 1,000 gp
Blackmailing or intimidating a citizen: fine or damages up
to 500 gp and edict
Burglary: imprisonment up to 3 months and damages equal to
the value of the stolen goods plus 500 gp
Damaging property or livestock: damages covering the cost of
repairs or replacement plus up to 500 gp
Disturbing the peace: fine up to 25 gp and edict
Murdering a citizen without justification: death or hard
labor up to 10 years, and damages up to 1,000 gp paid to the victim’s kin
Murdering a citizen with justification: exile up to 5 years
or hard labor up to 3 years or damages up to 1,000 gp paid to the victim’s kin
Robbery: hard labour up to 1 month and damages equal to the
value of the stolen goods plus 500 gp
Slavery: flogging and hard labour up to 10 years
Using magic to influence a citizen without consent: fine or
damages up to 1,000 gp and edict
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NEWS
From the Protectors Enclave District:
Trade route to Triboar City
now fully open. The extended route to Yartar is expected to open within the
next month.
The Docks District - Neverwinter
fishing fleet:
Quotas are down for the fourth
week in a row. Fishermen have petitioned the Council to investigate.
Blacklake District:
The Council are trying to
raise funds from private enterprise for the rebuilding of the area to the south
of the Blacklake District.
The Wintershield Watch have
reported they have arrested a number of individuals for possible trespass,
daubing arcane symbols on buildings. They are being held in the Halls of
Justice awaiting questioning.
The River District:
The Council have raised funds for the ongoing repair of the Dolphin and
Sleeping Dragon Bridges to bring them back to former glory.
Obituary:
The funeral of Favric Bladeshaper,
Lord Arlon Bladeshaper’s only son, is planned for next week.
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