Talk:Laws of Stormwind/@comment-7246169-20150330174210/@comment-7246169-20150330230343

I think you're misreading this, so let me clarify...

The law only applies to peasants who live and work on said noble's land. It has nothing to do with crimes committed in Stormwind City or anywhere else that is not property of said noble. Essentially what it does is give them the legal right to punish their own peasants for most minor crimes, and that is something all feudal systems had in common. If for example, someone visiting said noble's lands without permission committed a crime, said noble would be within their rights to arrest the individual and hold them until the guard or a magistrate arrives to take them into custody, as they are certainly guilty of trespassing.

It doesn't ask anyone not directly under a noble's control to accept said noble as a "Law official" nor does it give them the right to punish someone else's peasants. I have a feeling once you've read the proposed law itself, you'll have a better idea of what it means.

Since most of the time, such punishments are only going to effect player-written NPCs, it should be no concern of player-characters. I know I certainly never attempt to kill someone else's character without obtaining OOC permission, and the same could be said of most roleplayers. The purpose of this law being listed from an OOC standpoint is so that those who play nobility are not being punished for dealing with their own peasants.

"1) Some people may not recognise a noble's "right" and/or thief land; By meaning people might do something in an area that's supposed to be yours but they might not recognise that and prevents that noble from excersizing the law on them."

''Now we're talking about a whole different animal... If someone comes up to you, claiming to own an in-game area, that is best settled OOC between the two parties involved. Just because your guild or group uses a certain area for RP does not mean others should be forced into IC consequences for simply being there at the same time. That's terrible RP and I'd personally just ignore anyone trying to do so.''