CREATING LAWS

People and their governments may create laws governing many different aspects of life.

It is not recommended to try to draft a complete code of law for each culture or government within your setting.

Instead, consider the in-game ramifications of Adventurers interacting with 1-3 major legal categories of a region.

Also, pick 1-3 areas of law and change them from the overall default in your campaign to create diversity and variety as Adventurers explore the setting.

☐ NAME
What do the regions with this law call it?

☐ CODE
In this region, what laws differ from other regions?

☐ PLOT HOOKS
What complications or secrets does this legal difference bring?

• Agriculture
• Armed Forces, Coast Guard, Domestic Security, National Defense, War
• Banks, Banking, Bankruptcy
• Census and Citizenship
• Commerce, Customs, Duties, Taxes, and Trade
• Crimes, Crime Control, Criminal Procedure, Judicial Procedure
• Education
• Hospitals and Asylums
• Public Health
• Minerals and Mining
• Voting and Representation

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◢ Salvage Space: Laws

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