<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=189056.msg10084174#msg10084174">Quote from: Paladin101 on 06-06-2014, 00:54:05</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Lawful Evil doesn't abide by societies laws, they abide by their own personal code of ethos, or perhaps abide by the laws of the villainous society they are a member of. For example, a devil would have no problem walking into waterdeep and murdering a nursery full of babies. However that devil would be unlikely to disobey a more powerful devil, whom ordered him to leave the babies alone, because that devil didn't believe in killing young prey.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>This seems to point out more that being from one society don't usually care about the laws of a different society than their own. The devil is Lawful even though he would break the laws of Waterdeep because he is obeying the laws of the Hells, which he sees as infinitely more legitimate. The same goes for the Lawful Good paladin who might help slaves escape a city where slavery is legal. Their code is set by their deity (and the society where they were raised) more than some other place where slavery is legal and accepted.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=189056.msg10084184#msg10084184">Quote from: Ghostwheel on 06-06-2014, 00:56:16</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Discussions like this are one of the reasons I find other alignment systems so inviting :P<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Absolutely. I'd much rather deal with a Humanity or Paths system like WoD.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=189056.msg10084266#msg10084266">Quote from: Zaer Darkwail on 06-06-2014, 01:14:37</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Nice link there MistressVoluptas, in there in canon source book it lists slavery illegal but in subsection where it's detailed more better what it means, it says any slaves brought to Waterdeep have rights of citizen (so thus you can bring slaves if you from Thay or Calimshan). Slave trading is strictly forbid and any physical assault, maiming or chaining them.<br/><br/>But it does not anyway address what binding demons or devils mean in regards the law and nothing in law forbids it. The law only address any harm caused to city, it's officials or against gods (like make public blasphemy in temple district can get you arrested as public drunken fist brawling with cleric).<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>There are other source that state that any slaves entering Waterdeep are immediately considered to be legally free.<br/><br/>Taken from an interesting website (http://flockhart.virtualave.net/afal/legal.html):<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Much of the laws of Waterdeep remain unwritten, within the "reasonable discretion" of the Magisters (and ultimately, of the Lords who may overrule them), and therefore cannot all be set down here.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Is summoning/binding demons in Waterdeep illegal? It sounds like the answer is "IT DEPENDS."