okay so we all know that the first law of the Laws of Man is "No Man should be beholden to a god"
But what's Law Two?
I'm intending a rahadoum originating character with whom I'd like to refer to the laws, in much the same way as ferengi reference the laws of acquisition, but I can't find any references. I'd like official ones but failing that cool player created ones would be cool as well...
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It's like Fight Club.
The first Law of Man is: "Let no man be beholden to a god."
The second Law of Man is: "Let no man be beholden to a god."
If this is your first night in Rahadoum, you have to reject the gods.
It's like Fight Club.
The first Law of Man is: "Let no man be beholden to a god."
The second Law of Man is: "Let no man be beholden to a god."
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I have the feeling that the Laws of Man are like the Ten Commandments - There aren't very many of them and some of them are rather redundant.
But the whole point of the Rules of Acquisition is there are so many of them you can just make one up on the spot and assign it a number. (If you want to go whole-hog, make a Kalistocrat from Druma. The Prophecies of Kalistrade are many, are oriented around profit, and may or may not contradict themselves, just like the Rules of Acquisition.)
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The Fifth Law (After the dying and no using the priest excuse) is thus:
"Let no woman be beholden to a god."
The Sixth Law: "Let man be beholden only to himself and his brothers." (Slavery therefore legal as it is in Rahadoum.)
Seventh: "Let no man waste food nor water, for there is no bounty beyond that which is yet to be used."
Eighth: "Let no man swear falsely, for it is not our league to alter reality as the gods do."
Ninth: "Let no man covet the contents of his neighbour's purse, nor his house or slaves, for these things are that neighbour's and that neighbour's alone by his effort and hand, no gods, and he shall defend it just the same and with the Laws of Man at his side."
Resurrecting this thread because a) no elaboration on the content of the Laws of Man has been published since then, AFAICT, and b) this is one of the top hits for a search for "the Laws of Man".
Skimming other discussions, I think there are two documents which are useful to consult to get an idea of what the Laws of Man might contain.
First and longest, the Revolutionary French Declaration of the Rights of Man. This is wordier and clearly aiming for a more NG or LG outlook rather than Rahadoum's LN, but it has the right mindset of a foundational document for a secular government radically different from any predecessor.
Second and much shorter, the Laveyan Satanism Eleven Satanic Laws of the Earth. Laveyan Satanism I would call TN or CN, but the strongly anti-theistic and self-reliant attitude it displays is good inspiration.
With those in mind, here is my draft of the first few Laws of Man; this is not complete but from the way it's described I'd expect this is at least a third of the total.
1st: Let no man be beholden to a god.
2nd: No man shall place their pleasure above their city's health.
3rd: Let the city strive to mastery of the world and every man in it likewise.
4th: Let no word or thought, of men and for men, be silenced.
5th: Let every man improve themself in every way they can.
6th: No man shall, knowing their own will, be told otherwise by another
7th: Let no betrayer or thief of the commons go unscorned.
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Xth: Let no man who refuse these laws remain among us.