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I'm trying to further develop Korvosa for my homegame; finished is Curse of the Crimson Throne but we're still using the setting. And I'm looking for ideas for specific Offices of the Magistrate.
Korvosa's laws are codified to be infernally complex, purposely ambiguous, and often overlapping or redundant. There are Offices of the Magistrate for a whole host of areas of law and legal code that bloat up the civil courts, bloat up the bureaucracy, and bloat up regulation and licensing.
Now that the PCs are getting into Korvosa I'm finding myself in need of Magistrates and their areas of concern, the more complex and overlapping and ambiguous the better.
Magistrate of Commerce ....Collects taxes
Magistrate of Expenditures ....Spends taxes
Magistrate of Regulation ....Checks weights & measures
Magistrate of Tourism ....I decided this would be for making Korvosa more hospitable to Cheliax and her citizens, cuz otherwise it just seems Dumb.
And a few I have ideas for....
(But I'm hoping you guys can critique mine AND give more examples for me to use);
Magistrate of Trade and Business ....Generic business license every entrepreneur needs
Magistrate of Agriculture ....Licensing to sell foods
Magistrate of Imports ....Codes for imports
Magistrate of Exports ....Duh
Magistrate of Divine Law ....Laws for casting Augury & such or praying in a public building, etc.
Magistrate of Arcane Law ....Laws for Invisibility & such for the markets and such
Magistrate of Fire Control ....The only one who can prevent forest fires is you
Magistrate of Slavery & Servitude ....One needs a license to keep a slave or indentured servant
Magistrate of Apothecary & Health ....Drugs and alcohol and herbs and medicine
Magistrate of Child Services ....For when kids break the law or when adults break the law against kids.... & orphanage stuff
Magistrate of Gambling ....Gambling licensing
Magistrate of Pest Control ....Rats and lice and Otyughs and Chokers and Goblins
Magistrate of Arts and Humanities ....Licensing for the opera and art galleries and bookstores & such
Magistrate of Personal Services ....Legal code for prostitution, physical therapy, dental work, surgery, anytime someone puts their hands on you and you pay them for it
Magistrate of History ....Licensing for media, print, city communication, propaganda
What are some others I can further add to make the Korvosan bureaucracy convoluted? And which ones of mine would you alter?
Magistrate of Education ....Teaching and apprenticeships
Magistrate of Territory ....Settlements subjugated by Korvosa
Magistrate of Patents ....Inventions and intelectual property
Magistrate of Racial Relations ....Laws that are not race-neutral
Magistrate of Foreigners ....Visitors from other countries
Magistrate of Outsiders ....Laws regarding visitors from other planes
Wow, if you guys keep this up, every Korvosan citizen is going to end up in a magistrate's chair.
BTW, Stainton Drune comes from The House on Hook Street.
We're at 26 so far and canon is that there are 'currently' 23 and the number fluctuates.
Magistrate of Tourism ....I decided this would be for making Korvosa more hospitable to Cheliax and her citizens, cuz otherwise it just seems Dumb.
Wouldn't this guy be in charge of the Tourist Abatement Bureau?
I dunno, what is the Tourist Abatement Bureau?
I admit to struggling with Mercer Cucuteni's job description as Magistrate of Tourism. All ideas welcome.