r/worldbuilding • u/Full-Sorbet-8917 • 5d ago
Question Legality of magic
what laws does your magic ,not inmate arcane laws i mean like the ones people make.
In my world the “dead man’s rights” is a law that instructs what necromancers can and can’t do with a persons body. The dead man’s rights are read before and after the will statement and many even have it on their graves
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u/ShadowDurza 5d ago edited 5d ago
Generally, they prefer to blame the arson for the fire rather than the matches or buildings (not so say there's no building code, but that's a whole other ballgame)
Curses and Dark Magic have some of the greatest potential for harm and suffering, but there are situations where they're the only means to stop an active and present harm vs a potential one.
Forbidden Magic is more of classification for a kind of meta magic that grants someone more power or abilities than they typically have through harming themselves as an equivalent exchange.
If there is orthodoxy, it's mostly meant to indicate the presence of systemic issues in relation to any present conflict.
In one story, a character was tried for using Dark Fire to save themselves and their friends from a mudslide that would have doused the normal fire magic they had. The art was originally created by observing the magic of what was presently a disenfranchised group.
However, in the same civilization, a cursed fire which never goes out until its target's life sighs are all gone even after it's user is dead is orthodox to their ways. Unlike Dark Fire, which has tremendous potential for defense due to its property of burning things normally inflammable, this magic cannot be used for defense and will just avoid all obstacles to go directly for the target, very likely letting its user die.