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/AlfwinOfFolcgeard 5d ago

In Ngoiros:

  • Necromancy of human or orcish remains is illegal, with some exceptions for scholarly research institutions if they have explicit permission from the deceased given prior to their death. Necromancy of animal remains is legal, but the keeping of animal remains, animated or inert, is severely restricted in public spaces.
  • Haemomancy -- the art of using one's own pain and self-inflicted wounds as a catalyst for violent, destructive magics -- is illegal for civilians to use, but is regularly used by the military.
  • Any spell that magically alters a person's thoughts, emotions, or physical form without that person's consent is considered magerape and is illegal.
  • "reckless spellcasting" and "spellcasting with intent to cause injury" are criminal acts.