*the following is posted in the Rock Bottom, Pissing Crone, and the Upper and Lower gates*

Citizens,

It seems that due to a glaring oversight, drow are legally allowed to walk the streets of Sanctuary under the full protection of the law. How many times have these dark elves schemed, plotted against and outright attacked Sanctuary? They are clearly the enemies of Sanctuary and must be treated as such.

As a petition for a new law for approval by the council, the Stouthearts are collecting signatures:

The Law of Anvilsmasher

1. Drow are enemy of Sanctuary and their presence within the city is not to be tolerated. Any drow within Sanctuary is subject to summary execution by any citizen or law enforcement official at any time. (OOC: this is still subject ot normal PvP guidelines) 2. Drow are not protected by the laws of Sanctuary. Any citizen may freely attack and slay any drow without fear of punishment by law. This is the right and obligation of all citizens. 3. Drow are not to be offered sympathy or succor. Any individual knowingly or through willful ignorance, caught trading with, harbouring, offering services to or protection to drow, will be charged with treason to Sanctuary. This is in addition to existing laws against offering aid and sympathy to drow. (OOC: dealing with certain NPCs will require DM approval/clarification - for example, opening a bank account will be subject to DM approval - as will resting in the Rock Bottom) 4. A standard bounty of 500g be placed on the head of any drow slain within the city walls, subject to proof and approval by the Sheriff. Funds to be paid by the council as a reward for defence of the city. 5. The proposed law does not replace or supercede any existing laws regarding spellcasting. Any unauthorized casting in unwarded areas is subject to existing fines and/or imprisonment as dictated by Spellguard legislation.

Add your signature below to show your support for this proposed law. In one week, if there are sufficient signatures, the petition will be presented to the council.

For any amendments or changes, please leave a letter at the Rock Bottom inn.

Frors Boulderlock Clan Stoutheart

*Note #1 is appended to the petition* The above proposed law is not to supercede or replace existing laws of Sanctuary - but to give the right to every citizen to react to a real and present threat. 1. If you assault an individual who you suspect to be a drow, but turns out not to be, you are subject to the normal laws regarding assault, murder and unwarded casting. It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to answer for any actions against non-drow. But it is also YOUR RIGHT to deal with a drow in the city 2. *removed - edit 5* 3. Due to the manpower and financial constraints, it is not always possible to find an officer of the law in time to react to a drow. The proposed law simply gives the right to deal with drow, to every citizen - subject, of course, to punishment should their suspicions prove unfounded. 4. While warnings are not part of a legal proposal, citizens are advised to use extreme caution when attempting to capture or execute drow. *Officer Delgado's note is copied here*

OOC REQUEST If you're NOT signing the petition, indicate so CLEARLY and DISTINCTLY - any posts in this thread will be considered, by default, to be signatures. Or better yet - start another thread, perhaps a note beside the petition, to handle your debate, if it isn't constructive to the proposal. Thank you.

*edit*: corrected spelling mistakes *edit 2*: OOC clarification of #3 *edit 3*: OOC clarification of #1 *edit 4*: Note #1 attached *edit 5*: Note #1 section 2 altered (spellcasting), note section 3 altered (removed extraneous wording), law proposal section 5 added *edit 6* OOC request added

[Leon notices the notice in the Rock Bottom and signs his name on to the petition]

-Leon Belmont.

Contego Ferrington

Durrick Hausmann

Varlam Nikitovich

*brief notice attached near the poster* This will need a few amendments before I sign it, primarily: allowing regular citizens to attack and kill people.

-One must be sure without a reasonable doubt that the individual is Drow; -One must not disregard the rules against unwarded magic use; -Regular citizens may not attempt to apprehend Drow by themselves without a law enforcement officer (Watch, Spellguard, Seeker or CDL) at least present. (PVP in public STILL must require DM observation!)

These amendments will make the new law safer for citizens and prevent calling down unneccessary conflict on the city and its inhabitants. I agree that the Drow threat inside the cities is as dangerous as the one outside, but safety of the public and keeping order is most important. We can't have any regular citizen running around the streets on a crusade.

(Also, requiring DMs for every account or rest in the inn is ridiculous and you should know that. Sorry, but it's true.)

The day one of you people shows me a good drow is the day i'll take a plunge into the Dark Lake with a large rock tied around my feet. This petition has my full support.

*Signed*

-Seeker Oakhill

My seeker counterpart could not have said it better...

*signed with strong dark strokes*

Kor'us Corcael

*note #1 appended*

*OOC note* The proposed law will have IC consequences - the banker may require a bribe and may or may not honour your deal with him (or he may just sell you out and keep your gold if you're rich enough). Additionally, resting in the Rock Bottom should already require DM permission - though the Pissing Crone or Blue Mushroom will likely be more tolerant of a wandering drow. Certain NPC merchants, as well, may be less inclined to deal with a drow. For example, the Hold clerics may refuse to raise a drow taken to them, or confiscate the body for the authorities.

As drow PCs have various advantages due to race and likely support from their masters, I don't think it unreasonable that there be disadvantages as well.

I think the discussion on the implications of the law should be taken up in the general or suggestions forum so as not to confuse the issue. But really, it's a moot point right now. If/when the law is passed, the DMs can clarify the actual implications for the drow players.

You can get rid of the Goblins to while your at it Fors. Drow are only the start, heaps of other vile things to be off'ed, this petition has my support.

Bungo Taddle

I'm with Taddle. Add Kobolds as well then I'll be happy. Drow, Goblins and Kobolds are all inherently evil and have no place in our society.

Tarfil

yes and while were at it why dont we make it apply to all half elves elves and come to think of it all dwarfs since druhgar are inherintly evil this way we can be sure to get them all *unsighned*

(Ooc im also against this because it completely destroys any chance of playing a drow on the server i feel if within 5 secounds of entering sanctuary there going to be killed)

I offer my full support in this matter. While I have not witnessed the effects of the drow in the city first hand, I have felt the stings and indignation of their whips, albeit not for long.

The only good drow is one who's body is cadaverous and inanimate.

Richelle Lindgren Spellguard Associate

//That's the fun of drow! Tricksies//

The atrocities the drow commit in this city are all too common. All drow are foul, and the last thing we need are more Zaus trying to blow themselves up in Town Hall. I give my support. Sergeant Durris

House Toboerski is appalled to learn drow may walk our streets. However, we suggest a modification of this law to include the following. It is time to end the welcoming openess that allows monsters to feel at home engaging in trade within our walls.

""The City of Sanctuary is a city that exists for free people of civilized and goodly races. While trade and industrialism form a backbone of our economy, we endanger our core freedom by engaging with monsters such as the druegar. Therefore, the Council decrees that neither itself nor any Agency receiving official support or funding may employ or engage in trade with druegar or similar monsterous races of the Underdark when similar employment or trade can be obtained from the goodly folk of Sanctuary even if it must be at significantly higher costs.

Free citizens are encouraged to purchase from other free citizens. Every coin in the purse of a slave keeping race of evil, is one more coin that goes into forging the chains that can again bind you."

Out with drow, out with druegar.

House Toboerski

((A note is left beside the notice, the notice is also signed by Delgado))

This is all well founded and good enough but I implore citizens to keep in mind that by granting spellcasters authority to cast their spells against these drow infiltrators while they are not actively attempting harm against Sanctuary may only replace one evil with another. As it is, we do not even have full knowledge of all the creatures that surround us that are attracted to magical use and -any- unwarded spellcasting within Sanctuary can draw the attention of incredibly formidable foes. I suggest an amendment be made to the laws stating that unwarded spellcasting against suspected drow be as illegal as any other unwarded spellcasting unless the drow in question is directly attacking or otherwise harming Sanctuary.

Another thing to keep in mind is that through my personal experience I have noticed that drow are inherently resistant to magic and any attempt by spellcasters, not trained vigorously by the Spellguard, to detain a drow with magic will most likely end in the loss of said spellcasters life.

Drow are not creatures to be taken lightly and any assault made upon a drow within Sanctuary, or anywhere else, by citizens of Sanctuary should be done with extreme caution and good planning. We have no need for rampaging drow and dead citizens.

The law should state that if no member of the factions that uphold the law within Sanctuary is in sight, and it is perfectly clear that the drow in question will have disappeared before a member of said law enforcing faction can be fetched, that -ONLY- then should a citizen feel compelled to take action against the creature(s).

Drow are rarely found alone and caution should be taken on account of that fact should a citizen find himself face to face with one of the creatures.

Otherwise, this has my full support.

*signed* Operative Delgado

Owaine Cambruin writes:

Although I do not see why the Law of the Anvilsmasher should not include your vile cousins, the duergar, it is a fine step in the right direction. The drow are a threat to all good beings of Faerun, and thus should not be allowed to walk the streets Sanctuary spreading their evil influence and further endangering the citizens. That being said, I would advise you to heed the words of the Spellguard Operative and make the proper amendments to your proposal. Given the good reputation of Clan Stoutheart and its righteous Thane Anvilsmasher, I am confident that the final version presented before the council will be pleasing to the Just God. I do hereby give it my full support.

May the grace of Torm be with the Stouthearts in all their noble endeavors.

Respectfully, Sir Owaine Cambruin, The Order of the Golden Lion

*edit 5*

-Private Erin Larche

I didn't spend most of my life living among drow as their slave to live among them now that I'm free. As for Deurgar, while I don't like them, they aren't nearly as bad as the dark elves.

Telli Gestenfort

Boldly signed...

Gaeseric the Unyielding

Gundahar

Ronus Graidan

Various other names of citizens follows

Eleina Chenoa

Scrawled Signature ~ Barrel Brassbridge

A fine start to the removal of this and more.

Captain Baelister of the Archibald Guard

- Master Forgesman and Clan Elder Runehammer

Out with the scum that plauges our fair under town

Sergeant Marshall

This is followed with a watch seal in red wax.

*written in huge letters and underlined*

CONAL

[Melrick signs the petition, after having waited to see what Dungal's reaction would be. He signs with big, bold, and deep strokes "Sir Melrick, Knight of House Toboerski".]

Justin Ellard, Servant of Torm

Private Jastran Moonfall

The following note is tacked beside the petition

It's a strange thing to hear the Delvers cry any 'quessir suspected of being mori'quessir by wearing a helm, when I rarely see any of them in but full plate and helm. Show trust to your fellows and you might receive it - Amothiewien

*Signed* -Sergeant Cronus Shatterslate of the Stoutheart Bridgeburners-

*Writes a few short lines under Amothiewien's note*

Trust be somethin' earned down here, nay given away freely. We live in tha Underdark, nay in some grove on tha surface wit hoppin' bunnies an' flowers an such. A persons actions speak louder than his words, sos until ah be proved wrong about Drow, ah say keep'em outside our walls. They can prove their worth from outside. As fer our armour...ah 'spose it be possible ye jes be seein me kin comin back from or headed to some work, during those few times ye be snappin outta yer blissful, bunny hoppin' reveries.

Cronus

*Written in tight detailed script*

To those with Concerns, please note the adendums added to the Law, particularly those regarding unlawful spell casting.

Bear in mind all great works start with a foundation. This petition to Law is designed as you can see, to incorporate expansion, and refinement. The Council and the Mayor have the final word as is their right and duty. Suffer not the whips and scourges of Tyranny and Depravity that is the Chaos of the Drow.

~Akevitt Anvilsmasher, Forth Thane of the Clan Stoutheart, Hammer of Moradin, Defender of Tornbeard Hall. Moradins Will be Done.

Shatterslate, Amothiewien: Take your petty argument's elsewhere or you'll have a night in a cell together.

Private Barelleon, Sanctuary Town Watch.

*edit 6 - OOC request added*

After going through the list of names already written, a human in the Toboerski colours adds his own to the bottom of it.

Entar Deril, Aspirant to House Toboerski

* signed in delicate thin strokes*

Hyde Doublelock

Henry Barnoe

*Akevitt seems busy as he gathers up the petition, and it's copies, and takes it to the TownHall, leaving another message in it's place*

~Thankyou all for voicing your concerns in this matter. your words and names shall be delivered to the Council now for ratification into Law. You do Sanctuary a great service and hopefully, the council will serve your interests as well.

~Akevitt Anvilsmasher. Thane of the Clan Stoutheart, Defender of Tornbeard Hall, Hammer of Moradin, Counciler of Sanctuary.

Signed in dark, jagged strokes

Kothar Iejier