My players have become nobles in charge of a few small villages

>>52166415

Elf rape

>>52166415
Manor Courts
many of the disputes in the manor courts had to do with farming and property(using too much manure, ploughing another person's land)
manor courts dealt with charges of assault, petty theft, public drunkenness and other small crimes

this court would even allow serfs to sue if they felt it was unfair

manor courts were like a village meeting, most of the villagers would attend

witnesses were very important

heavy fines were enforced for lying in the court

villagers decided who won the case

representatives of the lord, called stewards, acted as judges deciding the sentence of the court (which was usually a fine)

Royal Courts

took care of serious crimes such as murder, treason, rape, burglary, poaching game from royal forests, cutting trees or even taking deadwood for fuel from royal forests

royal courts used the łcommon law˛
it was called common law because it was the same for the whole kingdom

royal courts could order the execution of murderers and theives

after the execution of a criminal the court would take away all of his or her property

>>52166483
http://www.everingham.com/family/data2/rec0032.html

Old legal terms

>>52166415

Have a large group of superstitious peasants come forward demanding the murder of a small child because of some obviously stupid thing. Have them threaten revolt or some sort of civil disturbance if their idiocy isn't appeased, and the PCs should have to tapdance a bit if they want a third option.

>>52166415
Peasants are convinced that a red-headed woman is an evil witch, simply because she's unmarried, owns a black cat and their cattle is dying.
They're right.

>>52166415

Do this>>52166568 a little stretch of time after doing this >>52166524

>>52166483
>>52166499
>>52166415
Given that your PCs are ennobled and are operating on the frontier they are likely authorized to adjudicate all issues as they see fit barring church issues.

Potential suits can revolve around land theft, poaching, accusation of hexes or curses, clan/fued disputes, smuggling or contraband or tax evasion, etc

>>52166524
>>52166568
>>52166582
This is Faerun. Magic is quite well known and spread and while peasants likely can and will be this stupid, many of these things can be determined by a court wizard

A group of rowdy adventurers has arrived. They are groping women, disrespecting authorities, refusing to pay for services and heard openly and loudly discussing if they can take on the party and loot them for magic items.

Two women both claim a baby is theirs.

>>52166499
Yo, that's some good shit right there.

>>52166701
Shit, better split the baby in half so each woman can have their own dead baby.

>>52166415
There is a lack of problem since they ruled so the elderly complained.

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>>52166701
Put the two women and a pack of starved wolves at the end of a long hallway and the baby at the other end.

First to reach the baby alive wins. Obviously only the rightful mother will have the strength to claim the baby as her own.

>>52166415
Play king of the dragon pass. This gives you some ideas.

>>52166701
Remind them that lesbians can't adopt.