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Westenev said :
In the absence of witnesses, wasn't Trial by Combat a thing pre-16th century europe?

I don't know about that, but in Echion I'm going to say that trial by combat is really only a thing among the nobility, if it happens at all. All nobles across both Sorus and the Petty Kingdoms are expected to have some degree of martial training, so they should be on even footing in theory, whereas peasants have varying skillsets so you could wind up putting a merchant against a veteran soldier. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

13-Jun-2017 03:54:37

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Trial by Combat generally applied to serious disputes that could not be settled easily; it seems eye witness testimony was not necessarily necessary, I think.

One example was in Switzerland, of which a man and woman disputed over property inheritance (I think), so they fought over it. The woman killed the man and took the property; this was legal. Trial by Combat was set-up by judges, who tried to make the fight fair.

In France, there was a rather odd occurrence, of which a nobleman dueled his dog, so the judges gave the dog a small shelter to hide in, but there is no information what happened afterwards.

Knights could settle disputes via Trial by Combat.

In Eastern Europe, things tended to be pretty crazy; if you know the krogan from Mass Effect, that's basically the Slavic peoples in a nutshell. East Europeans were basically fighting all the time, with duels amidst nobles a common occurrence, often leading to unnecessary deaths, though this was never rooted out until Napoleonic times. In fact, East Europeans had warlords until Napoleonic times, and the warlord could also be a governor.

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Westenev said :
So, If I were to evoke my roleplaying right to challenge a certain cookie thief to trial by combat, who would be our “judge”?

I would. Both participants shall place all their cookies in one pile. The winner takes all. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

13-Jun-2017 04:18:52

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