New Mountainheart is a legal headache masquerading as a country. When humans, dwarves, fey, awakened animals, awakened plants, and the occasional giant are all citizens under the same crown, the law can get… unusual. Here is a sampling of bizarre laws that seem absurd at first glance but make perfect sense once you remember just how strange New Mountainheart really is.

1. Article 71 Supplemental Accessibility Clarification: Public buildings whose intended clientele is all under 1 foot tall are exempt from Article 71, Section 7 of the building code, not required to provide entrances accessible to beings exceeding 8 feet in height or 6 feet in shoulder width
2. The Metaphorical Weaponization Prevention Statute: Due to numerous complaints from various mortals of severe head trauma, fey jokes that use the word club (as in a group of people defined by membership) as a pun with the weapon of the same name are hereby classified as aggravated linguistic assault
3. The Equine Occupational Temperance Statute: It is illegal to sell or otherwise provide alcoholic beverages to horses, mules, or donkeys during working hours, no matter how much they beg for a drink.
4. The Arborial Bodily Integrity Act: Tapping, drilling, or otherwise piercing the bark of a tree without permission is considered felony assault.
5. The Universal Personhood and Predatory Conduct Act: Attacking any creature with the intent to eat it is considered attempted murder. Natural predatory instinct shall not constitute a legal defense
6. The Fair Speech and Consent in Introductions Ordinance: The phrases ” May I have your name” and “May I take your name” are hereby banned from all contexts
7. The Unauthorized Murder Prevention Ordinance: Any assembly of three or more non-guild crows shall be treated as an unsanctioned murder under the charter of the corvid’s guild and hereby subject to guild punishments.
8. The Anti-Glamour Fraud Statute: The sale of illusory or invisible goods is hereby prohibited.
9. The Public Molluscan Transit Safety and Civic Infrastructure Protection Ordinance: The spreading, spilling, or unauthorized disposal of salt upon any public roadway shall be considered vandalism of civic property, reckless endangerment of municipal gastropod assets, and the creation of a public traffic hazard
10. The Residential Climatic Alteration and Stormwater Management Code: Weather-altering magic is permissible so long as the effect is restricted to a space no larger than 20×20 feet on one’s own property. Alterations to weather any larger than that require the written consent of property owners and or relevant local, regional, or national government officials as necessary.
11. The Ethical Transfiguration Standards Act: Polymorphing a sentient entity requires written permission from the transformee and cannot be permanent.
    • The above restriction shall not apply to Tansy Fleetfoot
12. The Domestic Thaumic Coercion Prohibition Statute: The use of any citizen’s true name to bind, charm, or otherwise manipulate with magic is illegal. The use of a true name to bind, charm, or otherwise manipulate with magic any noncitizen is allowable so long as the ensorcelled is not forced to commit crimes within the boundaries of the kingdom.