[...] if the law is particularly extreme, the King can pass a royal law that conflicts with it, making it illegal. It is believed that this is the origin of the royal law stating that all peasant boys between thirteen and fifteen years of age must stand under the open sky and shout “Griffon claws!” once, on nights when Mannanslieb is full. At least, no one can think of any other reason for it, though most scholars are equally puzzled as to the nature of the law it was to over-rule (this law is rarely enforced.)
— Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, Knights of the Grail sourcebook
Peasants must remain indoors between sunset and sunrise.
All pigs must swear before a Grail Damsel that they are not servants of Chaos.
Peasants must wear hats, the height of the hat indicating the amount of taxes they paid last year.
All turnips must be carved with an Orc’s face before being eaten, to express contempt for that pathetic race.
All houses must keep a bale of reeds for re-thatching the roof. (Most effective if enforced in a town where almost all houses are now tiled.)
Any boat landing in the port must pay a tax of its keel or its captain, unless a resident of the town owns it.
All men’s clothing must expose the left-hand side of the chest at all times. (Instituted after trouble with a Chaos cult that branded its members there. Chaos cults are too stupid to think of moving the brand, after all.)
All pigs must swear before a Grail Damsel that they are not servants of Chaos.
Peasants must wear hats, the height of the hat indicating the amount of taxes they paid last year.
All turnips must be carved with an Orc’s face before being eaten, to express contempt for that pathetic race.
All houses must keep a bale of reeds for re-thatching the roof. (Most effective if enforced in a town where almost all houses are now tiled.)
Any boat landing in the port must pay a tax of its keel or its captain, unless a resident of the town owns it.
All men’s clothing must expose the left-hand side of the chest at all times. (Instituted after trouble with a Chaos cult that branded its members there. Chaos cults are too stupid to think of moving the brand, after all.)
—Sample Bretonnian laws, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, Knights of the Grail sourcebook
