Punishment for a crime can include one or more of the following, based on the nature of the crime:

  • Death
  • Exile (permanent or temporary)
  • Flogging (a set number of strokes)
  • Hard labor (period of labor depending on severity of the crime)
  • Imprisonment in the dungeons of the Castle Waterdeep (period of imprisonment depending on the crime)
  • Fine (payable to the city; inability to pay leads to imprisonment and/or hard labor)
  • Damages (payable to the injured party or their kin; inability to pay leads to imprisonment and/or hard labor)
  • Edict (forbidding specified activities; violation can result in imprisonment, hard labor, and/or fine)