Within the realm of Gnomica, all rules shall be sacrosanct and shall enforce themselves.
–The First Law

As soon as the PCs enter Gnomica, it is immediately evident that this is an unusual place. Each male PC without a hat suddenly finds himself wearing one, and is unable to remove the hat except indoors. In fact, upon entering any building the PCs find themselves compelled to remove their hats. Knotted leather thongs peace bond PCs weapons, unable to be untied.

Within the plane of Gnomica, everything that occurs occurs in accordance with an often-complicated set of laws and rules. An unknown and inviolable force, called The First Law, enforces the letter of the law. Inside Gnomica, there is no power greater than that of the laws. Even gods hold no sway within its borders.

The laws themselves are made by a governing parliament which meets thrice yearly. Members of the parliament serve for life or until ousted, and new ones are elected from the populace by the remaining members of parliament. Any member of parliament may put forth a proposal for a new rule or a motion to amend or strike previous rules at each session. All matters are put to a vote and a simple majority is all it takes for a measure to pass. All members of parliament are required to vote on each measure or explicitly abstain.

Encounters in Gnomica

An enemy has taken sanctuary in Gnomica. Due to the laws currently in effect, he is untouchable there. The parliament will be meeting soon, however, and the PCs may be able to influence it and get some new laws passed to aid them in capturing him.