Does Waterdeep view a difference between Murder with Justification and killing in self-defence? My players are going to trial next session. Oh, yes. The circumstances of a death make no difference at all to the charge (aside from not laying it at all), but a great deal of difference to the sentence. A self-defense slaying is usually a tenday exile and minor fine (basically paying the court's time, so 20-50gp), or…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 15, 2018

…a minor fine payment to the family/dependents of the slain. The magister/Black Robe may add a decree like "Avoid such-and-such a street for the next month," or "drinking too much" or "having public disputes with so-and-so or in such-and-such a place" to minimize chances of…

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 15, 2018

…a feud or recurrence.

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 15, 2018

Ah thank you very much for the response and all the work you’ve done making this world for us to play in! A pleasure! (DM hint: I've often nudged PCs into sideline adventures by the decrees NPC Black Robes issued on them, in court. ;} )

— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 15, 2018