Quote Originally Posted by Justin Sane View Post
If witch burnings are a recurring theme in your setting, how do you handle false accusations, then?
Why would witch burnings be common? Expecting people who use magic to show a bare modicum of respect for the autonomy of other people is hardly unreasonable, nor is treating people who abuse others using magic as bad people. It seems like many Dungeons and Dragons settings might need a Stan Lee to drop by. Where there's an adequate legal system in place, you report the abuser to the authorities. Only where there isn't that you are forced to defend yourself.

And in a world with Zones of Truth (surely there's a cleric not too far away), false accusations aren't really that much of a concern.