>I would think that placing it under the realm of "dealing in
>stolen goods" would suffice for making it contraband. And the
>Spire wouldn't want things on the market because it would be
>financing the theif's way of life.

All right, that makes sense to me. I guess it's just that I would think that anything made illegal for NPCs (trafficing in stolen goods) should be made illegal for PCs as well, otherwise it ends up being kind of strange. Although, since as it is, PCs are allowed to rob NPCs, maybe this wouldn't be such a big deal. I guess it isn't that different to just accept the black market thing as one of those gameplay-only decisions.