You Brought This On Yourself Mikey

At this point, Mike, the only lawful action left on the character sheet is a refund. The box-truck scheme is dead on arrival. You know it, I know it, and anyone who has read even a basic rulebook—legal or otherwise—knows it. In Maine, billboard laws are not optional side quests. A vehicle displaying signage must remain in motion unless it’s parked on property owned by the person the vehicle is registered to. You cannot park a truck with a message in front of someone else’s home or neighborhood. That’s not “free speech”; that’s targeted harassment, and the intent matters. The First Amendment is not a +5 Cloak of Invisibility. Time, place, and manner restrictions are real, enforceable, and well-established. So the “box truck” was never a viable build. It was illegal from the jump. Which brings us to the money. People donated under the premise that the truck would happen. It isn’t happening. That makes this a classic bait-and-switch—less clever illusion spell, more cheap cantrip that fizzles as soon as anyone inspects it. At this point, refusing to refund donors isn’t stubbornness; it’s misconduct. A lawful-neutral response would be to return the gold to the party members who fronted it for a quest that never left the tavern.