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<blockquote data-quote="xjp" data-source="post: 124790" data-attributes="member: 3095">Yeah, I think a 1 gp wage per day is reasonable. Otherwise your adventurers can hold a handful of gold in front of the peasants and get them to do anything.&nbsp; I think a 5 year rule is inline with the way a lot of businesses run today, an investment must pay back its cost in five years and then start generating profit.&nbsp; You might have to factor in the costs of keeping a slave, though(which is not cheap).&nbsp; In many ancient slave cultures it was not necessary to &quot;break the will&quot; of a slave.&nbsp; Many slaves were taken from poorer countries and were sold to people of means.&nbsp; Slaves seldom worked in the fields and were often house servants.&nbsp; Most cultures afforded a number of rights to slaves, they could own property and some could even own other slaves.&nbsp; Not that slave conditions were ideal, but slaves did not have to be tortured and broken.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="xjp, post: 124790, member: 3095"] Yeah, I think a 1 gp wage per day is reasonable. Otherwise your adventurers can hold a handful of gold in front of the peasants and get them to do anything. I think a 5 year rule is inline with the way a lot of businesses run today, an investment must pay back its cost in five years and then start generating profit. You might have to factor in the costs of keeping a slave, though(which is not cheap). In many ancient slave cultures it was not necessary to "break the will" of a slave. Many slaves were taken from poorer countries and were sold to people of means. Slaves seldom worked in the fields and were often house servants. Most cultures afforded a number of rights to slaves, they could own property and some could even own other slaves. Not that slave conditions were ideal, but slaves did not have to be tortured and broken. [/QUOTE]

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