Races known to be slavers?

[Oryan77]

I'm interested in creating an organization of slave traders in my Planescape campaign. What races of creatures are known to be big in the slave trade?

 

[Piratecat]

Planescape? You're all set! I recomment the Tso. They're relatives of the neogi, and they're creepy spider-eel slavers with a charm power I've used to great effect.

Anyone know if they were converted to 3e?

 

[kenobi65]

I'd recommend the Paizoans, but they aren't slavers, they're cannibals.

 

[kenobi65]

Planescape? You're all set! I recomment the Tso. They're relatives of the neogi, and they're creepy spider-eel slavers with a charm power I've used to great effect.

Anyone know if they were converted to 3e?

Neogi are in Lords of Madness, IIRC. That close enough?

 

[Soul]

I'd think neogi would be good enough, especialy if you can find any 2e spelljammer stuff on them, as they are the defacto slave/crime lords of the setting with their umber hulk bodyguards.

 

[Savage Wombat]

Thirded. (Fourthed)? Neogi are really freaky lookin, and they give umber hulks a reason to be out and about.

Plus you get to read all about their reproductive cycle.

 

[I'm A Banana]

The Dao from the Elemental Plane of Earth have some good slave trade going on. Other than that, Tso should be fun. And there are, of course, plenty of fiends ('specially on the Lawful side) willing to use slaves: armies from Acheron, low-level devils from Baator....

Formians are known as pretty big on the slave trade, too, though that's kind of a 3e thing.

 

[Friadoc]

Oh, most definitely Neogi. Best. Dang. Slavers. this side of the Scarlet Brotherhood.

 

[Alzrius]

Mind flayers are also a staple race that takes slaves. In fact, they're the only ones who'll conduct (slave) trade with the neogi (and likely the tso as well).

 

[Friadoc]

Yeah, I concur with the Illithids comment, too, good call Alzrius.

In fact, I could easily see a tense, but lucrative trade relationship between the Illithids and Neogi. Often good and fair, but with loads of backroom/in the shadows conflict.

Basically, what you'd have, is a series of clandestine tradewars and such, that not only makes them being around a hostile environment, but even makes fighting the slavers a chaotic thing, too.

I.E. The PCs are raiding a illithid slaver caravan for various personal ethics, or what not, when a rogue neogi faction arrives to hit the illithids, as well. Talk about into the fire from the frying pan.