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<blockquote data-quote="F5" data-source="post: 4493809" data-attributes="member: 4607">Again, it's all going to depend on how Residuum is obtained in the first place.&nbsp; In the 4E rules-as-written, you get Residuum by disenchanting magic items you don't want/can't use.&nbsp; Does it work the same way in this world?&nbsp; Is this the ONLY way to get it?&nbsp; The source of Residuum has a huge impact on all the economic ramifications that follow.On another tangent, I don't think you'd ever see ritualists who can create their own rituals get treated as slaves.&nbsp; A ritualist powerful enough to Fabricate a castle, could do all kinds of horrible things instead.&nbsp; &quot;Here, pitiful slave, take this 100 lbs of Residuum and build me a palace&quot;&nbsp; &quot;OK, boss&quot; says the slave, as he begins the ritual that will open a portal to the abyss, engulfing his masters' entire city in unquenchable flames for 1000 years.&nbsp; Or something like that.You may see poorly-treated acolytes, just starting out and fabricating cheap textiles in magical sweat-shops, but a ritualist would outgrow that treatment pretty quickly.Unless the &quot;masters&quot; command absolute control over access to rituals, it would be too dangerous to try to exploit these people.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="F5, post: 4493809, member: 4607"] Again, it's all going to depend on how Residuum is obtained in the first place. In the 4E rules-as-written, you get Residuum by disenchanting magic items you don't want/can't use. Does it work the same way in this world? Is this the ONLY way to get it? The source of Residuum has a huge impact on all the economic ramifications that follow. On another tangent, I don't think you'd ever see ritualists who can create their own rituals get treated as slaves. A ritualist powerful enough to Fabricate a castle, could do all kinds of horrible things instead. "Here, pitiful slave, take this 100 lbs of Residuum and build me a palace" "OK, boss" says the slave, as he begins the ritual that will open a portal to the abyss, engulfing his masters' entire city in unquenchable flames for 1000 years. Or something like that. You may see poorly-treated acolytes, just starting out and fabricating cheap textiles in magical sweat-shops, but a ritualist would outgrow that treatment pretty quickly. Unless the "masters" command absolute control over access to rituals, it would be too dangerous to try to exploit these people. [/QUOTE]

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