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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 3471207" data-attributes="member: 463"><p>This may be workable for some settings; but what if you're running something based on medieval Araby, Persia, the Ottoman Empire, with the PCs as native to that culture?&nbsp; You have a setting where slavery is an integral part of the society and a &quot;slavery is evil&quot; more into the setting has no historical basis (unlike medieval Christian Europe, where you could point to Justinian's &quot;Slavery is part of the law of man, not the law of God&quot; stance).&nbsp; Furthermore, the institution of slavery bears little resemblance to that of antebellum USA, a slave could be a powerful and respected member of society (although of course most were not).&nbsp; You can't have Mamelukes without slavery.&nbsp;&nbsp; One bit of good advice I saw from a 2e era TSR publication discussion of slavery and Alignment was that the GM should treat raiding for slaves as Evil, just as you'd treat murder of noncombatants as Evil, but not necessarily the existence of slavery itself.&nbsp; In a society where there is no concept of the Rights of Man it may well be entirely Neutral.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 3471207, member: 463"] This may be workable for some settings; but what if you're running something based on medieval Araby, Persia, the Ottoman Empire, with the PCs as native to that culture? You have a setting where slavery is an integral part of the society and a "slavery is evil" more into the setting has no historical basis (unlike medieval Christian Europe, where you could point to Justinian's "Slavery is part of the law of man, not the law of God" stance). Furthermore, the institution of slavery bears little resemblance to that of antebellum USA, a slave could be a powerful and respected member of society (although of course most were not). You can't have Mamelukes without slavery. One bit of good advice I saw from a 2e era TSR publication discussion of slavery and Alignment was that the GM should treat raiding for slaves as Evil, just as you'd treat murder of noncombatants as Evil, but not necessarily the existence of slavery itself. In a society where there is no concept of the Rights of Man it may well be entirely Neutral. [/QUOTE]

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