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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DrunkonDuty" data-source="post: 4051658" data-attributes="member: 54364">Nifft: thanks for the clarification. HAdn't actually thought about it in those terms. And they are nasty inferences. Well having read through the rest of the thread there are definitely some strong feelings. WHich is fair enough: it's a sensitive topic. I must admit I tend toward the "It happened IRL so I don't mind having it in my game since I try to model RL" end of the spectrum. My regular altar of verisimilitude. And in a world where different species fight long and bloody feuds with one another over purely racial lines I don't see slavery as being out of the question. No more than I see genocide as being out of the question. They are both things that come up. The important thing to do is explore these issues in a mature and sensitive way.That being said I haven't often used slavery in any games I've run. I tend toward the standard received high middle ages sort of game. Slavery doesn't come into it. But if I did introduce slavery into a game I'd just ask my players to remember that having something in the game doesn't imply any  sympathy with it IRL for either myself or the players. PCs would be more than welcome to oppose it or try to moderate it in some way. And if folks found the idea too distasteful I'd drop it. Replace it with something like serfdom, the substance of which isn't much better IMO but the form of a thing can be very important.</blockquote>