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Hope this thread doesn't offend anyone, I am simply striving for some degree of authenticity in my games.
So, my group of PC's just rolled into Katapesh and had a look around town, of course the paladin decides to free the slaves, though in a lawful manner, he wants to buy slaves and set them free, fine by me, only problem is I don't know what a slave would fetch. So, is there any official word in any Pathfinder volume on the price of a slave? I haven't been able to find one.
I was thinking of setting the price at 350g for a relatively young untrained slave, I base that on the salary an untrained laborer earns per day multiplied by 10 years, so a purchaser would break even after 10 years which sounds "fair" to me. So 1s per day * 365 days per year * 10 years = 365g, which I round down to 350g. Although slaves need to be fed by their master, so maybe less? Skilled slaves should obviously be worth more. Would there be any price difference between a man and a woman? Children would likely be worth less than adult slaves since they can't work as hard as an adult, but again they "last longer" than adults. What would be a fair price for children?
Anyone care to comment?
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350gold..well you might pay that for an exceptionally skilled pleasure slave or a craftsman..but it's a buyers market in Katapesh and Cheliax as regards run off the mill slaves
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It depends on what you're loking for. A random guy who was captured last week and is supposed to work in a mine for two months before he drops dead will be a lot cheaper than a trained accountant whom you trust with managing the finances of your estate.
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From PFsrd
Slave, common 75 gp 175 lbs. AA
Slave, hard labor 100 gp 200 lbs. AA
Slave, household 50 gp 130 lbs. AA
Slave, slip (halfling) 100 gp 39 lbs. AA
Slave, specialized 500 gp 160 lbs. AA
Slave
Source Adventurer's Armory
Sentient creatures sold to perform a multitude of tasks all fall under the category of slaves. Most slaves are kept to do menial jobs, but sometimes slaves perform specialized tasks such as spellcasting or teaching. Slaves vary in quality; the price may be half as much for old or infirm slaves, or several times more for healthy, attractive specimens.
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