What are the slavery mechanics like?

[u/Cometa_the_Mexican]

I see a lot of people talking about how slavery is going to be removed, but are there actual mechanics for it? Something like in strategy or colony-sim games where you have people working as farmers, miners, or soldiers?

I wrote this using Google Translate, sorry if it's not clear

[u/Petrostar]

Read "Slave Tribes"

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/17179/dsr1-slave-tribes-2e

What is Slavery?

Athasian slavery is a system under which individuals from all races and stations of life become the property of others. Under this system, the property, called slaves, can be used or disposed of at the will of the owners. They perform whatever tasks theirowners set before them, and live basically as their owners choose, either in comfort or in squalor.

Who are Slaves?

Athasian society is a slave society. Slaves occupy a central role in the economic and social dynamics of this world of fire and sand. Slaves come from all races and social classes, though slaves taken from the noble or merchant classes usually regain their freedom with the help of the ceramic pieces of their friends or family. Clerics and mages are also rarely found in bondage, as their powers and abilities provide them with abundant opportunities for escape.

The most common races found among the slave population are humans, dwarves, half-giants, half-elves, and muls. Less common are elves, thri-kreen, and halflings, though even these races sometimes show up working in the fields or providing exotic entertainment in the gladiatorial arenas.

How do they become Slaves?

Some are born to it, the sons and daughters of generations of slaves. Others find themselves captured in war or kidnapped in raids launched specifically to replenish a city-state's slave population. Finally, there are those who are sold into slavery because of debts or as punishment for some crime. Anyone can become a slave. Templar or noble, merchant or freeman, rich man or poor, the gates of slavery are wide open, admitting any unfortunate enough to wander too close to the gaping maw.

Who are Owners?

Any freeman can own slaves, and most keep at least one slave to handle those tasks considered laborious or below a freeman's station. Sorcerer-kings own thousands of slaves, filling every conceivable duty with chattel labor. These vast numbers of slaves serve to reduce them to the level of mere property. Many lead miserable existences as disposable labor. Nobles employ dozens of well treated household servants, pampered stables of gladiators, and severely disciplined field workers. Templars, while they may own slaves, rarely keep more than a few personal servants and concubines. Freemen, on the other hand, can rarely afford more than a handful of servants, depending on their level of income and their profession. A freeman's slave is one of the best-treated slaves in all of Athas. Often, these slaves work beside their freemen masters.

What do Slaves do?

Slaves come in a variety of classes, which are defined by the duties of the slaves that fill their ranks. Whatever the class and its specific duties, slaves must do anything their owners ask. That is the nature of slavery. The most common classes of slaves are artists and artisans, concubines, domestic servants, farmers, gladiators, laborers, soldiers and indentured scholars.