>>11381897
the best thing about those cages is that we are helpless if passersby want to jab us with a stick

>>11381903
how would you set it up, how much freedom would you give the slave class to decide how or if to obey, and how would you determine the consequences?
With party wipes you can have your characters work plantations until another set of adventures come, and hopefully rescue you, if successful they then decide what to do with you as part oftheir loot haul. Maybe they could sell your party on a blackmarket before they get back to civilisation, maybe they'd release you, maybe they'd keep you