[TrioThePunch]

having been on the opposing side and seeing how justice is handled regardings laws, which seems for everything the consequence is enslavement..i really have to ask..while this may hold true to the storyline and rp.. it's almost worst than suffering a death of a pc and borders along the same lines as permadeath..

who would realistically want to, after spending hours and hours getting a pc "up to par" be someone else's slave for the remaining portion of the pc's lifetime?

if anything even on a first offense this is the punishment served for the majority of crimes.. I see nothing fun or interesting about this..

jail would be more fitting and would seek to stimulate ~more rp..if anything these laws only seek to dampen rp..as I don't forsee ~anyone engaging in pvp or thefts in thay...pvp on most servers can heighten rp and establish conflict but if he are too have our pcs enslaved..? then what.

Slavery is nowhere near as bad as permadeath in the game. It also fits the setting of Thay, and provides a good catalyst for plenty of RP. Unless of course you don't want to play an enslaved character, which is where problems arise I suppose.