[Animayhem]

Thoughts on time in jail:
-I for one don't have as much time as I'd like to spend playing this game. If I'm spending a large amount of that locked up in a cell, I feel cheated of my time and effort.

Thoughts on punishment by death:
-As is mentioned above, death is not always as permanent as PCs would like it to be. Sometimes the offender is simply spirited away and allowed to live, determined to get revenge. Killing someone is meant to -remove- them as a threat, not increase their grudge against you and give them a running headstart.

Thoughts on punishment by enslavement:
-Can render a PC unenjoyable to play.
-The player will have had a plan going for their PC, some goal. To have that cut short will not be an enjoyable experience. It's fun while the goal is possible (but perhaps on the verge of impossibility) but enslavement and perhaps complete impossibility simply makes the PC's story a dead end in some cases.

I agree with the above comments. Failing to resist slavers and being captured by them is legit and I think most players know this and will either go with it or kill off their character. To make it a punishment for a crime no for the following reason IMO:

Slavery and more so being a slave can go against a person's personal belief system and yet there are people who do not mind being slaves. So keep the possibilty of a being a slave voluntary or a result as a failed save from slavers.

Permanent death for a crime should not mean death of the character. Mayhap if the death is do to a captial offense, sanctioned an witnessed by a dm, then mayhap the character can only be returned via the fugue not by the friends or by a temple. The xp and noterity loss should suffice and allow the charcter options for interesting follow up rp.

Jail time- As player availblity is dependent on rl, this should be modified to maybe one rl day and maybe a fine.

This world is awesome and kudos to the creators :D however it is fantasy and people come here to escape.

I play on another PW and if people are in jail or prisoners, supplimental rp is done in forum so player still active but overall out of game is usually no more than two rl days. mayhap utilization more of forums to bridge gaps in punishment, trails would help.

I have two characters here and thats about my limit :P some players may not want to have to remake characters all the time.