Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-30079501-20170131011941/@comment-30079501-20170201014712

Legoarmy505 wrote: Slaves were added to be farm hands for evil.

You shouldn't trade with them as they don't have anything to trade,

Searching wouldn't have a point as it would be quite annoying to code and it would be a waste as you could kill the npc to get its stuff. Exactly. What I'm suggesting adds more flexibility for what one can do with your captured NPC. They don't have to be a slave.

Depends. If they carry stuff with them...but I see your point.

Searching them allows you to take their stuff without killing it, meaning that you can use the NPC for other things, like farm work. :P