Create Holy Instruction [3508]

Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (Oct 4 2000)

### E.11.8: Create Holy Instruction [3508]

      Usage:  USE 3508 <skill> [# days instruction] [book]
      Requires:  blank scrolls [84], 100 gold
      Required piety:  two points per page
      Time to learn: 14 days.
      Time to use: <variable>

Create a book for the given skill, or add days of instruction to an existing book. The book can be used as a source of instruction. Books may be created only for category skills and teachable subskills.

If the number of number of days argument is missing, a default of 7 days is assumed.

There is a cost of 100 gold to begin a new book. This covers the cost of the binding, covers, etc.

This skill requires one page for every seven days instruction written, and consumes two points of piety for every page written. It takes one day to write one page.

The skill must be known in order to be written. The character will still know the skill after writing it.

The optional third argument is the id number of an existing book in the noble's possession. If this is a book for the given skill, then additional pages will be added to the book. In this case, there is no 100 gold fee to begin a new book.

Only religious prayers may be scribed with this skill.

Examples:

USE 3508 3508 7

Creates a new book with 7 days instruction in 3508. (A new book is created because the optional third argument, the book to add pages to, is not given.)

USE 3508 2041 3 j3k2

Adds three days instruction to book [j3k2], provided that book teaches 2041.