accept

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

## `accept`

      accept from-who item [qty]
      accept nation item [qty]
      accept clear
      * time: 0 days
      * priority: 0

The ACCEPT order must be used in order to receive items from other players. Gold is exempt from the ACCEPT check.

If ACCEPT is issued by a noble, it applies to items given to that noble only. If ACCEPT is issued by the player entity, it applies to every unit in the faction.

If from-who is 0, the item will be accepted from anyone. Otherwise from-who should specify a noble, a faction, or a nation name. If item is 0, any item will be accepted. If qty is zero or is not present, any quantity of the item will be accepted.

If qty is specified, the given quantity must be less than or equal to the qty specified on the matching ACCEPT order. If the GIVE is successful, the given quantity will be deduced from the remaining qty value in the outstanding ACCEPT.

A GIVE which could be passed by multiple overlapping ACCEPT orders will choose the first which matches, first for the noble, then for the player entity. If an ACCEPT order specifies an item quantity limit, the quantity must be greater than or equal to the amount specified in the GIVE order. Multiple conflicting ACCEPT orders will not combined to satisfy a single GIVE.

"ACCEPT CLEAR" is used to clear all existing accepts. If used by a noble, it clears all accepts for the noble. If used by the player entity, it clears all the player-level accepts.

Examples:

           ACCEPT 0 0              # accept anything from anyone
           ACCEPT Mandor 0         # accept anything from Mandorians
           ACCEPT 0 10             # accept peasants from anyone
           ACCEPT 2950 0           # accept anything from noble 2950
           ACCEPT 2950 10          # accept peasants from noble 2950
           ACCEPT 2950 10 5        # accept up to 5 peasants from
                                   # noble 2950
           ACCEPT Pen 10 5         # accept up to 5 peasants from Pen
           ACCEPT 501 10           # accept peasants from any noble
                                   # in faction 501
           ACCEPT 501 10 5         # accept up to 5 peasants from
                                   # nobles in faction 501
           ACCEPT clear	     # clear all existing accepts

The current status of what a noble will accept is shown in the turn report. The turn report first lists what the noble will specifically accept and then any accepts that he inherits from the player entity:

        Accepting:

            Accepting any amount of iron [76] from The Duchess [yy6].
            (Accepting any amount of anything from any member of Mandor
            Confederacy.)

In this case, the noble is specifically accepting iron from another player, and the entire faction is accepting anything from any member of the Mandor Confederacy.