Prisoner escapes

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

## 5.12: Prisoner escapes

Prisoners are always on the lookout for ways to escape. Units holding prisoners can reduce their chances by remaining inside a structure, not transferring prisoners with `give`, and not traveling with prisoners.

Each week (four times each game turn), a prisoner being held by a unit which is outside of a building has a 2% chance of escaping. A prisoner being held by a unit which is inside a structure, such as a castle, tower, inn or ship, has a 1% chance of escaping.

Each time a prisoner is transferred with the `give` order, there is a 2% chance of a escape. Also, each time a unit holding a prisoner engages in travel which takes longer than one day, there is a 2% chance that the prisoner will be able to get free. Thus, short movement, such as entering or exiting a building, will not give the prisoners additional opportunities for escape, but traveling between provinces with prisoners will.

Prisoners inside building or sublocations will flee out into the surrounding location upon gaining their freedom. Escaped prisoners on ships will leap over the side and swim to a nearby shore.