Entrance Fees

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

#### 6.2.1.2: Entrance Fees

The owner of a location may set an "entrance fee" for the building. This fee is the cost in gold each noble will have to pay to enter the building. The entrance fee for a location appears in its description, e.g.,

      Inner locations:
        Lair [ao9s], lair, 1 day
        Chateau Olympique [s85], castle, entrance fee 100 gold per noble,
          closed, defense 40, "with two bloody spots on the walls"

The entrance fee for a location is set with the `fee` order (see See fee). Entrance fees can be charged per noble, per man, per weight, or any combination of those fees.

When a stack of nobles enters a location, the stack leader is responsible for paying the entrance fee for all the nobles in the stack, although he will borrow from other nobles in the stack to pay, if necessary. (But he will only borrow from nobles controlled by the same player -- you cannot take money from another player this way.) A noble can control the maximum amount he will pay to enter a location with the `maxpay` command (see See maxpay).

The entrance fee is be paid to the owner of the location. A stack that cannot afford to enter a location will be refused permission to enter. A stack that attacks into a location does not have to pay the entrance fee.