Hide Item [1891]

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

### E.9.10: Hide Item [1891]

      Usage:  USE 1891 <item>
      Time to learn: 14 days.
      Time to use: 3 days.

Many men are greedy to possess the wealth that merchants enjoy, and sometimes use dishonorable methods such as thievery and banditry to separate a merchant from his valuable possessions. To avoid this, merchants have developed a wide range of techniques to hide their possessions from would-be robbers. False bottoms in storage containers, hidden pockets, magical charms and other such tactics are all well-known to the brotherhood of merchants.

By use of this skill, a merchant hides a single item somewhere on his person. Amazingly enough, this item can be as big as a dragon (large items are concealed with charms of illusion), but regardless of the size, only a single item may be concealed. To remove an item from hiding: "USE 1891 0".

The item in hiding will not be captured in battle, cannot be stolen by thieves, nor can it be detected by magical means. There is a cumulative 1% chance per month that any item in hiding will be lost through forgetfulness, accident or other mishap.