Petty thievery [1201]

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

### E.3.3: Petty thievery [1201]

      Usage:  USE 1201
      Time:   seven days
      Time to learn: 14 days.
      Time to use: 7 days.

The skill of the common burglar, 1201 allows a thief to work a city or civilized province for gold. The thief may pick pockets, steal from merchants in the market, enter homes in search of loot, or deceive townsfolk into parting with their gold with confidence games.

The thief must be alone in order to thieve. It may not be stacked with any other nobles, or possess any visible followers, such as peasants, soldiers, workers, etc. If the province or city where the thief is working is garrisoned, there is a possibility he will be captured by the garrison.

How much a thief will earn, and his likelihood of being captured, depends upon the experience level of the thief:

      Description      Amount         Chance of Capture
      -----------      ------         -----------------
      apprentice        7 gold              5%
      journeyman       14 gold              3%
      adept            28 gold              1%
      master           49 gold              -
      grand master     70 gold              -

Of course, thieving depends upon the peasants having something to steal. Any money a thief takes from a province comes out of the peasants' accumulated wealth. If they have no gold, the thief will come away empty-handed.

Thieving has a detrimental effect on the populace, and will drive 7-21 peasants away with each use.

A province with less than 100 peasants cannot be thieved. Thieving a city is the same as thieving the province the city is in.