raze

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

## `raze`

      raze [target] [days]
      * time: varies
      * priority: 3

Tear down a building. The command completes when the structure has been completely destroyed, or when days have elapsed. Note that you must specify target to specify days.

A building may be razed from the inside or the outside. If razed from the outside, a building must be unoccupied. The argument target, if present, is the building to be razed.

If razed from the inside, the razing unit must be the owner of the structure (the top-most unit inside the building). The noble will safely leave the building before it collapses.

Sturdier structures require more men to do a given amount of damage:

                       man-days per
      structure       point of damage
      ---------       ---------------
      ship                 1
      temple               2
      inn                  2
      tower                2
      mine                 2
      castle               3

For example, two men can cause 1% of damage to a tower in a day.

Only men in the noble's inventory will help with destruction. The noble is counted when the number of men are computed. The noble does not have to be the stack leader to raze; it's possible for two nobles in the same stack to be razing different buildings at the same time.