Hide Money [1890]

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

### E.9.9: Hide Money [1890]

      Usage:  USE 1890 <amount>
      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 cash. To avoid this, merchants have developed a wide range of techniques to hide their cash 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 <amount> money about his person and premises. If the amount given is less than the amount currently hidden, money is removed from hiding. To remove all money from hiding: "USE 1890 0".

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