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  • Introduction
  • The Olympia World
  • Nobles & What They Can Do
  • Movement
  • Battles
  • Locations
  • Economics & Growth
  • Miscellaneous
  • Appendix - Reference Sheets
  • Appendix - Mythology of Olympia
  • Appendix - History
  • Appendix - Command listing
  • Appendix - Skill Dictionary
  • Appendix - Magical Artifacts
  • Appendix - Command Preprocessing
  • Appendix - Output Formats

    --- The Detailed Node Listing --- Introduction

  • Overview
  • Terminology
  • Game Mechanics

    Game Mechanics

  • Scenarios
  • Alternate Rules
  • Winning the Game
  • Submitting orders
  • Turn reports
  • Turn schedule
  • Game Newsletter
  • Compensation
  • Cheating
  • Rule changes
  • Joining
  • Quitting
  • Email addresses

    Scenarios

  • The Age of Gods Scenario
  • Novice Scenario
  • The Never-Ending Kingdom Scenario
  • The Twelve Kings Scenario

    Alternate Rules

  • Mage/Priest Antipathy
  • Turn Limit
  • Autodrop

    Submitting orders

  • Interrupting orders
  • Uncontrolled Units
  • Order template
  • Be careful
  • Failed orders
  • Player Entity
  • Quitting the Game
  • More examples
  • Order of nobles
  • Priority
  • Precedence
  • At the same time

    The Olympia World

  • Geography
  • Political Geography

    Olympian geography

  • Inner Locations
  • Inside a City
  • Who else is here
  • More about geography
  • Holes
  • Hidden routes
  • Ocean ports
  • Port Cities
  • Example city description
  • Civilization
  • Monsters
  • Hades
  • Faery
  • Cloudlands
  • Guard monsters

    Common Dangers

  • Wilderness
  • Hades
  • Faery
  • Cloudlands
  • Guard monsters

    Political Geography

  • The Imperial Empire
  • The Mandor Confederacy.
  • The Pen

    Nobles & What They Can Do

  • Health
  • Loyalty bonds
  • Skills
  • Training men

    Health

  • Death

    Loyalty bonds

  • Converting Nobles to a New Faction
  • When a Noble Deserts
  • When a Noble Dies
  • When a Player Quits

    Skills

  • Skill Types
  • Studying
  • Instruction
  • Diminishing returns
  • Learning Bonuses
  • Costs
  • Experience and Practice
  • Unrated skills
  • Guild Skills
  • Study Points
  • Summary of study
  • Religion
  • Magical Arts

    Religion

  • The Eight Religions
  • Becoming a Priest
  • Miracles
  • Piety
  • Followers
  • Special Religious Troops
  • Holy Symbols
  • Holy Plants
  • Temples
  • Miscellaneous Notes

    Magic

  • Aura
  • Magician status
  • Required Items
  • Study of Spells
  • Schools of Magic
  • Magical Combat

    Training men

  • Maintenance cost
  • Making weapons and armor

    Movement

  • Stacking
  • Carrying capacity and Travel
  • Ships

    Stacking

  • Allowing stacking

    Carrying capacity and Travel

  • Swamps

    Ships

  • Making ships
  • Ship Features
  • Repairing a Ship
  • How to sail
  • Operating a ferry
  • Ferry synchronization

    Ship Features

  • Rowing Ports
  • Sails
  • Keels
  • Ship Fortifications

    Battles

  • Resolution of battle
  • Front and rear
  • Limits to Missile Troops
  • Limits to Melee Troops
  • Allies
  • Combat Participants
  • Declared attitudes
  • Combat Bonuses
  • Combat Spells
  • Panic
  • Prisoners
  • Prisoner escapes
  • Combat and Movement
  • Combat Examples

    Combat Bonuses

  • Fortifications
  • Terrain Effects
  • Item bonuses
  • Skill Bonuses
  • Other Bonuses

    Combat Spells

  • Selection of Spells
  • Round Two Rule
  • Effects of Combat Spells

    Locations

  • Buildings
  • Control of Locations

    Buildings

  • First tower
  • Guild Halls
  • Inns
  • Castles
  • Mines and Mining

    Mines and Mining

  • Mining
  • The Dangers of Mining

    Control of Locations

  • Control of Sublocations
  • Control of Provinces

    Control of Sublocations

  • Permission to Enter
  • Entrance Fees

    Control of Provinces

  • Garrisons
  • Garrison reports
  • Referring to garrisons
  • Status
  • Province Control
  • Province Entrance Fees
  • Taxes
  • Province Tax
  • Market Taxes

    Garrisons

  • Garrison reports
  • Referring to garrisons

    Taxes

  • Province Tax
  • Market Taxes

    Economics & Growth

  • Peasants
  • Markets

    Peasants

  • Population Growth
  • Taxing
  • Pillaging
  • Opium

    Markets

  • Market report
  • City purchasing
  • Resolution of trades
  • Partial trades
  • Sales Tax
  • More market examples
  • Trade goods

    Miscellaneous

  • Hints
  • Offenses against realism
  • Credits

    Appendix - Listing of all commands

  • accept
  • admit
  • attack
  • banner
  • behind
  • board
  • border
  • breed
  • bribe
  • build
  • buy
  • catch
  • claim
  • collect
  • contact
  • decree
  • dedicate
  • default
  • defend
  • drop
  • email
  • execute
  • explore
  • fee
  • ferry
  • fish
  • flag
  • fly
  • forget
  • form
  • format
  • garrison
  • get
  • give
  • guard
  • guild
  • honor
  • hostile
  • identify
  • make
  • message
  • move
  • maxpay
  • name
  • neutral
  • notab
  • oath
  • password
  • pay
  • pillage
  • players
  • post
  • press
  • practice
  • promote
  • quarry
  • quit
  • raze
  • recruit
  • repair
  • resend
  • rumor
  • sail
  • seek
  • sell
  • split
  • stack
  • stop
  • study
  • take
  • tax
  • teach
  • terrorize
  • train
  • ungarrison
  • unload
  • unstack
  • use
  • vis_email
  • wait
  • wood
  • yew

    Appendix - Skill Dictionary

  • Shipcraft [1000]
  • Combat [1100]
  • Stealth [1200]
  • Persuasion [1300]
  • Construction [1400]
  • Alchemy [1500]
  • Forestry [1600]
  • Mining [1700]
  • Trading [1800]
  • Ranger [1900]
  • Basic Religion [3500]
  • Church of Eres [2000]
  • Church of Anteus [2100]
  • Church of Dol [2200]
  • Church of Timeid [2300]
  • Church of Ham [2400]
  • Church of Kireus [2500]
  • Church of Halon [2600]
  • Church of Domingo [2700]
  • Magic [2800]
  • Scrying [2900]
  • Gatecraft [3000]
  • Artifact construction [3100]
  • Necromancy [3200]
  • Advanced sorcery [3300]
  • Heroism [3400]

    Shipcraft [1000]

  • Sailing [1001]
  • Build Hull [1002]
  • Navigate Deep Seas [1094]
  • Add ram to ship [1095]
  • Fishing [1004]
  • Add Sails to Ship [1005]
  • Add Fortification to Ship [1091]
  • Add Rowing Ports to Ship [1006]
  • Add Keel to Ship [1090]
  • Remove Sails from Ship [1096]
  • Remove Fortification from Ship [1093]
  • Remove Rowing Ports from Ship [1097]
  • Remove Keel from Ship [1092]
  • Remove Ram from Ship [1098]

    Combat [1100]

  • Fight to the death [1102]
  • Use beasts in battle [1195]
  • Construct catapult [1194]
  • Train Swordsmen [1105]
  • Weaponsmithing [1106]
  • Control Men in Battle [1107]
  • Combat Tactics [1131]
  • Defense Tactics [1132]
  • Instill Combat Discipline [1108]
  • Train Armored Troops [1192]
  • Train Mounted [1190]
  • Train Paladin [1191]

    Stealth [1200]

  • Conceal Nation [1291]
  • Assassinate Noble [1292]
  • Petty thievery [1201]
  • Determine inventory of noble [1202]
  • Determine skills of character [1203]
  • Determine character's lord [1204]
  • Learn of richest nearby noble [1230]
  • Torture prisoner [1231]
  • Conceal identity of trader [1232]
  • Sneak into structure [1233]
  • Conceal faction [1205]
  • Conceal self [1290]

    Persuasion [1300]

  • Bribe noble [1301]
  • Persuade oathbound noble [1330]
  • Raise peasant mob [1302]
  • Rally peasant mob [1303]
  • Incite mob violence [1331]
  • Summon wild men [1332]
  • Persuade wild men to remain [1333]
  • Train angry peasants [1304]
  • Encourage Population Growth [1390]

    Construction [1400]

  • Fortify Castle [1491]
  • Strengthen Castle Walls [1492]
  • Add Moat to Castle [1493]
  • Construct siege tower [1401]
  • Stone quarrying [1402]
  • Build City [1490]
  • Widen Entrance [1494]

    Alchemy [1500]

  • Extract venom from ratspider [1530]
  • Make potion of slavery [1531]
  • Brew healing potion [1501]
  • Brew potion of death [1502]
  • Make potion of weightlessness [1590]
  • Make potion of fiery death [1591]
  • Record skill on scroll [1532]
  • Collect rare elements [1503]
  • Turn lead into gold [1533]

    Forestry [1600]

  • Construct battering ram [1601]
  • Harvest lumber [1602]
  • Harvest yew [1603]
  • Collect rare foliage [1604]
  • Harvest mallorn wood [1630]
  • Harvest opium [1605]
  • Improve opium production [1631]

    Mining [1700]

  • Build Mine Shaft [1703]
  • Add Wooden Shoring [1790]
  • Add Iron Shoring [1791]
  • Mine iron [1701]
  • Mine gold [1702]
  • Mine mithril [1730]
  • Mine gate crystal [1731]

    Trading [1800]

  • Smuggle Goods [1830]
  • Smuggle Men [1831]
  • Avoid Taxes [1832]
  • Build Wagons [1801]
  • Increase Demand [1802]
  • Decrease Demand [1803]
  • Increase Supply [1804]
  • Decrease Supply [1805]
  • Hide Money [1890]
  • Hide Item [1891]

    Ranger [1900]

  • Spot Hidden Noble [1901]
  • Protect Noble [1990]
  • Find Food in Wilderness [1903]
  • Catch wild horses [1930]
  • Train wild horse to riding horse [1931]
  • Train wild horse to warmount [1932]
  • Archery [1902]

    Basic Religion [3500]

  • Heal [3501]
  • Last rites [3502]
  • Create Holy Symbol [3503]
  • Dedicate Temple [3504]
  • Devotional Prayer [3505]
  • Bless follower [3506]
  • Gather Holy Plant [3507]
  • Create Holy Instruction [3508]
  • Proselytise [3509]
  • Banish undead [3510]
  • Resurrect dead noble [3530]
  • Protection from Aura Blast [3531]
  • Hinder meditation [3532]
  • Vision of Holy Terrain [3533]

    Church of Eres [2000]

  • Fierce wind [2030]
  • Summon rain [2036]
  • Summon wind [2037]
  • Summon fog [2038]
  • Direct storm [2039]
  • Dissipate storm [2031]
  • Renew storm strength [2032]
  • Storm fury [2033]
  • Seize control of storm [2034]
  • Fog of death [2035]
  • Summon Water Elemental [2040]

    Church of Anteus [2100]

  • Find Mountain Trail [2130]
  • Obscure Mountain Trails [2131]
  • Improve Mining [2132]
  • Conceal Mine [2133]
  • Protect Mine [2134]
  • Bless Building [2135]
  • Weaken Building [2136]
  • Boulder Trap [2137]

    Church of Dol [2200]

  • Detect Beasts [2234]
  • Snake Trap [2235]
  • Bird spy [2231]
  • Capture beasts [2232]
  • Breed beasts [2233]

    Church of Timeid [2300]

  • Find Forest Trail [2330]
  • Obscure Forest Trails [2331]
  • Improve Forestry [2332]
  • Reveal Forest [2333]
  • Create Dense Thicket [2334]
  • Create Deadfall [2335]
  • Recruit Elves [2336]

    Church of Ham [2400]

  • Receive vision [2434]
  • Enchant City Guards [2430]
  • Urchin Spy [2431]
  • Draw Crowds [2432]
  • Arrange Mugging [2433]
  • Shroud location from magical scry [2436]

    Church of Kireus [2500]

  • Improve Quarrying [2530]
  • Improve Smithing [2531]
  • Edge of Kireus [2532]
  • Create Mithril [2533]
  • Set Quicksand Trap [2534]

    Church of Halon [2600]

  • Calm Angry Peasants [2630]
  • Improve Charisma [2631]
  • Mesmerize Crowd [2632]
  • Improve Taxes [2633]
  • Guard Loyalty [2634]
  • Instill Fanaticism [2635]

    Church of Domingo [2700]

  • Find Hidden Location [2730]
  • Conceal Wilderness Location [2731]
  • Mists of Concealment [2732]
  • Train Ninjas [2733]

    Magic [2800]

  • Meditate [2801]
  • Perform common tasks for gold [2802]
  • Appear common [2803]
  • View current aura level of others [2804]
  • Speed casting of next spell [2830]
  • Reveal abilities of another mage [2831]
  • Tap health for aura [2832]
  • Lightning bolt [2840]
  • Modern magic script [2833]
  • Shroud abilities from scry [2834]
  • Detect ability scry [2835]
  • Dispel ability shroud [2836]
  • Advanced meditation [2837]
  • Hinder meditation [2838]
  • Save speeded cast [2839]
  • Create Dirt Golem [2841]

    Scrying [2900]

  • Foresee Defense [2940]
  • Scry location [2901]
  • Shroud location from magical scry [2930]
  • Dispel location shroud [2931]
  • Ciphered writing of Areth-Pirn [2932]
  • Create magical barrier [2933]
  • Remove magical barrier [2934]
  • Locate character [2935]
  • Detect location scry [2936]
  • Farcasting [2937]
  • Save farcast state [2938]
  • Banish undead [2939]

    Gatecraft [3000]

  • Teleport [3030]
  • Detect gates [3001]
  • Jump through gate [3002]
  • Seal gate [3031]
  • Unseal gate with key [3032]
  • Notify if gate unsealed [3033]
  • Forcefully unseal gate [3034]
  • Reveal gate key [3035]
  • Notify of gate jumps [3036]
  • Drain Mana [3039]
  • Language of the Ancients [3037]
  • Reverse jump through gate [3038]

    Artifact construction [3100]

  • Forge auraculum [3130]
  • Detect Artifact [3101]
  • Reveal Artifacts [3102]
  • Mutate Artifact [3131]
  • Conceal Artifacts [3132]
  • Obscure Artifact [3133]
  • Forge magical weapon [3134]
  • Forge magical armor [3135]
  • Forge magical bow [3136]
  • Remove Obscurity [3137]
  • Destroy artifact [3103]
  • Deep Identify [3104]
  • Forge palantir [3139]

    Necromancy [3200]

  • Transcend death [3238]
  • Raise soldiers [3236]
  • Runes of Evil [3230]
  • Summon ghost warriors [3201]
  • Raise undead [3202]
  • Summon demon lord [3231]
  • Renew demon bond [3232]
  • Banish demon lord [3233]
  • Eating of the dead [3234]
  • Aura blast [3203]
  • Absorb aura blast [3235]
  • Create Flesh Golem [3237]

    Advanced sorcery [3300]

  • Fireball [3332]
  • Trance [3330]
  • Teleport items [3331]
  • Create Iron Golem [3333]

    Heroism [3400]

  • Swordplay [3401]
  • Defense [3402]
  • Survive Fatal Wound [3483]
  • Avoid Wounds [3480]
  • Avoid Illness [3481]
  • Improved Recovery [3482]
  • Personal Fight to the Death [3403]
  • Forced March [3484]
  • Extra Melee Attacks [3485]
  • Extra Missile Attacks [3486]
  • Acute Senses [3487]
  • Improved Explore [3488]
  • Uncanny Accuracy [3489]
  • Blinding Speed [3490]

    Appendix - Magical Artifacts

  • Combat Artifacts
  • Leadership of Men
  • Beast Enchantment
  • Safety from Attack
  • Improved Attack
  • Improved Defense
  • Safety at Sea
  • Defensive Terrain Enchantment
  • Fast Terrain
  • Speed Use
  • Hellring
  • Elfstone
  • Hard Workers
  • Improved Income
  • Fast Learning
  • Fast Teaching
  • Fast Training
  • Destroy Monster
  • Riding
  • Flying
  • Carry Great Loads
  • Protection from Skill
  • Shield Location
  • Power Jewel
  • Summon Aid
  • Reduced Maintenance
  • Improve Bargaining
  • Weightlessness
  • Increased Healing
  • Protection from Sickness
  • Restore Life
  • Teleport
  • Orb of Scrying
  • Crown of Control
  • Staff of the Sun

    Appendix - Output Formats

  • RAW Format
  • TAGS Format