Olympia PBEM

12.9: A rough example

This is a rough, heavily edited example of how some study commands might look in a turn report. All of the other details that a real turn report would have were omitted to focus on the study orders.

Turn one:

Skills taught here:
   Shipcraft [120]

 1: > study 120
 1: Paid 100 gold to begin study.
 1: Will study Shipcraft for seven days.
 7: Learned Shipcraft [120].

Lore for Shipcraft [120]
------------------------
All skills concerning ocean travel fall under this category.
Shipcraft encompasses the building and repair of ships,
training of sailors, and navigation at sea.

The following skills may be studied directly once Shipcraft
is known:

   num   skill                              time to learn
   ---   -----                              -------------
   9502  Sailing                            one week
   ...

Further skills may be found through research.

Turn two:

 1: > study 9502
 1: Paid 100 gold to begin study.
 1: Will study Sailing for seven days.
 7: Learned Sailing [9502].

(It doesn't matter where 9502 is studied, since 120 offers it directly.)

Turn three:

 1: > study 126
 1: Instruction in [126] is not available here.

(Need to find a location or book that offers instruction in Alchemy)

Turn four:

 1: enter xxxx
 1: Arrival at City of Alchemists [xxxx]

Skills taught here:
   Alchemy [126]

 1: > study 126
 1: Paid 100 gold to begin study.
 1: Will study Alchemy for seven days.

Partially known skills:
   126  Alchemy, 7/14

(Alchemy requires 14 days of study to learn, seven of which we have completed.)

Turn five:

 1: > study 126
 1: Continue studying Alchemy.
 7: Learned Alchemy [126].

Skills known:
   120  Shipcraft
        9502  Sailing, apprentice
   126  Alchemy