Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (May 4 1999)
Usage: USE 9144 <artifact> Time to learn: 14 days. Time to use: 7 days. Required aura: four points
Removes one Obscure Artifact [9113] cast upon an artifact. The artifact must be in the caster's inventory. If an artifact has been obscured multiple times, it will require multiple removals.
Usage: USE 9153 <skill> [# days instruction] [book] Requires: blank scrolls [84], 100 gold Required aura: two points per page Time to learn: 28 days. Time to use: 7 days.
Create a book for the given skill, or add days of instruction to an existing book. The book can be used as a source of instruction. Books may be created only for category skills and learnable subskills.
If the number of number of days argument is missing, a default of 7 days is assumed.
There is a cost of 100 gold to begin a new book. This covers the cost of the binding, covers, etc.
This skills consumes two points of aura for every day of instruction written.
The skill must be known in order to be written. The character will still know the skill after writing it.
This skill requires one day for every day of instruction written.
The optional third argument is the id number of an existing book in the noble's possession. If this is a book for the given skill, then additional pages will be added to the book. In this case, there is no 100 gold fee to begin a new book.
Only Artifact construction [164] spells may be scribed with this skill.
Examples:
USE 9153 7
Creates a new book with 7 pages of instruction in 9153.
USE 9153 3 j3k2
Adds three days of instruction to book [j3k2], provided that book teaches 9153.