Angel Island Prison

In UO there are long term murder counts and short term murder counts. Every time you kill an innocent and they report you for it, you get a long term and a short term murder count. Long terms last 40 hours, and short terms last 8. Long term murder counts determine if you are red or blue; 5 or more long terms and you’re red. Short term murder counts determine if you will take stat loss upon resurrection; 5 or more short terms and you will lose 10% of your skills when you are resurrected. The exception to this rule is Angel Island Prison.

To see if you are eligible for stat loss say “I must consider my sins”. There are a number of messages.

No stat loss:

• Fear not, thou hast not slain the innocent.
• Fear not, thou hast not slain the innocent in some time.
• Although thou hast slain the innocent, thy deeds shall not bring retribution upon thy return to the living.

Stat loss:

• If thou should return to the land of the living, the innocent shall wreak havoc upon thy soul.
• If you have found yourself on the wrong side of the law as a murderer, you may just end up in prison.

If you have more than 5 short term murders you may spend time in prison. While in prison, your short term and long term murder times are halved. If you die with more than 5 short terms you are given the option to go to prison or take stat loss.

Angel Island Prison is not like UO jail. In prison you can gather resources and fight your way out through the guards. If you don’t want to fight… if you would rather do your time and walk out of prison you can do this as well.

If you have 5 or more short term murder counts and die, you will be offered a prompt that will allow you to go to Angel Island instead of taking stat loss. You can also voluntarily go to Angel Island via the teleporter in Luna

While you are alive on Angel Island your counts will decay at a rate of 4 hours and 20 hours, half what they would in the free land. Only when you are alive however, otherwise nothing changes. When you get down to less than 5 short term counts, you are free to leave.

If you manage to escape your short terms will be reduced by something on the order of half. There have also been rumors of corrupt officials, perhaps it’s possible to bribe your way off the island…

Parole Officer: Rumor has it that the parole officer will accept bribes for reduced time in the form of gold.