people behind bars

I have some people in a little jail cell. Using the dungeon tileset. 

Is it possible for the sprites to be seen through the bars  (so in effect stand on the same tile, but underneath the bars) or can they only walk on the ground that isn't covered by bars?

you can either give the bars a star passability in the tileset, or place them as an event with priority "above player", or make them a picture with a high Z number.


All methods have their advantages and disadvantages, it depends on the exact use you have for them.

Well, it'd give them some more walking room in the jail without me having to make the jail bigger. 

Would the jail with prioirity above player still work on other events? Because the ones in the jail are not the party but npcs.

it can be made that they allow other events to pass under, but the editor cannot place more than one event at the grid - moving below another event isn't a problem if that event is set to through

But wouldn't they then be able to walk out of the jailcell?

that depends on the passability of the floor of the cell - that's why I said that the different solutions have different disadvantages.