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Standard actions concerning the actor's possessions
Taking inventory , Taking , Removing it from , Dropping , Putting it on , Inserting it into , Eating 

Taking something (past tense taken)

The taking action is the only way an action in the Standard Rules can cause something to be carried by an actor. It is very simple in operation (the entire carry out stage consists only of 'now the actor carries the noun') but many checks must be performed before it can be allowed to happen.

Typed commands leading to this action

"take [things]"

"get [things]"

"pick up [things]"

"pick [things] up"

Rules controlling this action

set action variables for    when acting fast  acting fast actions are fast rule   name  unlist 

before    doing anything except examining or reaping in Drawing Room   

before    doing anything except attacking when Nomos bonus is true   

before    ethereal-forbidden   

before    doing anything  boots of wandering weirdness rule   name  unlist 

instead of    taking rust spores when the location is rust-spored   

instead of    doing anything with clouds of smoke when the smoke timer of the location is less than 1   

instead of    taking clouds of smoke   

instead of    taking the pile of fragments   

instead of    taking the ruined tombs   

instead of    taking the hundreds of books   

instead of    taking the large pile of body parts   

instead of    taking the thorny bushes   

instead of    doing anything with rust spores   

instead of    taking a rotting limb   

check    taking the skull-sized rubies   

check    an actor taking  can't take yourself rule   name  unlist

check    an actor taking  can't take other people rule   name  unlist

check    an actor taking  can't take component parts rule   name  unlist

check    an actor taking  can't take items out of play rule   name  unlist

check    an actor taking  can't take what you're inside rule   name  unlist

check    an actor taking  can't take scenery rule   name  unlist

check    an actor taking  can only take things rule   name  unlist

check    an actor taking  can't take what's fixed in place rule   name  unlist

check    an actor taking  use player's holdall to avoid exceeding carrying capacity rule   name  unlist

check    an actor taking  can't exceed carrying capacity rule   name  unlist

check    an actor taking  can't take living people's possessions rule   name  unlist 

check    an actor taking  alternative can't take what's already taken rule   name  unlist 

check    cannot take when grappled rule   name  unlist 

carry out    an actor taking  standard taking rule   name  unlist

carry out    (increase detection probability by 20) 

report    an actor taking  standard report taking rule   name  unlist