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Standard actions which change the state of things
Locking it with , Unlocking it with , Switching on , Switching off , Opening , Closing , Wearing , Taking off 

Wearing something (past tense worn)

The Standard Rules give Inform only a simple model of clothing. A thing can be worn only if it has the either/or property of being 'wearable'. (Typing a sentence like 'Mr Jones wears the Homburg hat.' automatically implies that the hat is wearable, which is why we only seldom need to use the word 'wearable' directly.) There is no checking of how much or how little any actor is wearing, or how incongruous this may appear: nor any distinction between under or over-clothes.

To put on an article of clothing, the actor must be directly carrying it, as enforced by the 'can't wear what's not held rule'.

Typed commands leading to this action

"wear [something preferably held]"

"put on [something preferably held]"

"put [something preferably held] on"

"use [clothing]" 

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

instead of    doing anything with rust spores   

check    an actor wearing  can't wear what's not clothing rule   name  unlist

check    an actor wearing  can't wear what's not held rule   name  unlist

check    an actor wearing  can't wear what's already worn rule   name  unlist

check    vampire bat cannot wear clothing rule   name  unlist 

check    cannot wear when grappled rule   name  unlist 

check    wearing a necklace   

check    wearing a hat   

check    wearing a shirt   

check    wearing a cloak   

check    wearing shoes   

check    wearing a trousers   

check    wearing a belt   

check    wearing gauntlets   

check    wearing a mask   

check    wearing a suit   

carry out    an actor wearing  standard wearing rule   name  unlist

after    wearing a cursed not curse-identified thing   

report    an actor wearing  standard report wearing rule   name  unlist

report    (unless the hidden identity of the noun is the non-thing begin; ...)