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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 

Taking off something (past tense taken off)

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.

When an article of clothing is taken off, it becomes a thing directly carried by its former wearer, rather than being (say) dropped onto the floor.

Typed commands leading to this action

"take off [something]"

"take [something] off"

"remove [something preferably held]"

"shed [something preferably held]"

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    taking off something   

check    an actor taking off  can't take off what's not worn rule   name  unlist

check    cannot take off when grappled rule   name  unlist 

carry out    an actor taking off  standard taking off rule   name  unlist

after    taking off the cloak of shadows when the player is hidden   

report    an actor taking off  standard report taking off rule   name  unlist