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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 

Eating something (past tense eaten)

Eating is the only one of the built-in actions which can, in effect, destroy something: the carry out rule removes what's being eaten from play, and nothing in the Standard Rules can then get at it again.

Note that, uncontroversially, one can only eat things with the 'edible' either/or property, and also that, more controversially, one can only eat things currently being held. This means that a player standing next to a bush with berries who types EAT BERRIES will force a '(first taking the berries)' action.

Typed commands leading to this action

"eat [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    eating Drakul's lifeblood   

instead of    doing anything with rust spores   

instead of    eating a package of ment  ment cannot be eaten rule   name  unlist 

instead of    eating a rotting limb   

check    an actor eating  can't eat unless edible rule   name  unlist

check    an actor eating  can't eat clothing without removing it first rule   name  unlist

carry out    an actor eating  standard eating rule   name  unlist

report    an actor eating  standard report eating rule   name  unlist