Attacking something (past tense attacked)
Violence is seldom the answer, and attempts to attack another person are normally blocked as being unrealistic or not seriously meant. (I might find a shop assistant annoying, but IF is not Grand Theft Auto, and responding by killing him is not really one of my options.) So the Standard Rules simply block attempts to fight people, but the action exists for rules to make exceptions.
Typed commands leading to this action
"attack [something]"
"a [thing]"
Rules controlling this action
before doing anything
instead attacking a stick of guarding
instead attacking a stick of illumination
check (if the noun is not a person, say "Things are not your enemies." instead)
check (if the noun is not alive, say "[The noun] is already dead." instead)
check (if the noun is not a monster, say "Save your energy for monsters." instead)
carry out an actor attacking when the combat running variable is false
carry out an actor attacking when the combat running variable is true
after attacking in Lesson Three - Attacking for the first time
after attacking in Lesson Three - Attacking for the second time
after attacking in Lesson Four - Concentrating