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Pulling something (past tense pulled)

Pulling is the act of pulling something not grossly larger than the actor by an amount which would not substantially move it.

In the Standard Rules there are no carry out rules for this action because nothing in the standard Inform world model which reacts to it. The action is provided for authors to hang more interesting behaviour onto for special cases: say, pulling a lever. ('The big red lever is a fixed in place device. Instead of pulling the big red lever, try switching on the lever. Instead of pushing the big red lever, try switching off the lever.')

Typed commands leading to this action

    "pull [something]"

Rules controlling this action

    before    doing something in The Captain's Office   
    instead    taking, pushing or pulling the bomb   
    instead    taking or pushing or pulling the chest   
    check        an actor pulling  can't pull what's fixed in place rule
    check        an actor pulling  can't pull scenery rule
    check        an actor pulling  can't pull people rule
    report        (display LibMsg <report player pulling>; ...) [E1]
    report        someone trying pulling   [E1]
    report        an actor pulling  report pulling rule