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Taking something (past tense taken)

The taking action is the only way an action in the Standard Rules can cause something to be carried by an actor. It is very simple in operation (the entire carry out stage consists only of 'now the actor carries the noun') but many checks must be performed before it can be allowed to happen.

Typed commands leading to this action

    "take [things]"
    "get [things]"
    "pick up [things]"
    "pick [things] up"

Rules controlling this action

    instead    doing anything except preparing, finding responses to, giving text for, giving link to, taking inventory, examining, looking, thinking, smelling, listening to, waiting when the player is yourself and the Yes or No Boolean is false   
    instead    taking hope   
    check        an actor taking  can't take yourself rule
    check        an actor taking  can't take other people rule
    check        an actor taking  can't take component parts rule
    check        an actor taking  can't take people's possessions rule
    check        an actor taking  can't take items out of play rule
    check        an actor taking  can't take what you're inside rule
    check        an actor taking  can't take what's already taken rule
    check        an actor taking  can't take scenery rule
    check        an actor taking  can only take things rule
    check        an actor taking  can't take what's fixed in place rule
    check        an actor taking  use player's holdall to avoid exceeding carrying capacity rule
    check        an actor taking  can't exceed carrying capacity rule
    carry out    an actor taking  standard taking rule
    report        an actor taking  standard report taking rule