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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