A single action in detail.<br><i>About the action rulebooks <ahref=inform:/doc178.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/help.png></a></i></p>
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<hr><b>Standard actions concerning the actor's possessions</b><br><b>Taking inventory</b> <ahref=0_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Taking <ahref=1_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Removing it from <ahref=2_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Dropping <ahref=3_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Putting it on <ahref=4_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Inserting it into <ahref=5_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a>, Eating <ahref=6_A.html><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Beneath.png></a><p><hr><p><b>Taking inventory </b><aname=Inv></a> (<i>past tense</i> taken inventory)<br>
<p>Taking an inventory of
one's immediate possessions: the things being carried, either directly or in
any containers being carried. When the player performs this action, either
the inventory listing, or else a special message if nothing is being carried
or worn, is printed during the carry out rules: nothing happens at the report
stage. The opposite happens for other people performing the action: nothing
happens during carry out, but a report such as 'Mr X looks through his
possessions.' is produced (provided Mr X is visible).<p><hr><p><b>Typed commands leading to this action</b><p>
<pclass="hangingin2">"take/carry/hold inventory"</p><pclass="hangingin2">"inventory/i/inv"</p><p><b>Rules controlling this action</b></p><p>
<pclass="hangingin2">instead of <i>doing something to the cables</i> <ahref="source:story.ni#line56"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/Reveal.png></a></p>
<br><pclass="hangingin2">carry out <fontcolor="#800000">print empty inventory rule</font> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('print empty inventory rule')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i><ahref="javascript:pasteCode('The print empty inventory rule is not listed in the carry out taking inventory rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i> <ahref="#"onclick="showResp('extra1000057', 'plus1000057'); return false;"><imgborder=0id="plus1000057"src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 1</p>
<pclass="hangingin2">carry out <fontcolor="#800000">print standard inventory rule</font> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('print standard inventory rule')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i><ahref="javascript:pasteCode('The print standard inventory rule is not listed in the carry out taking inventory rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i> <ahref="#"onclick="showResp('extra1000058', 'plus1000058'); return false;"><imgborder=0id="plus1000058"src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 1</p>
<divid="extra1000058"style="display: none;"><pclass="in2"> <spanstyle="color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; background-color: #8080ff;"> A </span><spanstyle="color: #000066;">"[We] [are] carrying:[line break]"</span> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('print standard inventory rule response (A)')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('print standard inventory rule response (A) is [=0x0022=]New text.[=0x0022=].')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>set</i></div>
<br><pclass="hangingin2">report <i>an actor taking inventory</i> <fontcolor="#800000">report other people taking inventory rule</font> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('report other people taking inventory rule')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i><ahref="javascript:pasteCode('The report other people taking inventory rule is not listed in the report taking inventory rulebook.[=0x000A=]')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>unlist</i> <ahref="#"onclick="showResp('extra1000059', 'plus1000059'); return false;"><imgborder=0id="plus1000059"src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 1</p>
<divid="extra1000059"style="display: none;"><pclass="in2"> <spanstyle="color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; background-color: #8080ff;"> A </span><spanstyle="color: #000066;">"[The actor] [look] through [their] possessions."</span> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('report other people taking inventory rule response (A)')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>name</i> <ahref="javascript:pasteCode('report other people taking inventory rule response (A) is [=0x0022=]New text.[=0x0022=].')"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/paste.png></a> <i>set</i></div>
<br>Click on the speech-bubble icons to see the responses, or here to see all of them: <ahref="#"onclick="showAllResp(); return false;"><imgborder=0src=inform:/doc_images/responses.png></a> 3</p>