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Details —
A single action in detail. |
Eating something (past tense eaten)
Eating is the only one of the
built-in actions which can, in effect, destroy something: the carry out
rule removes what's being eaten from play, and nothing in the Standard
Rules can then get at it again.
Note that, uncontroversially, one can only eat things with the 'edible'
either/or property. Until 2011, the action also required that the foodstuff
had to be carried by the eater, which meant that a player standing next
to a bush with berries who typed EAT BERRIES would force a '(first taking
the berries)' action. This is no longer true. Taking is now only forced if
the foodstuff is portable.
Typed commands leading to this action
"eat [something preferably held]"
Rules controlling this action
instead of doing something to the cables
check an actor eating can't eat unless edible rule name unlist 1
check an actor eating can't eat clothing without removing it first rule name unlist 1
check an actor eating can't eat other people's food rule name unlist 1
check an actor eating can't eat portable food without carrying it rule name unlist
carry out an actor eating standard eating rule name unlist
report an actor eating standard report eating rule name unlist 2