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Example: * Ming Vase
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Location: The noun and the second noun
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RecipeLocation: Glass and Other Damage-Prone Substances
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Index: ATTACK and DROP break fragile things
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Description: ATTACK or DROP break and remove fragile items from play.
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For: Z-Machine
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In emulation of a certain annoying aspect of the original Adventure, in which there is a Ming vase that cannot safely be dropped:
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{*}"Ming Vase"
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A thing can be strong or fragile. A thing is usually strong.
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Instead of attacking or dropping a fragile thing:
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now the noun is nowhere;
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say "[The noun] breaks into thousands of pieces!"
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The Cave is a room. The Ming vase is carried by the player. The vase is fragile.
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We could also implement an additional refinement from Adventure, that a fragile thing is safe if dropped when there is a cushion nearby.
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{**}The pillow is a portable supporter. It is carried by the player.
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Instead of dropping a fragile thing when the pillow is in the location: try putting the noun on the pillow instead.
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After putting a fragile thing on the pillow:
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say "You set [the noun] down gently on the pillow."
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Test me with "drop pillow / drop vase / get vase / get pillow / drop vase".
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In this rule, the pillow is the second noun; if we had a general rule about setting fragile things on soft things, we could say "You set [the noun] down gently on [the second noun]." for the same effect.
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If we wanted to be more refined, we would provide extra code so that breaking a container or a supporter would leave behind their contents. We will see how to do that later.
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