give

Purpose: give some item from your inventory to another character.
Synonyms: none

SYNTAX EXAMPLES
give <thing to give> <character to give to> give box Poobah give the box to Poobah
give <character to give to> <thing to give> give Poobah box give Poobah the box
give <thing> <specification> <character> give shirt green Poobah give the green shirt to Poobah
give <character> <specification> <thing> give Poobah green shirt give Poobah the green shirt
give <n>.<thing> <character> give 2.box Poobah give the second box to Poobah
give <character> <n>.<thing> give Poobah 2.box give Poobah the second box
give all <character> give all Poobah give everything to Poobah

USE:

  1. Use form one or two when there's no possible ambiguity. In the example, you're only carrying one box in your inventory.
  2. Use form one or two when there's no possible ambiguity. In the example, you're only carrying one box in your inventory.
  3. Use form three or four when more information is needed to interpret the command — that is, there's more than one possible item by the same name to which the command could be applied. In the example, you're carrying a green shirt, a cotton shirt, etc.
  4. Use form three or four when more information is needed to interpret the command — that is, there's more than one possible item by the same name to which the command could be applied. In the example, you're carrying a green shirt, a cotton shirt, etc.
  5. Use form five or six when there are many instances of <thing> in your inventory.
  6. Use form five or six when there are many instances of <thing> in your inventory.
  7. Use form seven to give your entire inventory away. Note that Give All does NOT give away your money./li>

Note that items must be currently in your inventory to be giveable. If you're wearing something, you have to Remove it before you can give it.

When you give an item, it goes directly to the inventory of the character you're giving it to.

Not every item is necessarily giveable. Also, you may be unable to Give an item due to many possible constraints: not enough energy; paralysis; etc. The character you want to give it to might be unable to receive it, for similar reasons. As with all commands, the Game Channel will record the outcome of your action.

Many NPCs will accept items which you Give them. But, many won't.

Because the command is enabled for "natural language" parsing, you can use all kinds of variations and still be understood. "Give poobah the blue diamond", "give the blue diamond to poobah", "give poobah the fourth diamond", "give the 4th diamond to poobah", "give the 4th diamond to the twelfth guard", and many others will all do fine.


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