Look command

Look
Redisplays the room description, or describes a target in greater detail. Also lists the people, items and junk in a room, and looks in, on, under and behind objects.
LOOK You see: (the room description, followed by) Obvious exits: north, east. LOOK <person> You see: You see Nimble Minx Katarella Stormrider, Citizen of Elanthia, an Elothean. LOOK <self> You see: You are Weapon Master Timbits, a Human Barbarian. LOOK <object> You see: It's a sturdy fishing pole made of oak. or: You see nothing unusual. LOOK <IN/ON/UNDER/BEHIND> <object> You see: In the backpack you see a rock, a stick, and a lot of other stuff. or: On the scarred counter you see a stout lockpick. or: There is nothing in there. or: That is closed. LOOK ITEMS You see: You take a moment to look for all the items in the area and see a rock. or: You look around and notice that there is nothing here. LOOK PEOPLE You see: You take a moment to look for everybody in the area and see Kruarnode, the body of Etii (prone), Geborrin (sitting) and Ssylver. or: You look around and notice that you're the only one in the area. LOOK JUNK You see: Junk items in the room: a sky-blue imnera runestone. or: There are no junk items around here. LOOK DEFAULT <option> You see: You will now see a player's complete description when you look at them.

Syntax

• LOOK

Redisplays the description of your surroundings, including the obvious exits or paths.

• LOOK <OBJECT/CREATURE/PERSON>

Shows what the target looks like.

• LOOK <SELF>

Shows what you look like to other people.

• LOOK <PERSON> <OPTION>

Shows one part of a person's description, overriding your LOOK DEFAULT setting for this look only. Options are ALL, FEATURES, WOUNDS and ITEMS.

• LOOK <IN/ON/UNDER/BEHIND> <OBJECT>

Shows what is inside, on top of, underneath or behind the object. Works on containers you are carrying, on furniture, and on the scenery described in a room.

• LOOK ITEMS

Lists all of the items in the room in a condensed format.

• LOOK PEOPLE

Lists everybody in the room.

• LOOK JUNK

Lists the junk items in the room.

• LOOK DEFAULT <OPTION>

Sets which part of a player's description you see by default when you look at them. Options are ALL, FEATURES, WOUNDS and ITEMS.

Game Helpfile

Syntax:
LOOK
  Shows you what the surroundings look like

LOOK IN <open container>
  Shows what is in the container

LOOK <object/creature/person>
  Shows you what the target looks like

LOOK <self>
  Shows what you look like to other people

LOOK <under/behind> <scenery object>
  Shows what is behind/ under the object

LOOK ITEMS
  Shows all the items in the room in a condensced format.

LOOK PEOPLE
  Shows all the people in the room.

Look Defaults

LOOK DEFAULT controls how much of a player's description you see when you look at them. The setting persists, and can be overridden for a single look by naming the option after the target, as in LOOK JOHN WOUNDS.

• LOOK DEFAULT ALL: You will now see a player's complete description when you look at them.
• LOOK DEFAULT FEATURES: You will now default to seeing only a player's features when you look at them. You can override this by providing an option when you look at someone. EX: LOOK JOHN WOUNDS.
• LOOK DEFAULT WOUNDS: You will now default to seeing only a player's wounds when you look at them. You can override this by providing an option when you look at someone. EX: LOOK JOHN ITEMS.
• LOOK DEFAULT ITEMS: You will now default to seeing only a player's items when you look at them. You can override this by providing an option when you look at someone. EX: LOOK JOHN ALL.

Naming no option at all gives:

You must specify what you want the LOOK verb to default to.  Options are:  ALL/FEATURES/WOUNDS/ITEMS.  Syntax is:  LOOK DEFAULT <option>

Notes

• Looking at a person or an object is silent. Nobody else is told that you looked.
• All four of IN, ON, UNDER and BEHIND work on room scenery, not just on containers. Some rooms hide a stash spot this way, so a nook that a plain LOOK does not mention may still hold something. A closed container has to be opened first, and an object with nothing to find gives "There is nothing in there." (or on, under, behind, to match).
• Items lying at someone's feet are listed at the end of their description, as "Lying at your feet is a matte indurium sphere." or "Lying at Kaeth's feet is a matte indurium sphere."
• In a room with no light, LOOK gives "It's pitch dark and you can't see a thing!"
• Anything dropped in a room is always listed by LOOK ITEMS. Scenery and fixtures you can interact with are often listed as well, but not reliably, so LOOK ITEMS is not a complete inventory of what a room offers.
• If an object has writing on it, LOOK reports "There appears to be something written on it." and the text itself is shown with READ.
• LOOK PEOPLE separates the names with commas and joins the last with "and", with no comma before it.
• In LOOK PEOPLE, a character who is not standing has their posture appended in parentheses, as "(sitting)" or "(prone)".
• A dead character is listed in LOOK PEOPLE as "the body of <Name> (prone)".
• Looking at yourself while unconscious gives "You are not sure, but it looks like the blackness you get when you are unconscious."
• An unrecognised target gives "I could not find what you were referring to."

See Also

• GLANCE
• APPRAISE
• INVENTORY
• PEER
• SURVEY
• READ
• Features

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