Verb:MEASURE
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The MEASURE verb can be used to determine the quantity contained in various measurable items, including food, liquids, herbs, or a bundle of skins. It is also used with cobbling and fletching systems.
Some items will be more accurately measured than others, depending on the item's properties.
Usage
Cobbling
- Main article: Cobbling
Cobblers are able to use MEASURE while holding a measuring cord in order to obtain another character's foot measurements.
Fletching
- Main article: Fletching
Fletchers are able to use MEASURE to measure shafts for arrows, bolts or darts.
Food and Drink
- Main article: Food and drink
MEASURE can be used to determine remaining bites (food) or quaffs (liquids). Potions or food with spells may have a different output than standard food and drink.
- Messaging Examples
- Food
>measure my cookie The oatmeal raisin cookie looks like it has 3 bites left.
- Liquids
>measure my juice The blueberry juice looks like it has 5 quaffs left.
- Potions or Food with Spells
- 1 dose:
The <potion> has 1 <dose/quaff> left.
- 2 doses:
The <potion> has 2 <doses/quaffs> left.
- 3-4 doses:
The <potion> looks like it has a few <doses/quaffs>left.
- 5-10 doses:
The <potion> looks like it has several <doses/quaffs>left.
- 11+ doses:
You can't tell exactly, but the <potion> seems to have plenty of <doses/quaffs> left.
Medicinal Herbs and Potions
- Main article: Herb
Herbs are measured in bites, similar to food, while medicinal potions are measured in doses.
- Messaging Examples
- Herbs
>measure my moss The basal moss looks like it has 4 bites left.
- Medicinal Potions
>measure my potion The rose-marrow potion looks like it has 7 doses left.
Bundles of Skins
- Messaging Examples
- 1 skin:
You turn your <skin> over in your hands, peering at it from every angle. Yep, sure looks like only one.
- 2+ skins:
You glance through your bundle and count a total of <#> <skins>.