Gnomish Repair Toolbelt

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Gnomish Repair Toolbelts first debuted at Ebon Gate 2017 in Chisel, Peen and Chamfer, Esq. These can be used to damage or repair certain limited items.

Analyze

You analyze your brown leather toolbelt and sense that the creator has provided the following information:

Looking over the toolbelt and inspecting its finer details, you realize that it will always need to be "a/n (whatever)/(whatever)/toolbelt". The item's article and adjective CAN be changed, but "toolbelt" is the only valid noun.

This is a Gnomish Repair Toolbelt, which means it is scripted to interact both with run-of-the-mill, generic items and with items which have "damaged" text strings stored in them. This toolbelt provides standard messaging when working on generic items, and specific messaging when working on items which are part of the Gnomish Repair System. Items can be set up with "damaged" text strings so that they can interact with the Gnomish Repair System without being scripted. IF SCRIPTED, such items will state in their analysis text that they are part of the system.

If you were to play with the toolbelt, then you'd find that you can analyze, wear, remove, clean, pinch, poke, pull, and twist it.

Clean, pinch, poke, and pull provide standard interactions for generic items. G.R.S items need to be "damaged" in order for the toolbelt to interact with them. TWIST will set a G.R.S. item's long description to one of its four damaged descriptions. When a G.R.S. item is damaged, the same verbs will provide specific messaging as the item is "repaired."

NOTE: This toolbelt currently supports interaction with a limited variety of generic items. These include: shields, goggles, crossbows (mechanical and otherwise), longbows, composite bows, short bows, runestaffs, swords, and axes.

SCRIPT NAME: Gnomish Repair Toolbelt

You might be able to have a talented merchant lighten the brown leather toolbelt for you or deepen its pockets.

Usage

VERB FIRST THIRD
WEAR You wrap the toolbelt around your waist and buckle it, careful that the various handles hang free and clear. XXX unbuckles the toolbelt from his waist and gathers both ends carefully into one hand.
REMOVE You unbuckle the toolbelt from your waist and gather both ends carefully into one hand. XXX wraps the toolbelt around his waist and buckles it, careful that the various handles hang free and clear.
CLEAN You pluck a thick chamois out of its pocket on your toolbelt and dab it into a tin of neat's-foot oil. Then you set to work renewing the <item>'s leather, whether it be strap, grip, or decoration. Finally, you finish by doubling-up the chamois and giving the entire <item> a thorough buffing. XXX plucks a thick chamois out of its pocket on his toolbelt and dabs it into a tin of neat's-foot oil. Then he sets to work renewing the <item>'s leather, whether it be strap, grip, or decoration. Finally, he finishes by doubling-up the chamois and giving the entire <item> a thorough buffing.
PINCH (axe) You nab a fine-toothed file out of its loop on your toolbelt and focus your efforts on removing the nicks in the <axe>'s haft. Practiced strokes erase the marks of battle from the <axe>, and you take extra care to feather the newly filed areas into the haft's original contour. XXX nabs a fine-toothed file out of its loop on his toolbelt and focuses his efforts on removing the nicks in the <axe>'s haft. Practiced strokes erase the marks of battle from the <axe>, and he takes extra care to feather the newly filed areas into the haft's original contour.
PINCH (shield) You pluck a fine-toothed file out of its loop on your toolbelt and focus your efforts on removing the nicks in the <shield>'s edges. Practiced strokes with the file deftly remove the marks of battle from the <shield>, and you take extra care to feather the newly filed areas into the toolbelt's original contour. XXX plucks a fine-toothed file out of its loop on his toolbelt and focuses his efforts on removing the nicks in the <shield>'s edges. Practiced strokes with the file deftly remove the marks of battle from the <shield>, and he takes extra care to feather the newly filed areas into the toolbelt's original contour.
POKE (axe) You select a coarse-toothed flat file out of its loop on your toolbelt and concentrate on putting a new edge on the blade of the <axe>. Even, deliberate strokes with the file give the metal the precise angle, and in no time the dull edge has been replaced by one that is razor sharp, if a bit raw. XXX selects a coarse-toothed flat file out of its loop on his toolbelt and concentrates on putting a new edge on the blade of the <axe>. Even, deliberate strokes with the file give the metal the precise angle, and in no time the dull edge has been replaced by one that is razor sharp, if a bit raw.
POKE (shield) You selects a pair of pliers from their loop on your toolbelt and take a few moments to tighten the D-rings on the <shield>'s strap. A couple of sharp tugs confirm that your efforts have been successful. XXX selects a pair of pliers from their loop on his toolbelt and takes a few moments to tighten the D-rings on the <shield>'s strap. After a couple of sharp tugs he appears satisfied with his efforts.
PULL (axe) Unwrapping an oiled whetstone that you've retrieved from your toolbelt's pouch, you pull the <axe>'s blade deliberately across the stone. Repeated, even strokes cover the edge of the axehead from top to bottom. Eventually, you hold the edge at eye level, end-on, and sight along it. The edge is a single black line. You're done. You rewrap the whetstone and put it away. Unwrapping an oiled whetstone that he's retrieved from his toolbelt's pouch, XXX pulls the <axe>'s blade deliberately across the stone. Repeated, even strokes cover the edge of the axehead from top to bottom. Eventually, he holds the edge at eye level, end-on, and sights along it. Apparently satisfied, he rewraps the whetstone and puts it away.
PULL (shield) Drawing a hefty, brass mallet from your toolbelt, you flip the <shield> over and take your time removing dents in its surface with well-placed blows. Constant checks of the <shield>'s front side guide your efforts, and in no time at all every vestige of a dent has been removed. Drawing a hefty, brass mallet from his toolbelt, XXX flips the <shield> over and takes his time removing dents in its surface with well-placed blows. Constant checks of the <shield>'s front side guide his efforts, and in no time at all every vestige of a dent has been removed.
TWIST

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