octarine_mess Discworld object help octarine_mess
Name
octarine_mess - defines the octarine description of things.
Syntax
add_property("octarine_mess", < description string >);
Description
Octarine descriptions can only be seen by creatures with enough octagons
in their eyes. In functional terms this means creatures that return 1
from query_see_octarine will get the description string specified above
appended to the normal description of the object. No CR needs to be
specified, but a "." should be if required.
The octarine_mess property can be set on rooms or objects.
Example
set_short("crystal ball");
set_long("The ball is made of finest crystal, and refracts the light in "+
"strange ways.\n");
add_property("octarine_mess", "Octarine light seeps around the "+
"ball as if it were a magnet.");
(with query_see_octarine)
look at crystal ball
The ball is made of finest crystal, and refracts the light in strange ways.
Octarine light seeps around the ball as if it were a magnet.
See also
query_see_octarine, set_enchant
