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When a character drops an item does it stay on that page or disappear forever?

Well, players can't drop their items just yet. I was planning on doing it with the advanced game upgrade (hence the option as an author to make something droppable), but it got cut for later.

What do you think would be better? I didn't think out how the rules would work out ... we could do

1) Stays on page dropped
2) Disappears forever
3) Disappears but can be picked up from original page

Thoughts? Advantages, disadvantages?

Stays on page dropped.  Three Reasons

1) Realism

2) Could be used, for instance drop bear bate: Bear comes.

3) It could be modified so it stays only when valuable..... between 3-10, etc...

Or you could make it authors choice.

Problem I see with keeps on page dropped is this. Think as a player ...

You are in the stairwell (on page THE STAIRWELL) and have CHOCOLATE BAR and a CAN. You USE the CHOCOLATE BAR and are taken to a page called "What would you like to do with the chocolate bar?". You drop the item there, but expect it to appear in the stairwell.

I like the idea of making it the authors choice. I think that will very quickly end the debate on this. For now, I'll remove the option from the editor because it's confusing. But I do want to have links have the ability to "take away" items.

i want to be able to drop an item (like a sword) off the roof of a building, and pick it up when i'm running out of the building!  (drop here - appears there)

march

If it was important then you wouldn't make it droppable, on the item screen, it lets you choose.