Dropping and Searching

Nameless · 02-26-2009, 07:08 AM

It seems like, according to the rules, if you are forced to drop something in a room where search is prohibited, it is lost forever (albeit with a few rare exceptions where items can be grabbed from other rooms). Is this correct?

A game scenario: Fighting the boss. You take enough hits to die. You drop *all* of your gear. The entrance is not a searchable room, so you simply can not pick any of that stuff up?

Progmode · 02-26-2009, 07:12 AM

No. The rules also give the option of spending one move to pick up anything in the room without performing a search.

Nameless · 02-26-2009, 07:17 AM

I looked for a rule about that last night but couldn't find it. Can you point me to the spot in the manual that refers to such an action?

Progmode · 02-26-2009, 07:20 AM

Sure, it starts on page 16, bottom of the right-hand column and continues on page 17 (emphasis mine):

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Originally Posted by Picking up Items

When you are in a room with dropped Items (see p. 7) you may spend a Move to pick up any of those items. Also, when you Search a room that contains dropped Items, you automatically get any of those Items you want, as well as the results of your Search roll.

Cheddar Limbo · 02-26-2009, 10:15 AM

Argh! I mis-read this one too. Add this to the growing list of Things I'm Doing Wrong...

I thought that rooms like the Mud Room that didn't allow for searching were inherently more dangerous because if you dropped your stuff it was gone forever.

Good to know!

The Benj · 02-26-2009, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheddar Limbo

Argh! I mis-read this one too. Add this to the growing list of Things I'm Doing Wrong...

I thought that rooms like the Mud Room that didn't allow for searching were inherently more dangerous because if you dropped your stuff it was gone forever.

Good to know!

That does seem appropriate for places like the Mud Room, but as-written, the items are still able to be picked up, you just can't make Search rolls.

ArcadianRefugee · 02-27-2009, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by The Benj

That does seem appropriate for places like the Mud Room, but as-written, the items are still able to be picked up, you just can't make Search rolls.

Contrast the Mud Room with the Dark Room.

The Dark Room explicitly states, "Items dropped here are lost permanently." The Mud Room, and others, do not. So you can still pick up from those places, even though you cannot search. The Dark Room doesn't let you pick up at all, even if you -can- search (which requires a Flaming item or something).

02-26-2009, 07:08 AM	#1
Nameless Join Date: Feb 2009	Dropping and Searching It seems like, according to the rules, if you are forced to drop something in a room where search is prohibited, it is lost forever (albeit with a few rare exceptions where items can be grabbed from other rooms). Is this correct? A game scenario: Fighting the boss. You take enough hits to die. You drop all of your gear. The entrance is not a searchable room, so you simply can not pick any of that stuff up?

02-26-2009, 07:12 AM	#2
Progmode MIB Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grand Rapids, Mi	Re: Dropping and Searching No. The rules also give the option of spending one move to pick up anything in the room without performing a search. __________________ "Someone is, or is thinking about, talking to someone else about possibly doing something sometime in the future." - MunchkinMan

02-26-2009, 07:17 AM	#3
Nameless Join Date: Feb 2009	Re: Dropping and Searching I looked for a rule about that last night but couldn't find it. Can you point me to the spot in the manual that refers to such an action?

02-26-2009, 10:15 AM	#5
Cheddar Limbo Join Date: Jan 2008	Re: Dropping and Searching Argh! I mis-read this one too. Add this to the growing list of Things I'm Doing Wrong... I thought that rooms like the Mud Room that didn't allow for searching were inherently more dangerous because if you dropped your stuff it was gone forever. Good to know!