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title: "ACTION A-DESC"
description: "The A-desc (action desc) of objs is used for held wands, held staves, scrolls"
textKind: "verbatim"
canonical: "https://darkpawns.labz0rz.com/help/wizhelp/action-a-desc/"
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The A-desc (action desc) of objs is used for held wands, held staves, scrolls
and potions! Please don't confuse it with Extra description, which is what you
see when you [LOOK](/help/commands/look/) <object>.
The A-desc is shown when the item is used/quaffed/recited. For example, a
potion of lycanthropy might have:
$n quaffs $p and hair sprouts from $s every pore!

See Also: "[ACT](/help/wizhelp/act-flags/) [FLAGS](/help/info/flags/)"

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