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Sorcerer Hints

A "Complete" List Of Verbs

  • Here is a list of verbs in their syntaxes.  The list is complete in the sense that you can solve the game with just than the ones you will find here.  The parser may also understand other verbs.  In parentheses you will find abbreviations that will also work. "ST"  (something) means an available object or a person, "SO" (someone) can only be a person, and "SP" stands for a spell.

    CAST SPELL (SPELL)
    CAST SPELL ON ST (SPELL ST)
    CLIMB DOWNST
    CLIMB UP ST (CLIMB ST)
    DRINK ST
    DROP ST
    ENTER ST
    EXAMINE ST
    GET UP
    GET OUT OF ST
    GIVE ST TO SO
    GO DIRECTION (DIRECTION)
    INVENTORY (I)
    JUMP
    JUMP ACROSS ST
    LEAVE ST
    LISTEN TO SO
    LOOK (L)
    LOOK (L) AT/IN/ON/UNDER/BEHIND ST
    LOOK UP ST (IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA)
    LOWER ST
    MEMORIZE SP
    MOVE ST
    PAY ST
    PULL ST
    PUT ST ON/IN ST
    PULL ST
    OPEN ST
    PUSH ST
    RAISE ST
    READ ST
    READ ABOUT ST (IN THE ENCYCLOPEDIA)
    RESTORE
    SAVE
    SEARCH ST
    SLEEP
    TAKE ST
    TIME (T)
    WAIT (Z)
    WAKE UP SO
    WAX ST
    WEAR ST