This is awkward – any way to disable it? I want the player to discover it when examining herself.
I tried some things that didn’t work:
Rule for deciding whether inventory includes the dress: it does not.
Rule for writing a paragraph about the player:
now the dress is mentioned.
Rule for writing a paragraph about inventory:
now the dress is mentioned.
Rule for writing a taking inventory:
now the dress is mentioned.
Yes, see chapter 11.14 and example 174 in that chapter.
Instead of taking inventory:
if the number of things carried by the player is 0, say "You are empty-handed." instead;
now all things carried by the player are marked for listing;
say "You are carrying ";
list the contents of the player, tersely, as a sentence, including contents, listing marked items only;
say "."