# Have there be a damage prompt while picking up items

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/have-there-be-a-damage-prompt-while-picking-up-items/6898>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [July 26, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/have-there-be-a-damage-prompt-while-picking-up-items/6898 "2014-07-26T15:08:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Coyote](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coyote)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/have-there-be-a-damage-prompt-while-picking-up-items/6898/1 "2014-07-26T15:08:22Z")

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Okay. This is infuriating. Literally my last three deaths were because I was picking up a stack of shit in the woods, a moose ran up, and headbutted me until my chest caved in. Why is picking up a stack of items an action that can’t be interrupted?

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/have-there-be-a-damage-prompt-while-picking-up-items/6898/2 "2014-07-26T16:03:36Z")

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Because it’s not actually that easy to code, and no one has gotten around to it.