-/* SCCS Id: @(#)pickup.c 3.4 2003/05/25 */
+/* SCCS Id: @(#)pickup.c 3.4 2003/07/27 */
/* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
/* NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. */
} else if (nolimbs(youmonst.data)) {
pline("Without limbs, you cannot %s anything.", verb);
return FALSE;
- } else if (!freehand()) {
+ } else if (looting && !freehand()) {
pline("Without a free %s, you cannot loot anything.",
body_part(HAND));
return FALSE;