stuff

code/game/objects/items.dm

@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ GLOBAL_VAR_INIT(embedpocalypse, FALSE) // if true, all items will be able to emb
 
 	var/canMouseDown = FALSE
 
+	/// Used if we want to have a custom verb text for throwing. "John Spaceman flicks the ciggerate" for example.
+	var/throw_verb
 
 /obj/item/Initialize(mapload)
 
@@ -1116,6 +1118,16 @@ GLOBAL_VAR_INIT(embedpocalypse, FALSE) // if true, all items will be able to emb
 		QDEL_NULL(src)
 		return TRUE
 
+///Called by the carbon throw_item() proc. Returns null if the item negates the throw, or a reference to the thing to suffer the throw else.
+/obj/item/proc/on_thrown(mob/living/carbon/user, atom/target)
+	if((item_flags & ABSTRACT) || HAS_TRAIT(src, TRAIT_NODROP))
+		return
+	user.dropItemToGround(src, silent = TRUE)
+	if(throwforce && HAS_TRAIT(user, TRAIT_PACIFISM))
+		to_chat(user, span_notice("You set [src] down gently on the ground."))
+		return
+	return src
+
 /**