Currently, when you 'count x' you will get a list of all matching items that are available to you. The issue is that if you try to 'get' something by the ordinal provided by 'count' you need to subtract out the number of items that are in your inventory. I think this is a bit annoying but I don't think there's a better way to deal with it than the current system.
What I do think we could do though is improve the 'count' verb to add a column of ordinals for items that aren't in your inventory.
CURRENT:
>count nlm
You count 4 'nlm'
first NLM NovaTerm 1337 - JoeBaka
second NLM QuickTerm - JoeBaka
third NLM StreetTerm - Location
fourth NLM LiteTerm - Location
PROPOSED:
>count nlm
You count 4 'nlm'
In room
first NLM NovaTerm 1337 - JoeBaka
second NLM QuickTerm - JoeBaka
third first NLM StreetTerm - Location
fourth second NLM LiteTerm - Location
This may not be the best way to present it, but I think it could clear things up and reduce the mental math needed.
(see bug 1967 for more conversation)
