How do I retrieve lodged weapons short of killing the beast?

Dierik

The average Moon Mage doesn't have a player keen enough on lore wonkery to keep up with it. Armifer

I've been having issues with it, even using the correct syntax. I just punch the thing to death.

Elemental Lord Opieus, Master Warrior Mage of Elanthia
"For a bunch of radical empiricists, the Philosophers' system relies on a whole lot of faith." ~Armifer

I was using TAKE instead, which used to work. It gives no message, what-so-ever now. You also could specify a non-existent creature and it would work, which is no longer the case. Seconding the request for getting it out of the one you're facing.

Elemental Lord Opieus, Master Warrior Mage of Elanthia
"For a bunch of radical empiricists, the Philosophers' system relies on a whole lot of faith." ~Armifer