Inventory lists all of the items you are carrying in the following form:

1. a magic Shortsword (+1 +1)
2. some Plate mail (3 +2)
3. a Pouch of magic dust

A couple of things to note: First, when you want to do something with an item
in your inventory you have two methods of specifying the item.  You can 
specify it by name (i.e. 'use short' or 'drop pou'), or you can specify the 
item by the inventory number (i.e. 'use 1' or 'drop 2'). Also, notice that 
one (and only one) word in the name of something is capitalized. The 
capitalized word is the significant word that the program recognizes as the 
item's name. In the example above you couldn't go 'use sword', 'drop mail', 
or 'sel dust'. You must reference an item by the significant word, or by it's 
inventory number.
  
Other information appearing alongside of an item's would be:

cracking     - the weapon, shield, or armor has less than 10 uses left.
in use       - you are currently wielding, wearing or holding the weapon, 
               armor or shield.
(+x)         - the bonus on a weapon. Bonuses on weapons help you to hit and 
               do more damage in combat.
(x +x)       - Base AC and AC bonus on armor/shield. Bonuses on shields and
               armor add to your armor class and make you harder to hit. Also,
               the higher the bonus, the longer that particular item will last.
