Maybe 'u' for 'Use'? That could apply to all sorts of inanimate objects.

I didn't know you'd expanded the functionality of 'handle'. That would also be a much better key for interacting with statues... I doubt that a new player would think of kicking them.

Ben

[Edit: I completely spaced out that we already 'u'se tools... but is it really necessary to have 'U' where you select a tool in inventory and 'u' which automatically uses the one in the tool slot? Maybe you could 'u'se an item in inventory and 'U'se something in your environment.]

Statues are something that are not in the problem space of new players :-)

I was a bit lenient about 'u'se for interacting with the environment (although I had thought about that, too) as it might cause annoying interactions when standing on stairs, etc. But maybe it's a good idea. And then get rid of 'h'andle completely :-)

For now I have decided to leave 'h'andle in the game as the tooltips hopefully teach it well enough. But it can now also be used in the wilderness.