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title: Asset Current State Field
category: Story Assets
tags: assets, fields, state, continuity
contextKey: storyAssets.fields.currentState
micro: Choose the asset's current condition or status.
quickTitle: Current state
quickSummary: Current State records whether an asset is sealed, opened, damaged, missing, recovered or in another meaningful condition.
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# Current State

Choose the asset's current condition or status. Examples include sealed, opened, damaged, missing, recovered, hidden or destroyed.

Use this when the asset's condition affects what characters can do, what readers understand or whether a continuity check should flag a problem.
