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- A server's players drop their inventory on death unless keep_inventory is on (#1464, fixes #1284)
- Signs open their editor on a server's players, and their text reaches the server (#1465, fixes #1380)
- Books open on a server's players, and what they write and sign reaches the server (#1466, fixes #1366)
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