diff --git a/app/imports/api/engine/actions/Actions.ts b/app/imports/api/engine/actions/Actions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf34740a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/imports/api/engine/actions/Actions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+import SimpleSchema from 'simpl-schema';
+import { forEachRight, forEach, isEmpty } from 'lodash';
+import LogContentSchema from '/imports/api/creature/log/LogContentSchema';
+import { getPropertyChildren, getSingleProperty } from '/imports/api/engine/loadCreatures';
+import recalculateInlineCalculations from '/imports/api/engine/actions/applyPropertyByType/shared/recalculateInlineCalculations';
+
+const Actions = new Mongo.Collection<Action>('actions');
+
+type Action = {
+  _id: string;
+  creatureId: string;
+  rootPropId: string;
+  targetIds: string[];
+  userInputNeeded: boolean;
+  stepThrough: boolean;
+  taskQueue: Task[];
+  results: TaskResult[];
+}
+
+type Task = {
+  propId: string;
+  targetIds: string[];
+}
+
+type TaskResult = {
+  propId: string;
+  targetIds: string[];
+  scope: any;
+  mutations: Mutation[];
+}
+
+type PartialTaskResult = {
+  scope: any;
+  mutations: Mutation[];
+}
+
+type Mutation = {
+  // Which creatures the mutation is applied to
+  targetIds: string[];
+  // What changes in the database
+  updates?: {
+    propId: string;
+    set: any;
+  }[];
+  // Logged when this is applied
+  contents?: LogContent[];
+}
+
+type LogContent = {
+  name?: string;
+  value?: string;
+  inline?: boolean;
+  context?: any;
+}
+
+const ActionSchema = new SimpleSchema({
+  creatureId: {
+    type: String,
+    regEx: SimpleSchema.RegEx.Id,
+  },
+  rootPropId: {
+    type: String,
+    regEx: SimpleSchema.RegEx.Id,
+  },
+  targetIds: {
+    type: Array,
+    defaultValue: [],
+  },
+  'targetIds.$': {
+    type: String,
+    regEx: SimpleSchema.RegEx.Id,
+  },
+  userInputNeeded: {
+    type: Boolean,
+    defaultValue: false,
+  },
+  stepThrough: {
+    type: Boolean,
+    defaultValue: false,
+  },
+
+  // A stack of tasks to apply
+  // Each task has a propId to apply and a targetId list
+  taskQueue: {
+    type: Array,
+  },
+  'taskQueue.$': {
+    type: Object,
+  },
+  'taskQueue.$.propId': {
+    type: String,
+    regEx: SimpleSchema.RegEx.Id,
+  },
+  'taskQueue.$.targetIds': {
+    type: Array,
+    defaultValue: [],
+  },
+  'taskQueue.$.targetIds.$': {
+    type: String,
+    regEx: SimpleSchema.RegEx.Id,
+  },
+
+  // Applied properties
+  results: {
+    type: Array,
+    defaultValue: [],
+  },
+  'results.$': {
+    type: Object,
+  },
+  // The property and target ids popped off the task stack
+  // Pushing these to the top of the stack and deleting the results from this point onwards
+  // Should re-run the action identically from this point
+  'results.$.propId': {
+    type: Object,
+  },
+  'result.$.targetIds': {
+    type: Array,
+    defaultValue: [],
+  },
+  'result.$.targetIds.$': {
+    type: String,
+    regEx: SimpleSchema.RegEx.Id,
+  },
+  // Changes in local scope made by this result
+  'results.$.scope': {
+    type: Object,
+    optional: true,
+    blackbox: true,
+  },
+  // database changes
+  'results.$.mutations': {
+    type: Array,
+    optional: true,
+  },
+  'results.$.mutations.$': {
+    type: Object,
+  },
+  'results.$.mutations.$.propId': {
+    type: String,
+    regEx: SimpleSchema.RegEx.Id,
+  },
+  'results.$.mutations.$.set': {
+    type: Object,
+    optional: true,
+    blackbox: true,
+  },
+  'results.$.mutations.$.logContent': {
+    type: LogContentSchema,
+  },
+});
+
+Actions.attachSchema(ActionSchema);
+
+// Run an already created action
+export async function runAction(actionId: string, userInput) {
+  const action = await Actions.findOneAsync(actionId);
+  if (!action) throw new Meteor.Error('Not found', 'The action does not exist');
+  const originalAction = EJSON.clone(action);
+  do {
+    // Get the next task
+    const task = action.taskQueue.shift();
+    // If there isn't one, stop
+    if (!task) break;
+
+    // Apply the prop
+    await applyProperty(task, action, userInput);
+  } while (!action.userInputNeeded || !action.stepThrough)
+
+  // Persist changes to the action
+  return writeChangedAction(originalAction, action);
+}
+
+function writeChangedAction(original: Action, changed: Action) {
+  const $set = {};
+  for (const key of ActionSchema.objectKeys()) {
+    if (!EJSON.equals(original[key], changed[key])) {
+      $set[key] = changed[key];
+    }
+  }
+  if (!isEmpty($set)) {
+    return Actions.updateAsync(original._id, { $set });
+  }
+}
+
+async function applyProperty(task, action, userInput) {
+  // Ensure the prop exists
+  const prop = await getSingleProperty(action.creatureId, task.propId);
+  if (!prop) throw new Meteor.Error('Not found', 'Property could not be found');
+  if (prop.deactivatedByToggle) return;
+
+  // Apply the property, applyPropertyByType must have no side effects except to action.
+  const { result } = await applyPropertyByType[prop.type]?.(prop, task, action, userInput);
+
+  // store the task's details and save the result
+  result.propId = task.propId;
+  result.targetIds = task.targetIds;
+  action.results.push(result);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Push a prop and its before/after triggers to the task stack
+ * Triggers will share the same targetIds as the prop task
+ * @param action The action to add the task to
+ * @param prop The property to make a task of
+ * @param targetIds The targetIds the prop and triggers will apply to
+ */
+function pushPropAndTriggers(action: Action, prop, targetIds) {
+  // Push the before triggers to the queue
+  forEach(prop.triggerIds?.before, triggerId => {
+    action.taskQueue.push({ propId: triggerId, targetIds });
+  });
+
+  // Push the prop task to the queue
+  action.taskQueue.push({ propId: prop._id, targetIds });
+
+  // Push the after triggers to the queue
+  forEach(prop.triggerIds?.after, triggerId => {
+    action.taskQueue.push({ propId: triggerId, targetIds });
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Push all the children of a prop and all related triggers to the task stack
+ * Triggers will share the same targetIds as the prop task
+ * @param action The action to add the task to
+ * @param prop The property to make a task of
+ * @param targetIds The targetIds the prop and triggers will apply to
+ */
+function pushChildrenAndTriggers(action: Action, prop, targetIds) {
+  const children = getPropertyChildren(action.creatureId, prop._id);
+
+  // Push the child tasks and related triggers to the stack
+  forEach(children, childProp => {
+    pushPropAndTriggers(action, childProp, targetIds)
+  });
+
+  // After the children run, it must run 'afterChildren' triggers
+  // Make sure they're on the bottom of the stack
+  forEach(prop.triggerIds?.afterChildren, triggerId => {
+    action.taskQueue.push({ propId: triggerId, targetIds });
+  });
+}
+
+function createResult(prop): PartialTaskResult {
+  // Add  the property to the action's local scope
+  return {
+    scope: {
+      [`#${prop.type}`]: { _propId: prop._id }
+    },
+    mutations: [],
+  };
+}
+
+// Return result object
+// No side effects except pushing to taskQueue
+const applyPropertyByType = {
+
+  async note(prop, task: Task, action) {
+    const result = createResult(prop);
+
+    let contents: LogContent[] | undefined = undefined;
+    const logContent = { name: prop.name, value: undefined };
+    if (prop.summary?.text) {
+      recalculateInlineCalculations(prop.summary, action);
+      logContent.value = prop.summary.value;
+    }
+
+    if (logContent.name || logContent.value) {
+      contents = [logContent];
+    }
+    // Log description
+    if (prop.description?.text) {
+      recalculateInlineCalculations(prop.description, action);
+      if (!contents) contents = [];
+      contents.push({ value: prop.description.value });
+    }
+    if (contents) {
+      result.mutations.push({
+        contents,
+        targetIds: task.targetIds,
+      });
+    }
+
+    pushChildrenAndTriggers(action, prop, task.targetIds);
+
+    return result;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/app/imports/api/engine/actions/applyPropertyByType/shared/recalculateInlineCalculations.js b/app/imports/api/engine/actions/applyPropertyByType/shared/recalculateInlineCalculations.js
index 1a2b1cb7..07e3afd3 100644
--- a/app/imports/api/engine/actions/applyPropertyByType/shared/recalculateInlineCalculations.js
+++ b/app/imports/api/engine/actions/applyPropertyByType/shared/recalculateInlineCalculations.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import embedInlineCalculations from '/imports/api/engine/computation/utility/embedInlineCalculations.js';
 import recalculateCalculation from './recalculateCalculation.js'
 
-export default function recalculateInlineCalculations(inlineCalcObj, actionContext){
+export default function recalculateInlineCalculations(inlineCalcObj, action) {
   // Skip if there are no calculations
   if (!inlineCalcObj?.inlineCalculations?.length) return;
   // Recalculate each calculation with the current scope
   inlineCalcObj.inlineCalculations.forEach(calc => {
-    recalculateCalculation(calc, actionContext);
+    recalculateCalculation(calc, action);
   });
   // Embed the new calculated values
   embedInlineCalculations(inlineCalcObj);
diff --git a/app/imports/api/engine/loadCreatures.js b/app/imports/api/engine/loadCreatures.js
index 3979ba24..3586d934 100644
--- a/app/imports/api/engine/loadCreatures.js
+++ b/app/imports/api/engine/loadCreatures.js
@@ -189,6 +189,30 @@ export function getPropertyDecendants(creatureId, propertyId) {
   }
 }
 
+export function getPropertyChildren(creatureId, propertyId) {
+  const property = getSingleProperty(creatureId, propertyId);
+  if (!property) return [];
+  // This propertyId will always appear in the parent of the children
+  if (loadedCreatures.has(creatureId)) {
+    const creature = loadedCreatures.get(creatureId);
+    const props = [];
+    for (const prop of creature.properties.values()) {
+      if (prop.parent?.id === propertyId) {
+        props.push(prop);
+      }
+    }
+    const cloneProps = EJSON.clone(props);
+    return cloneProps.sort((a, b) => a.order - b.order);
+  } else {
+    return CreatureProperties.find({
+      'parent.id': propertyId,
+      removed: { $ne: true },
+    }, {
+      sort: { order: 1 },
+    }).fetch();
+  }
+}
+
 class LoadedCreature {
   constructor(sub, creatureId) {
     // This may be called from a subscription, but we don't want the observers