diff --git a/js/format-c2g.js b/js/format-c2g.js
index f4464d8..2207ea8 100644
--- a/js/format-c2g.js
+++ b/js/format-c2g.js
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ const TILE_ENCODING = {
         name: 'popdown_floor',
     },
     0x7f: {
-        name: 'forbidden',
+        name: 'no_sign',
         has_next: true,
     },
     0x80: {
diff --git a/js/game.js b/js/game.js
index c7f4ea3..7651a4b 100644
--- a/js/game.js
+++ b/js/game.js
@@ -884,14 +884,15 @@ export class Level {
                 continue;
 
             // TODO some actors can pick up some items...
-            if (actor.type.is_player && tile.type.is_item && this.give_actor(actor, tile.type.name)) {
+            if (actor.type.is_player && tile.type.is_item &&
+                this.attempt_take(actor, tile))
+            {
                 if (tile.type.is_key) {
                     this.sfx.play_once('get-key', cell);
                 }
                 else {
                     this.sfx.play_once('get-tool', cell);
                 }
-                this.remove_tile(tile);
             }
             else if (tile.type.teleport_dest_order) {
                 teleporter = tile;
@@ -1257,6 +1258,18 @@ export class Level {
         }
     }
 
+    // Have an actor try to pick up a particular tile; it's prevented if there's a no sign, and the
+    // tile is removed if successful
+    attempt_take(actor, tile) {
+        if (! tile.cell.some(t => t.type.disables_pickup) &&
+            this.give_actor(actor, tile.type.name))
+        {
+            this.remove_tile(tile);
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     // Give an item to an actor, even if it's not supposed to have an inventory
     give_actor(actor, name) {
         if (! actor.type.is_actor)
diff --git a/js/renderer-canvas.js b/js/renderer-canvas.js
index edbbe3a..1ee1b4b 100644
--- a/js/renderer-canvas.js
+++ b/js/renderer-canvas.js
@@ -126,7 +126,9 @@ export class CanvasRenderer {
         // Draw one layer at a time, so animated objects aren't overdrawn by
         // neighboring terrain
         // XXX layer count hardcoded here
-        for (let layer = 0; layer < 4; layer++) {
+        // FIXME this is a bit inefficient when there are a lot of rarely-used layers; consider
+        // instead drawing everything under actors, then actors, then everything above actors?
+        for (let layer = 0; layer < 5; layer++) {
             for (let x = xf0; x <= x1; x++) {
                 for (let y = yf0; y <= y1; y++) {
                     for (let tile of this.level.cells[y][x]) {
diff --git a/js/tileset.js b/js/tileset.js
index 2b9f058..5fd9da5 100644
--- a/js/tileset.js
+++ b/js/tileset.js
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export const CC2_TILESET_LAYOUT = {
     popdown_wall: [12, 5],
     popdown_floor: [12, 5],
     popdown_floor_visible: [13, 5],
-    forbidden: [14, 5],
+    no_sign: [14, 5],
     // TODO arrows overlay at [3, 10]
     directional_block: [15, 5],
 
diff --git a/js/tiletypes.js b/js/tiletypes.js
index 3e55c8b..24282d3 100644
--- a/js/tiletypes.js
+++ b/js/tiletypes.js
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import { random_choice } from './util.js';
 // Draw layers
 const LAYER_TERRAIN = 0;
 const LAYER_ITEM = 1;
-const LAYER_ACTOR = 2;
-const LAYER_OVERLAY = 3;
+const LAYER_NO_SIGN = 2;
+const LAYER_ACTOR = 3;
+const LAYER_OVERLAY = 4;
 // TODO cc2 order is: swivel, thinwalls, canopy (and yes you can have them all in the same tile)
 
 function player_visual_state(me) {
@@ -543,8 +544,19 @@ const TILE_TYPES = {
             }
         },
     },
-    forbidden: {
-        draw_layer: LAYER_TERRAIN,
+    no_sign: {
+        draw_layer: LAYER_NO_SIGN,
+        disables_pickup: true,
+        blocks(me, level, other) {
+            let item;
+            for (let tile of me.cell) {
+                if (tile.type.is_item) {
+                    item = tile.type.name;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            return item && other.has_item(item);
+        },
     },
 
     // Mechanisms
@@ -829,7 +841,7 @@ const TILE_TYPES = {
     teleport_yellow: {
         draw_layer: LAYER_TERRAIN,
         teleport_dest_order(me, level) {
-            // FIXME special pickup behavior
+            // FIXME special pickup behavior; NOT an item though, does not combine with no sign
             return level.iter_tiles_in_reading_order(me.cell, 'teleport_yellow', true);
         },
     },
@@ -1207,9 +1219,7 @@ const TILE_TYPES = {
             // TODO make this a...  flag?  i don't know?
             // TODO major difference from lynx...
             if (other.type.name !== 'ice_block' && other.type.name !== 'directional_block') {
-                if (level.give_actor(other, me.type.name)) {
-                    level.remove_tile(me);
-                }
+                level.attempt_take(other, me);
             }
         },
     },
diff --git a/tileset-src/tileset-lexy.aseprite b/tileset-src/tileset-lexy.aseprite
index 616556f..581ba7f 100644
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