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Originally Posted by Squizzle  Tell the DM "I'm going to cut 10 or so feet off of the 50 I'm carrying, and tie that guy up". |
And hope he's not an Eladrin.
Or pretty much any non martial class.
We've taken to blindfolding prisoners. This cuts down on teleportation, and prevents non-Martial types from getting LOS. (No good with close burst powers, some of which can arguably burn ropes. Can't remember if Blast powers need LOS or not...)
Short of a skill challenge (a bit of overkill), there's no real way to determine how WELL you tied someone up. You can, I suppose, say "If the person tying the ropes is Trained in Nature or Dungeoneering, it's a Hard DC to escape, otherwise, it's medium.", so there's some semblance of a rule.
The other way is to go with drama: If you knock someone to 0 hit points, he's "Defeated". You let him live, but you have made him a non-threat for the duration of the scene, including an interrogation SC, or what have you. While he may, by
RAW, be able to keep fighting even in ropes, he won't, because you "beat" him and so are entitled, dramatically, to have him nullified as a threat until he's out of your sight.
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