Incorrect, you said they lacked healing. As many have said, Rope Trick is a healing enabler. You don't need to have a spell that restores hit points to provide healing support.
D&D 5E Does Rope Trick Heal?
MarkB
Legend
Did anyone add Catnap to that list? It serves much the same purpose.
Mistwell
Crusty Old Meatwad (he/him)
People have already explained why you're wrong.
I just wanted to quote you, for posterity sake.
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Leatherhead
Possibly a Idiot.
Or you could just fly into the hole.
Yes, I am fully aware there are ways to circumnavigate the climbing requirement.
No, that doesn't change the interpretation of the spell, because climbing in was only half the problem with it.
The other problem was the duration:
It's exactly one hour, what are you going to do when the spell ends? Fall on your tail after the pocket dimension poofs out of existence? Quite the wake-up call that would be. If it was literally just one minute longer I would agree with the sentiment. But as it stands, the spell is designed in such a way that it just edges out a short rest under normal use. Making it an invisibility spell that pushes the boundaries as far as it possibly can before it becomes something else, without hard-stopping it because 5e avoids hard stops as much as possible. Heck, even in prior editions it was a hiding spell first and foremost, so it's not like it's a hot new take on a classic spell.
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
No. Why would the Rope Trick spell heal you?
FrogReaver
As long as i get to be the frog
Not sure, but there's 4 people that voted yes, so ask them.
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
Walking doesn't require a check, either, and that resets the clock. It doesn't take a whole heck of a lot to be more strenuous than eating and drinking. That said, I think the intent was to give a 1 hour short rest, so I wouldn't gimp the players on the technicality that James Grover pointed out.
Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
A short rest isn't an action, it's an inaction. If the climb isn't strenuous, then the 6 or so seconds getting in don't matter.Or you could just fly into the hole.
Yes, I am fully aware there are ways to circumnavigate the climbing requirement.
No, that doesn't change the interpretation of the spell, because climbing in was only half the problem with it.
The other problem was the duration:
It's exactly one hour, what are you going to do when the spell ends? Fall on your tail after the pocket dimension poofs out of existence? Quite the wake-up call that would be. If it was literally just one minute longer I would agree with the sentiment. But as it stands, the spell is designed in such a way that it just edges out a short rest under normal use. Making it an invisibility spell that pushes the boundaries as far as it possibly can before it becomes something else, without hard-stopping it because 5e avoids hard stops as much as possible. Heck, even in prior editions it was a hiding spell first and foremost, so it's not like it's a hot new take on a classic spell.
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