D&D General A thread about Rope

[MichaelSomething]

PUN INTENDED! Rope is a thing you can get in D&D but we never talk about it so let's fix that.

What do you all think about rope?
How much do you normally get?
Tell me about the time your character used rope!
What is your preferred knot?
Should there be lassoing rules?
Have you ever roped a dope??

 

[pemerton]

What do you all think about rope?

You'll want it if you haven't got it.

 

[Yora]

"Charlie Bronson's always got rope."

 

[Dioltach]

If this is just going to be a long string of puns, maybe we should just cut the Gordian knot now before it all unravels.

 

[DND_Reborn]

What do you all think about rope?

ROPE RULEZ!!!! YEAH!!

How much do you normally get?

Minimum 10 feet (for Rope Trick), and up to 100 feet (for strong PCs who can carry the extra weight). But the standard 50 feet works for most cases.

Tell me about the time your character used rope!

Boy, all the time. Rope for helping in climbing, rope for tying up captives, rope for making traps, rope to hold up my pants.

It is really so useful.

What is your preferred knot?

Depends on the use of the rope. But the best knot is one that my PC can undo when he is done with it. It is frustrating when my PC makes a knot and he can't undo it later on.

Should there be lassoing rules?

Why bother? In 5E, you always just make up your own rules anyway.

Have you ever roped a dope??

Sure have! My monks do it all the time.

 

[Seramus]

You can't fire it with an arrow, and you can't pick it up with mage hand!
Well, maybe a little.

 

[aco175]

Mostly just 50ft. Use it once in a while at lower levels when we want to get the whole party up the wall and not think everyone can make an Athletics check. We also have silk rope which is lighter and thinner. One time we had drow spider silk which was like Luke Skywalker swinging the princess in the Death Star. Mostly is does not come up.

 

[Shiroiken]

Generally prefer 100 ft of rope, that way you can cut of smaller pieces if you need to. A player used rope to slide down a 50 ft tall statue just last session. All my knots turn into granny knots. The players "rope" me all the time, so...

 

[Hex08]

I had a D&D player who loved using rope. He was always getting the group to tie themselves together to avoid getting lost, slipping off a cliff, etc. It didn't always work out the way he envisioned.

 

[Charlaquin]