D&D 5E Does Rope Trick Heal?

[FrogReaver]

So this thread is to answer a simple question. Would you say rope trick heals?

 

[not-so-newguy]

IME, it gives you an opportunity for a short rest when you might not expect it.

 

[Yardiff]

No.

It is an hour duration "safe" spot that will most likely be use for a short rest. The only healing you'll get is from spells or HD it doesn't heal anyone on its own. Its a "safe" short rest.

My opinion.

 

[Mistwell]

In terms of looking at it from a meta rules perspective as opposed to an in-game perspective, yes absolutely it's in the category of "heals" and also "regenerates short rest based abilities".

 

[billd91]

Is this a serious question?

 

[Mistwell]

Is this a serious question?

Yes. TreantMonk has been on about this topic for years and I very much suspect Mike Mearls views the spell from this perspective too. The question is what purpose does this spell serve in the rules, rather than how do characters in the game view it.

 

[FrogReaver]

In terms of looking at it from a meta rules perspective as opposed to an in-game perspective, yes absolutely it's in the category of "heals" and also "regenerates short rest based abilities".

If a fireball ends a combat encounter and thus the party is now safe to rest and chooses to rest, would you say the fireball healed?

 

[MarkB]

Yes. TreantMonk has been on about this topic for years and I very much suspect Mike Mearls views the spell from this perspective too. The question is what purpose does this spell serve in the rules, rather than how do characters in the game view it.

In a party that's heavy on Warlocks, Monks and other short-rest-recharge builds it's probably not unusual to see the spell deployed in order to recharge their abilities even if nobody is particularly injured.

 

[FrogReaver]

Is this a serious question?

I couldn't believe it was a serious stance either.

 

[Mistwell]

If a fireball ends a combat encounter and thus the party is now safe to rest and chooses to rest, would you say the fireball healed?

It doesn't do that though. It doesn't serve the purpose of making it safe for an hour...it just ended a prior encounter and does nothing about encounters during that following hour.