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The vines are slippery and damp so a character who climbs down will have to make two DEX checks. A failed roll equals a long fall (20d6 dmg
). Remember DEX checks for 2e are d20 roll your DEX or below to succeed. A thief may roll their climb walls instead at -15% due to the poor conditions.
Tying off each other to the rope will allow for two characters (the one both above and below the falling character) to attempt a STR check to keep the falling character from taking the group with him and that character is safe from the fall. (modifiers apply per falling character over one).
Example: Flint who is in third from the top fails his save. Tanis (below) and Sturm (above) each get to make a STR check. The first character rolls normal with failure meaning they are drag off the cliff as well. The second character rolls his check at a -1, and if he fails the next two would check at -2 and then -3 (and so on).
I think Raistlin can get down a lot easier than all that.
This is the way down as climbing back up the sewer tube would be all but impossible. Good Luck.
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