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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 9368806" data-attributes="member: 93670">Being tied up tends to result in a rather "helpless" state unless the bonds are ones deliberately placed for show rather than function. This IMO firmly shifts the question into that stupid combo of a clear rule by RAW that is thwarted by even the most cursory of logical consideration.Since that unquestionably dumps it into "any time the rules are in doubt GM has the final say" territory I'd say:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It must be possible.  If Alice & Bob are tied to saint andrews crosses several feet apart they obviously can't help each other but might be able to help the hungry Arxur☆ with questionable standards for acceptable varieties of cattle tied right next to them & create a new scenario.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The player(s) must have plenty of time (lets choose 2 minutes or 10-20 times as long as it would take someone to untie the bound PC).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The player(s) must be faced with no threats or distractions.  An intelligent guard who could notice & react to the activity would be an obvious example of a threat or distraction,</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There can't be any penalties for failing over & over again... Being covered in bells might be an example of a penalty that would obviously alert even a sleeping guard</li> </ul>The TL;DR of it is that in short I would handle it by using a rule once present to pave a path that shifts a boring pass/fail check for one player into an interesting series of solvable problems for the whole party to collaboratively clear as a group.☆ I'm tired of lizardmen having this tongue-in-cheek  inhuman mindset that gets kinda sorta hinted at but never ever demonstrated.  lets use the horrifying result of choosing to cross the prime directive & deliberately choosing  wrong in all the worst possible ways for political convenience.</blockquote>

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