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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Swarmkeeper" data-source="post: 8828687" data-attributes="member: 6921763">Yikes!This isn't about forgetting about an item in an inventory, however.  As soon as it was tied around the waist of the thief, the rope became a setting element that the DM could (perhaps should...) have invoked a few times while narrating the results of the PC's actions (step 3 of the play loop) or when describing the current state of the environment (back to step 1 of the play loop).Examples: During the fight, to the players with PCs above the water:  "the rope you are holding has suddenly tensed and gone limp several times.  Not exactly three tugs but as if there is a change in the behavior on the other end."Or, after the fight, to the player of the thief:  "As you try to swim up, the rope tied to your waist slackens."</blockquote>