D&D 5E Player angry about enemies climbing rope with Rope Trick

[Al'Kelhar]

I actually find that the group freaks out most when a predator does this. It's the ultimate "Oh **** if it gets away Bob is gone!" moment. Of course since it's Bob they may just shrug and decide to retreat from the battle after all but that's a different issue.

Feeding the big hungry monster the character of the player who didn't turn up for the session is a long and proud tradition in my game.

Cheers, Al'kelhar

 

[Greg Benage]

"Okay Joe, you cast rope trick and climb up into the extradimensional space. You can pull the rope up behind you, but then your comrades won't be able to join you. Or you can leave the rope in place, but there's a chance the orcs may pursue you. What do you want to do?"

Stop getting over on your players and give them interesting choices to make.

 

[CleverNickName]

I feel like there's more going on here with the Rope Trick spell. It seems to me that if players wanted a magical way for their characters to escape combat and regroup, at low levels, spells like Expeditious Retreat and Obscuring Mist would be a lot more popular.