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<blockquote data-quote="TaranTheWanderer" data-source="post: 8590936" data-attributes="member: 15882">Why do you think they didn't understand how it worked?&nbsp; From the OP, this wasn't the first time they'd used the spell. In fact, it seems they used it often.&nbsp; I just don't think they were expecting half the encounter monsters to follow them up the into the portal.I played in a game with a cowardly wizard who used this trick often.&nbsp; One person would put up a fog cloud and the wizard would cast rope trick and we'd all escape under the cover of fog.&nbsp; It backfired on us on two occasions.&nbsp; Not as&nbsp; bad as what's described in the OP.&nbsp;&nbsp; But pretty badly.We had a barghast grab the rope before we had a chance to pull it up.&nbsp; Unlike the OP, it had no idea what the rope was since he hadn't seen us climb up into it.&nbsp; He let go and we pulled it up and he was super-annoyed.&nbsp; We then had to deal with the ambush afterwards.I would 100% expect the enemy to follow someone through if they actually saw you cast it and escape through it.&nbsp; I'm not sure they'd understand that pulling the rope up would close it, though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TaranTheWanderer, post: 8590936, member: 15882"] Why do you think they didn't understand how it worked? From the OP, this wasn't the first time they'd used the spell. In fact, it seems they used it often. I just don't think they were expecting half the encounter monsters to follow them up the into the portal. I played in a game with a cowardly wizard who used this trick often. One person would put up a fog cloud and the wizard would cast rope trick and we'd all escape under the cover of fog. It backfired on us on two occasions. Not as bad as what's described in the OP. But pretty badly. We had a barghast grab the rope before we had a chance to pull it up. Unlike the OP, it had no idea what the rope was since he hadn't seen us climb up into it. He let go and we pulled it up and he was super-annoyed. We then had to deal with the ambush afterwards. I would 100% expect the enemy to follow someone through if they actually saw you cast it and escape through it. I'm not sure they'd understand that pulling the rope up would close it, though. [/QUOTE]

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