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<blockquote data-quote="Reaper Steve" data-source="post: 5355963" data-attributes="member: 51528">Thanks to all who've given thoughts so far.&nbsp;I agree with the handwaving option as best... but there was the potential that the knight would still be pulling while combat ensued.&nbsp;Plus, my Encounters group has this ongoing gag about climbing things. (It doesn't help that I encourage it by making 3D props and having a box of 1&quot; wooden cubes to stack climbing models on. I've been characterized as one of the rare DMs to ultilize all 3 dimensions.)Anyway, during the encounter last week, it took the Assassin 2 attempts to climb the wall and the Thief couldn't do it at all! To add insult to injury, the Eladrin Wizard just teleported to the top after they finished struggling. It was pretty humorous.So, the same thing ensues at the beginning of this encounter. The Asassin steathily climbed into the cave while the Dwarf Knight climbed right up the middle of the waterfall (&quot;I'm not stealthy, so I'll use the roar of the water to mask my climb!&quot;) It took the Assassin a couple tries, and the cleric just couldn't do it. The wizard couldn't climb either, but he was being stubborn and wanted to save his Fey Step... but the fight began and he ended up having to burn it to get in the game.&nbsp;So yeah, climbing has become a *thing* for my group.&nbsp;So has having a dwarf knight swing 5 squares on a rope to cross a shallow stream only to get surrounded by 3 oozes on the other side. Yeah, he was down and out before the rest of the party could catch up. Thank goodness healing word is range 5!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Reaper Steve, post: 5355963, member: 51528"] Thanks to all who've given thoughts so far. I agree with the handwaving option as best... but there was the potential that the knight would still be pulling while combat ensued. Plus, my Encounters group has this ongoing gag about climbing things. (It doesn't help that I encourage it by making 3D props and having a box of 1" wooden cubes to stack climbing models on. I've been characterized as one of the rare DMs to ultilize all 3 dimensions.) Anyway, during the encounter last week, it took the Assassin 2 attempts to climb the wall and the Thief couldn't do it at all! To add insult to injury, the Eladrin Wizard just teleported to the top after they finished struggling. It was pretty humorous. So, the same thing ensues at the beginning of this encounter. The Asassin steathily climbed into the cave while the Dwarf Knight climbed right up the middle of the waterfall ("I'm not stealthy, so I'll use the roar of the water to mask my climb!") It took the Assassin a couple tries, and the cleric just couldn't do it. The wizard couldn't climb either, but he was being stubborn and wanted to save his Fey Step... but the fight began and he ended up having to burn it to get in the game. So yeah, climbing has become a *thing* for my group. So has having a dwarf knight swing 5 squares on a rope to cross a shallow stream only to get surrounded by 3 oozes on the other side. Yeah, he was down and out before the rest of the party could catch up. Thank goodness healing word is range 5! [/QUOTE]

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