D&D 5E Rope Burn Damage

[rgoodbb]

Hi folks.

What damage type would you take when sliding down a rope and burning your hands?

 

[Charlaquin]

Hi folks.

What damage type would you take when sliding down a rope and burning your hands?

Untyped damage.

 

[Leatherhead]

Slashing. It is an abrasion.
However! Because a failed skill check isn't an attack, weapon based damage resistance doesn't apply, so functionaly its untyped.

 

[prabe]

Wis save (DC based on how far they slide) or take falling damage. Similar DC to use fine motor skills or swing something in a weaponlike manner (similar to Heat Metal) until they regain hit points or complete a long rest. Note that if they don't fall they don't lose hit points ...

 

[Dausuul]

None.

My rule of thumb for damage is "Can it kill you?" If not, it shouldn't deal damage.

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

No damage, but a CON save to avoid disadvantage on all tasks using the hands until you finish a rest.

 

[Charlaquin]

No damage, but a CON save to avoid disadvantage on all tasks using the hands until you finish a rest.

Nevermind, I change my vote to this.

 

[Oofta]

I agree with @Sorcerers Apprentice, this isn't something that should affect HP. I'd probably allow magical healing to remove the penalty as well.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

Slashing. It is abrasion not literal burning. Even if it wasn't it seems more on theme for a raging barbarian to be able to take less damage from it than for a, say, a fire genasi.

As for the idea to make it just potentially give disadvantage on tasks with your hands, that's the sort of mechanic that is intellectually pleasing as a rule and feels fair, but that ends up either trivial or absolutely debilitating to the character neither of which seem very conducive to actual fun.

 

[Shiroiken]

In general, unless something can kill you, I don't think it should do damage. At most I'd think 1 point of slashing (abrasion) damage.

No damage, but a CON save to avoid disadvantage on all tasks using the hands until you finish a rest.

Something like this is best, but I probably wouldn't make it quite so severe. Probably only for an hour or until treated with a Wis/Medicine DC: 10 (no retry). Penalty could also apply to different parts of the body as well, depending on where; social skills after being hanged, for example.