D&D 5E Rope Burn Damage

[Omand]

I voted "Other" and am following the crowd. Not necessarily hp damage, but a skill penalty/disadvantage sounds fair.

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[aco175]

I chose fire damage, mostly based on other things that deal fire damage like dragon turtle steam breath. I do like @Sorcerers Apprentice penalty better, especially if there is a trade for sliding down the rope. Say the fighter wanted to slide his full movement to get to close the bad guy I may haver him take 1 point of damage per round for 1d6 rounds. I could also see most PCs wearing gloves or gauntlets that negate most of this.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

It is getting hot

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.

It is getting hot though. I can tell you, because I actually did slide just for a foot maybe when climbing. I had the same kind of burns that I had, when I tried to lift the cover from a pot that was in the oven at 200°C...

It is also a method to start a fire... no with hands on rope, but wood on wood. But I do agree, that a barbarian should be less effected than a firegenasi. I like the wisdom save to not let go. Or probably it is a con save in 5e, because a concentration check is also shaking off the pain and continue to concentrate.

 

[Charlaquin]

It is getting hot

It is getting hot though. I can tell you, because I actually did slide just for a foot maybe when climbing. I had the same kind of burns that I had, when I tried to lift the cover from a pot that was in the oven at 200°C...

It is also a method to start a fire... no with hands on rope, but wood on wood. But I do agree, that a barbarian should be less effected than a firegenasi. I like the wisdom save to not let go. Or probably it is a con save in 5e, because a concentration check is also shaking off the pain and continue to concentrate.

Friction creates heat, and heat does deal fire damage in 5e.

I still feel like rope burn doesn’t seem like something that would deal damage, unless it’s really severe.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

Friction creates heat, and heat does deal fire damage in 5e.

I still feel like rope burn doesn’t seem like something that would deal damage, unless it’s really severe.

Yes. But it is not only heat but also abrasion. It hurts a lot I can tell you. But I would never have died. I might have died if I wasn't secured. So a concentration check to not let go from hurt seems right. And even if you don't let go, something like disadvantage on everything you do woth your hands seems appropriate. I think here there might be a situation where partial and extraordinary success seems appropriate. Maybe 2 Con saves. First one vs DC 15 to hold on or not. Second one vs DC 20 if you held on, vs DC 10 if you let go to determine how much your hands are hurt.

 

[Khelon Testudo]

I think you'd discourage all the heroic climbing, swinging, and leaping you see swashbucklers and action heroes do in the movies if you were to dig down into rope burn as a source of damage. What else: stubbing your toe in difficult terrain? Broken fingernails from climbing? Save vs gas after eating fried owlbear?

 

[DND_Reborn]

Hi folks.

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

I voted other because it should be none, it doesn't cause damage in the sense of HP loss IMO. The pain would make you let go before that threshold would be reached. shrug

Also, pretty much every "hero" I've ever had wears gloves... sort of a given for adventurers in my book.