Wait, you guys keep track of your carry weight?
In the 2024 rules, rope:
- weighs just 5lb.,
- weirdly does not specify a length (so you always have enough??),
- and is a bit harder to burst (dc20 vs dc17), but you can now use Athletics instead of pure strength
oh, and the fancy Silk rope is no longer in stock.
Common mistake. In D&D Hempen is a type of metal, not a plant.
(I made this up, and is exactly the kind of shit I’d off-the-cuff at my players when stuff like this came up ).
That’s dry hemp rope, it won’t have that strength if it ever gets wet.
It’s how much weight it can hold, not how much it weighs…
Edit: oh, maybe I’m missing the DnD joke
I’m still missing it
The item in-game weighs 10lb, IRL less than 1. They’re stealing our inventory space.
Ahhhh, makes sense
They again…
Jokes on y’all, I’ve already bought a Bag of Holding.
… FUCK, that was their plan all along!
It’s heavy duty rope, maybe?
Makes me want to weigh the tow rope I used to use for off road recoveries. I don’t think it was 10 lbs, and I can’t imagine needing heavier duty rope for much of anything in DND.
Dragon rodeos?
Dragon BDSM
Maybe ancient dragons? It was like a 15,000lb test rope.
I wouldn’t call that rope to begin with. It’s practically string. It may be strong, but I’d like to see someone try to climb it.
In DnD, if you’re carrying rope, it’s something you’re expected to be able to use for something like climbing. Probably at least 3 or 4 times the diameter of that.
a length of strong cord made by twisting together strands of natural fibers such as hemp or artificial fibers such as polypropylene.
Ropes have existed for like 5000+ years and I can assure you many cliffs have been scaled with less than what’s pictured
Does REI exist in your campaign? Like can you get mass-manufactured products?
Idk man I’ve used that rope before for other stuff and it’s kinda strong af
What’s in the picture isn’t climbing rope… Climbing rope is rated for decent sized falls though, so it has a much higher weight rating than just the mass of the human climbing it (e.g. commonly 2.2+ tonnes)
The person I replied to said that the rope needs 3x or 4x the diameter to be used with climbing. Climbing rope doesn’t need to be that thick.
It’s not the diameter that determines the suitability for climbing.
There are 16 ounces in a pound… I am not surprised americans choose to measure in anything but the measurement system no one else uses…
I always wonder what empire people think the Imperial System of measurement was named after. Cause it wasn’t America. We are certainly stuck using an antiquated measuring system but it’s not like we invented it.
That kinda makes it worse you know? That the creators of the system dropped it for being worse yet you cling to it?
I like to randomly convert things to metric in normal conversation
Oooooooor you could use yours instead of cups, teaspoons, shakes…
Good job! There are also 10 pounds in 10 pounds
…ok? I know your education system is inferior, do you not underestand the concept of multiple units of measurements?
Guess I don’t need to ask if you understand the concept of missing the point
Its a genuine question! I know your country heavily relies on poaching foreign talent so bad your education system is!
There are two kinds of people in this world;
Those that use metric
Those that landed people on the moon
Personally, I blame the British
Usually a safe bet.
…by using the metric?
But I would would like to congratulate your scientist who did that! I mean, nothing was achieved by that aside from litting billions on fire but that does kinda sound cool!
