Spells (3e)

NameRope Trick
Subschool
Descriptors
LevelSor/Wiz 2
ComponentsV, S, M
CastingTime1 action
RangeTouch
TargetOne touched piece of rope from 5 to 30 ft. long
Effect
Area
Duration1 hour/level (D)
SavingThrowNone
SpellResistanceNo
Description

When this spell is cast upon a piece of rope from 5 to 30 feet long, one end of the rope rises into the air until the whole rope hangs perpendicular, as if affixed at the upper end. The upper end is, in fact, fastened to an extradimensional space that is outside the multiverse of extradimensional spaces ("planes"). The character and up to seven others can climb up the rope and disappear into this place of safety where no creature can find the character. Climbing the rope counts as climbing a knotted rope, which requires a Climb check against DC 5. The rope can be taken into the extradimensional space if fewer than eight persons have climbed it; otherwise, it simply stays hanging in the air. Pulling the rope free requires succeeding at a Strength check (DC 30).

Spells cannot be cast across the interdimensional interface, nor can area effects cross it. Those in the extradimensional space can see out of it as if a 3-foot-by-5-foot window were centered on the rope. Anything inside the extradimensional space drops out when the spell ends. The rope can be climbed by only one person at a time. The rope trick spell enables climbers to reach a normal place if they do not climb all the way to the extradimensional space.

Note: Creating an extradimensional space within or taking an extradimensional space into an existing extradimensional space is hazardous.

BaseSpell
XPCost
Focus
MaterialComponentsPowdered corn extract and a twisted loop of parchment.
BlurbUp to eight creatures hide in extradimensional space.
id406
SchoolTransmutation