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minus-squareSusaga@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·12 hours agoMy assumption is they meant a much thicker rope, but yeah, definitely not as heavy as they say.
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·12 hours agoYeah I wouldn’t even call that rope. Cord, perhaps, but it seems too thin to be called rope. Modern climbing ropes are still less than 10lbs at four times the length. Not sure how the density compares, but it’s not 4 times denser either.
minus-squareEonNShadow@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up15·12 hours agoModern climbing ropes are rated for much heavier than 800lb as well. Iirc the ones I used in school were rated for a couple thousand pounds. Nylon is a hell of a drug
minus-squaretestfactor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 hours agoThicker rope would presumably have a higher test value though, and it seems that most people interpret the hempen rope in 5e as being under 800-test.
My assumption is they meant a much thicker rope, but yeah, definitely not as heavy as they say.
Yeah I wouldn’t even call that rope. Cord, perhaps, but it seems too thin to be called rope.
Modern climbing ropes are still less than 10lbs at four times the length. Not sure how the density compares, but it’s not 4 times denser either.
Modern climbing ropes are rated for much heavier than 800lb as well. Iirc the ones I used in school were rated for a couple thousand pounds.
Nylon is a hell of a drug
Thicker rope would presumably have a higher test value though, and it seems that most people interpret the hempen rope in 5e as being under 800-test.