You goddamn liars
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Off topic, but imperial instruments always crack me up, with the fractional displays.
That’s insane. Is eigths the minimal resolution, or can it do stuff like “15 and 76/89ths of a pound”?
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That’s insane. Is eigths the minimal resolution, or can it do stuff like “15 and 76/89ths of a pound”?
Usually it is by powers of 2 and only up to 64ths at most (least?). So you might see 3/8, 7/16, 15/32, or 37/64, but never 5/7 or 23/24. Also, usually the fraction is reduced, so the numerator will always be odd (1/4 and not 2/8).
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I once bought 2cm thick hemp rope for reenactment purposes (can’t recommend, it’s worse than nylon and costs more and maintaining it sucks).
I don’t have any spare, but I chucked some on a scale, and it seems to be about 250 grams per meter, for about 8.5lbs per 50ft.
So D&D rope is even thicker, or its tarred (which you absolutely should do if you dislike drying rope).
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Those types people climb are much larger in diameter. The thinner the rope the more difficult to hold onto it.
This is going to surprise you, but the ropes adventurers would use and gym ropes aren’t the same thing either other than their ability to rip the skin off your hands.
Is this the exact kind they would use?
No, but it’s close enough to point out the weights listed for gear are basically arbitrary.
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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
Nylon isn’t even the best polymer we have for rope making
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Usually it is by powers of 2 and only up to 64ths at most (least?). So you might see 3/8, 7/16, 15/32, or 37/64, but never 5/7 or 23/24. Also, usually the fraction is reduced, so the numerator will always be odd (1/4 and not 2/8).
Yeah come on 76/89ths would be silly because 89 is prime and 76 is even, it would obviously be rounded to 55/64ths
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Usually it is by powers of 2 and only up to 64ths at most (least?). So you might see 3/8, 7/16, 15/32, or 37/64, but never 5/7 or 23/24. Also, usually the fraction is reduced, so the numerator will always be odd (1/4 and not 2/8).
Well that’s reassuring… slowly backs away hope … hope they stay odd, get the great fractions of the empire! They are, certainly something, wow… yeah … i gotta go but
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This is going to surprise you, but the ropes adventurers would use and gym ropes aren’t the same thing either other than their ability to rip the skin off your hands.
Is this the exact kind they would use?
No, but it’s close enough to point out the weights listed for gear are basically arbitrary.
Are the adventurers in the room with us now? Can they tell us what rope they use on their adventures?
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Oh my comment had 0 research put into it but if you have fun chemistry/climbing facts feel free to sound off
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The numbers are so weird man
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The numbers are so weird man
It’s fantasy system, not metric system 🧌
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Well that’s reassuring… slowly backs away hope … hope they stay odd, get the great fractions of the empire! They are, certainly something, wow… yeah … i gotta go but
I wish it was all metric; no defense of it here.
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I once bought 2cm thick hemp rope for reenactment purposes (can’t recommend, it’s worse than nylon and costs more and maintaining it sucks).
I don’t have any spare, but I chucked some on a scale, and it seems to be about 250 grams per meter, for about 8.5lbs per 50ft.
So D&D rope is even thicker, or its tarred (which you absolutely should do if you dislike drying rope).
Oh come on everyone loves maintaining their ropes, it’s a classic hobby. Wake up, churn your butter, maintain your rope, then it’s time to roast some chicory for your morning coffee.
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Oh come on everyone loves maintaining their ropes, it’s a classic hobby. Wake up, churn your butter, maintain your rope, then it’s time to roast some chicory for your morning coffee.
That’s an afternoon coffee lmao
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That’s why you go with Traveller’s displacement Tons rule.
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It’s fantasy system, not metric system 🧌
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Are the adventurers in the room with us now? Can they tell us what rope they use on their adventures?
That you think this is a clever response says a lot.
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I imagine that D&D uses a similar encumbrance system to project zomboid. Those values don’t only represent weight, but the actual “encumbrance” of the item which sort of takes into account weight, the volume of the object and how awkward it is to hold.
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Off topic, but imperial instruments always crack me up, with the fractional displays.
Drug dealers need to know it’s an 1/8th?
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Kids do it literally every day in gym class, and sometimes on the way back down they do learn some valuable lessons about abrasion and doing things you’ve seen on TV.
I do think there’s an unspoken assumption for adventurers that they wear gloves for this and many more reasons.
Those rope is unlikely to be able to support a fully kitted adventurer though. Ropes rated for the kinds of weights adventurers often deal with will be at least in the neighborhood of the listed weight, accordang to a similar thread a while back. IIRC one comparable rope weighed something like 4.4 pounds at 50 feet.
