PossibleCabbage wrote:
I think the rope being the same price as the climbing kit is to avoid the situation where there is disagreement about "what do you mean, I don't have the stuff I need to climb this? I have rope, and what else could you possibly need" when someone else at the table has a background in crevasse rescue and can list off a hundred different things you might want before climbing up or down something.
If you're interested in climbing, buy the climbing kit- it has all the things you need (including rope).
The point I am trying to show is the the rope (by itself) is a money trap.
If you don't want to deal with a climbing kit: buy a climbing kit, take the rope out. then if you find out you need it, put the kit back together and then be on your way.
If you want the climbing kit and an extra rope: buy two climbing kits. take out one rope out of a climbing kit, and store the rest somewhere else (or sell the remaining individual pieces as you travel).
Rinse and repeat for any other iteration.
I understand that this is a some what small detail, but I feel this could have been addressed easily. Just make the solitary rope cost less. Or, the climbing kit cost more.
As a GM, this will cause unnecessary arguments at tables (more specifically the selling back the extra parts that aren't rope in the climbing kit), that can be fixed with either a clarification on what type of rope is in the climbing kit, or a change in prices.
