
Flames of Chaos |
Apologies if this is quite obvious given the nature of the "Consumable" trait, but the text of the Climbing Bolt magical item is confusing me a bit:
"The shaft of this bolt is wrapped with fine twine. When the bolt strikes a solid surface, the twine unwinds and enlarges into a 50-foot-long rope, securely fastened to the surface the bolt struck. The rope can be pulled free with an Interact action and a successful DC 20 Athletics check."
So does this mean the rope part sticks around, but the bolt itself is expended? If not, can you "reclaim" the bolt ala Thief the Dark Project/Thief 2: the Metal Age?
Thanks in advance and happy holidays whatever you're celebrating!

Castilliano |
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Yes, the rope sticks around, but the "Climbing Bolt" no longer exists.
It's been transformed/consumed in the making of the rope and its anchor (because there's no way a normal bolt could hold typical adventurers).
Projectiles are typically destroyed upon use in PF2, though previous editions allowed for retrieval of non-magical ones (I believe 50% of the time, given time to find) if one had a low-resource campaign that depended on scavenging. Wouldn't matter either way here since it's magical.