ROPE OF ENTANGLEMENT
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Experience Point Value. 1,250 xp
Gold Piece Value. 12,000 gp
A rope of entanglement is exactly the same in appearance as any other magical rope.
Upon command, the rope will lash forward 20-ft, or upwards 10-ft to entangle and tie fast up to 8 man-sized creatures.
(Figure 1 storm giant or fire giant = 2 frost or stone or hill giants = 3 ogres = 4 bugbears = 6 gnolls = 8 men = 10 elves = 12 dwarves = 16 gnomes or kobolds.)
It takes but a single segment to strike, and another to entwine; the command requires 1 segment also, while the whole takes 3 segments to perform.
The rope cannot be broken by sheer Strength, it must be hit by an edged weapon. The rope is AC -2 and takes 22 hit points to cut through; all hit points must be inflicted by the same creature (not the one entangled). Damage under 22 hit points will repair itself in 6 turns.
If a rope of entanglement is severed, it is destroyed.
Campaign Rule. The possessor must hold on to the rope with at least one limb when commanding it to attack. If more than one creature is in the range of the rope, the order they will be targeted is random. For each creature targeted, the rope must make an attack roll against the creature's standard armor class as if the rope were a 4 HD creature (THAC0 15). The rope can only attack a number of creatures up to the limit (and if an attack misses, the rope cannot select another target - ie. that 'slot' is taken). Creatures struck are entangled, unable to move (no save), until the possessor releases them. Once creatures are entangled, the possessor can let go of the rope and it will continue to bind them. If the rope misses all targets, the possessor can recall the rope (as a major action) and attack with it again. Creatures entangled by the rope are effectively helpless. The rope cannot entangle creatures with DR/+2 or better.
Polyhedron #22; Dispel Confusion, p.22: ADQ: Do ropes of entanglement automatically hit?ADA: No, a standard "to hit" roll is needed. The level of the user is irrelevant; the rope strikes as a creature of 4 Hit Dice (and, of course, is AC -2, hp 22, as given in the description).
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