Posted March 13, 2013
In Chapter 9, when I had to explore the mage Bryce's caves northwest of Havesly, I was confused to find a big pit close to the entrance that I couldn't cross. I searched the internet a bit, and learned you need to use some rope on the pit to cross it -- which I didn't have. Evidently this has gotten people stuck. Up to now, I don't think I needed rope for anything in the game besides one early sidequest. And strangely, at this point, the game refuses to let me travel to any town except Havesly and Dumali, neither of which has a shop that sells rope! Talk about poor game design!
Unless there's a nearby treasure chest or other storage place I missed that contains rope (I got out of the vast, boring caves beneath Sheffield Castle as soon as I could plotwise), be advised that you'll have to use the in-game cheat menu -- Ctrl-Shift-Z -- and type "supermarket for the rich" to get an inventory with rope.
Unless there's a nearby treasure chest or other storage place I missed that contains rope (I got out of the vast, boring caves beneath Sheffield Castle as soon as I could plotwise), be advised that you'll have to use the in-game cheat menu -- Ctrl-Shift-Z -- and type "supermarket for the rich" to get an inventory with rope.