That’s an idea, but the rods had 4 rungs between them that were just wood so they were about 6ft apart. They had used it by setting the bottom, having someone tall put the middle at full length away, then have that person climb up and balance on the top rung to then set the next one at full length. It often led to hilarious critical fails on the balance checks.
I’m genuinely surprised no one thought to hold them in place with a 10ft pole, that’s d&d 101 right there.
That ladder is free “step through the air”. One operator holds up and locks the two rod ends of the ladder, letting the middle of it hang down, and the operator can stand on those rungs. Alternate locking/unlocking the left and right, weighting the feet (instead of the arms), and step through the air at will.
With a bit of maneuvering, can even bring along the entire party by tying extra normal rope or rope ladders to the magic one. Everyone would have to weight-shift in sync though.
That’s an idea, but the rods had 4 rungs between them that were just wood so they were about 6ft apart. They had used it by setting the bottom, having someone tall put the middle at full length away, then have that person climb up and balance on the top rung to then set the next one at full length. It often led to hilarious critical fails on the balance checks.
I’m genuinely surprised no one thought to hold them in place with a 10ft pole, that’s d&d 101 right there.
That ladder is free “step through the air”. One operator holds up and locks the two rod ends of the ladder, letting the middle of it hang down, and the operator can stand on those rungs. Alternate locking/unlocking the left and right, weighting the feet (instead of the arms), and step through the air at will.
With a bit of maneuvering, can even bring along the entire party by tying extra normal rope or rope ladders to the magic one. Everyone would have to weight-shift in sync though.