Bind

When this spell is employed, the magic user causes any rope-like object of non-living material to behave as he or she orders. The subject can be string, yarn, cord, line, rope, or even a cable. About 50’ of normal rope (1 inch diameter), plus 5’ per level of the spell caster, can be affected. Reduce length proportionately when diameter increases, and increase length by 50% when diameter is halved. The commands possible to give under a bind spell are: Coil (form a neat, coiled stack); Coil & Knot; Loop; Loop & Knot; Tie & Knot; and the reverses of all of the above (Uncoil, etc.). The rope or other rope-like object must be within about 1 foot of any object in order for it to respond properly, so it must usually be thrown or hurled nearby. Any creature affected by the rope-like object can, of course, interact with it as if it were a normal object. The creature’s hold overrides the dweomer on the rope, and the rope takes 2 points of slashing damage before breaking. The rope cannot be used as a garrot,
but can be used as a trip line or to entangle (as the druid spell) a single opponent. The dweomer does not cause the rope to have magical
properties beyond its ability to obey commands (cf. rope of climbing,
rope of entanglement).