Thanks for the welcome as well as the quick reply help. I'll do as you suggested about selling the rope. I think I have picked up all the ropes in broken valley but I'll try to purchase it back. I haven't gotten far into the game when I decided to start it all over again. I only got to the sential island but can't get pasted the study of Laiken. I read somewhere that those beast are a high level and I only reached level seventeen. So thought I would try and gain extra levels by going back to things I might have missed. The man in the hole was a problem on my first round as well.

Again, thanks for the advice.