It's a fantasy role-playing game.

DM: You are Scanlan Shorthalt, a gnome bard . You are the member of the famous group of adventurers. Previously, Grog comes back to his senses and shouts “the letters in the wind are O,R,I”
 While trying to help Pike, Vex is targetted by the sphinx and falls unconscious. Vax wraps a pre-tied loop around Grogs neck and uses him as an anchor before jumping into the cyclone after you.
DM: You see him vanish. There's the rope there that Vax is carrying. You can grab onto that and wrestle through. With that, Scanlan manages to pull himself through the portal, landing onto the side right there. And you're fine now. That's probably going to take your full action, everything to get there, but you're out--
Player: Bonus too?
DM: I'll give you a bonus, sure, because your movement.
Player: All right. Do I have time to assess and see that she's dead?
DM: She's doing pretty rough, yeah.
Player: I will heal her.
DM: All right. Healing Word.
Player: Healing Word at level--
DM: What level are you doing?
Player: I don't have many levels. At level three.
DM: Okay. So that's 3d4 plus five.
Player: I roll?
DM: Yes. 3d4 plus five. Finishing up Scanlan's turn--
