It's a fantasy role-playing game.

DM: You are Caleb Widogast, a human wizard . You are the member of the famous group of adventurers. Previously, With all the enemies handled, Molly douses the flames on the dead priest's head and calls you out of his withdrawn state. The rest of the party searches the room for any valuables.
DM: 18. With a quick, rapid movement of your Mage Hand, you watch as the ropes on one come free. One of them (breathing heavily) looks at their hands and doesn't know exactly what happened but is apparently now free of the ropes.
Player: Are we in a weird in-between combat and non-combat?
DM: Yes. We're not in combat yet, so what are you guys doing?
Player: I would like to hug the wall and slide along it. I would like to think I can hear my friends breathing-- and stop, yeah that's good-- and hold my action, and if anything comes this way that is not my friends to cast Burning Hands as a tripwire. I'm the tripwire.
DM: Within range you mean?
Player: Yeah, of course within range.
DM: All righty, anybody else? What are you preparing for?
