TEMPLATE: 9-verb MI-style 1.6.4 - Last update: 4th April 2019

[abstauber]

Hi there,
I haven't tried anything yet, but it could be possible with some additional scripting.

How about adding an invisible inventory item and setting it active.
Also you need to make the player character clickable.

Once the player looses the rope, you need to make the charcter unclickable again and remove the invisible item.

Anything else might result in modifying the template itself.