Lasso rules???

[Kae'Yoss]

I also thought of putting grapple checks in play.

Why not simply treat it as either a whip or a net and call it a lasso? I can't see it being a particularly effective weapon though.

Because it works differently. And it's not about being particularly effective. It's about stile. Also, I can see uses for that thing. You could create feats or even a PrC for its use



The Game's name is Deadlands D20 afaik (it's got much horror/fantasy elements AFAIK. But, on the other hand, I don't know much more than the usual description you get from a setting's website.....

 

[candidus_cogitens]

It really seems to me that it should be more difficult to lasso an object than to simply hit it with a whip. It should be more difficult than a touch attack.

On the other hand, I guess if you want to use a whip in a disarm attempt, you're basically doing a lasso kind of thing, and isn't it just a touch attack and then an opposed strength check? (I'm not 100% confident that I am recalling correctly.)