Roping Action – Skill

Roping
Using a lasso or lariat to rope something

• Prerequisites:
  Not engaged in other action
  Target selected
  Target in Range
• Type: Skill
• Buy-In
  • Low: 3S
  • Mid: 2S
  • High: 1S
  • Expert: 1S
• Cards
  • Low: 1
  • Mid: 2
  • High: 2
  • Expert: 3
• Results:
  No Bet Made: Nothing
  Under Break by =>2: Loose Action
  Under Break by 1: If target has limbs, only one limb is roped
  Break Over <=5: Target is Roped
  Break Over by 6-15: Target is Roped and Cinched
  Break Over by 15+: Target is Roped and Cinched and Character may take 1 Roping Special Action unresisted.
• Range: The Length of the Lasso/Lariat

Break by Range:

Cinch Action – Force
The act of pulling lasso/lariat tight and controlling the target

• Prerequisites:
  Target is roped
  Buy-In: 1 Sweat
• Advantage:
  • Low: Sx2
  • Mid: Sx3
  • High: Sx4
  • Expert: Sx5
• Rope Special Actions – Raw Force
  Once a target is cinched, additional cinch attempt can be done to take cinch actions
• Advantage
  Low: Sx2
  Mid: Sx3
  High: Sx4
  Expert: Sx5
• Post Cinch Actions – Raw Force
  Pull: Move the cinched target 1 square
  Drop: drop the target to the ground
  Retrieve: Pull a loose object back to the lassoer
  Hold: Control the target for a 3rd party to tie up or attack for unopposed enhanced damage (Attack will miss if the cinch fails)