Popularily known as the lasso, a laritat is a very simple weapon consisting of a string with a loop at one end. The loop is thrown over the target to entangle and strangle. Preferably used from the saddle by a skilled rider. In the proper hands, it can be quite an effective weapon.
Non Lethal
This weapon is not ment to kill. Anyone who fails a DeathTest because of damage from this weapon is merely knocked out one minute per point of failure.
Improvised
This weapon does not need to be made as a dedicated weapon - it can be found or scrounged from civilian gear. Such scrounged versions are less durable than the real thing, and break on any snakeyes roll. In addition, any Disarm Stunts get a +3 modifier against such a weapon.
Of course, a purposedly crafted version of the weapon does not have these drawbacks.
Disarm
You can entangle other weapons, especially long and powerfully unbalanced weapons. Add the damage add of your opponent's weapon to any disarm stunts you try to make.
Entangle
You can make an attack that does no damage, but entangles your target, so that he loses one shot from his current shot for each point of Outcome that you score. If you score an Outcome matching the target's Agility, he must be cut loose (any attack against a Dodge equal to your MartialArts will do) before he can do anything but dodge or try to cut himself loose.
You can renew you attack on the entangled victim, an if you get to attack him before his next action, you do so with a +3 bonus to Martial Arts.
If you let go of the weapon or use it for anything besides entangling this target, the effect ends.
Only Throw
Your weapon can be thrown, with short Range. It is too flimsy to be used in melee combat.
Drawing and throwing is a single action; you don't need to spend time drawing a weapon you are about to throw.
You cannot combine Throw and Impale.
Return
You can retrieve this weapon after it is thrown as a 1-shot action.
This is not a maneuver in itself, and works along with other maneuvers (most particularly Throw).
In the case of an off-hand weapon, this indicates you attack your off-hand weapon to your main weapon. You can use return with either of them.
In most cases, Return means the weapon is attached to a string and drawn back to you. Such a stringed weapon has a maximum range of ten meters. In some cases, it actually flies back to you after being thrown.
Entangle
When you brace yourself in your stirrups and Charge with this weapon, you can base the damage of the attack on your mounts Strength instead of your own. Your mount must make at least a normal move in a relatively straight line towards your opponent, and may move up to twice that.