Rules for drag damage?

[Kerney]

Where are the rules for dragging someone. Say for example a mounted character lassoed someone and then took off full gallop,dragging them along?

Thanks in advance.

[ProfPotts]

There's a Combat Maneuver in the APG called 'Drag', the APG also has the stats for a lasso... not sure if either would simulate that exactly though... it may end up more of a DM call.

[Tarantula]

I'd say they take no damage unless the terrain specifically states it damages creatures moving across it.

[DrDew]

If you can't find a rule for the damage caused by being dragged along behind a horse, I'd rule it as 1d6 non-lethal damage for each round (reflex for half damage maybe to show that they are able to maintain a little control) that the horse moves at least x2 speed. Kind of like getting pummeled each round. Maybe increase the die for each speed category increase (x3 = 1d8, x4 = 1d10, etc).

Of course if the individual being dragged is able to walk/run and can keep up with the speed of the mount then they don't get dragged.

[Kerney]

Thanks for showing what I suspected, that there was little agreement.

I agree with the 1d6 or 1d8 but I don't see how it would be non lethal. Various horse cultures sometimes dragged people to death as punishment or sport, and it hurt, a lot.

How about d6 for every 10 ft dragged- the dragee's speed, basically based on falling damage.

Anyone up for the experiment? I got the horse.

[kingpin]

I agree that the damage should be non-lethal. Taking non-lethal damage would eventually result in dying. The punishment was used because it was a slow death, and the damage being non-lethal represents that.

[Kerney]

kingpin wrote:

I agree that the damage should be non-lethal. Taking non-lethal damage would eventually result in dying. The punishment was used because it was a slow death, and the damage being non-lethal represents that.

That makes sense. Anyone with anything offical?