I don't think the carrying/encumbrance rules are going to provide you much help here. The answer to "how many he can carry" is pretty much always going to be "enough" especially when they can be re-used.
Tying up rules are pretty awful (and start to not make sense at all with non humanoid enemies) but the grapple rules expressly state that a tied up character continues to be pinned (rather than necessarily helpless and thus eligible to be coup de graced). But the helpless condition does refer to "bound" so there is at least an argument otherwise (I think specific trumps general here leaving "bound" to apply to the kind of scenario where you beat something unconscious and then take your time tying it up but YMMV).
In terms of tying up, the grappler generally has to get the rope out so generally a move action plus the standard to actually tie. Whether that provokes to other adjacent enemies is less clear (and of course if any are still up its pretty easy to cut through a rope).
To be honest its not the tying that does much IMO. The grappler can simply hold the target pinned while the rest of the group smack it to death.
The only other thing I'd suggest is to read the rules very carefully. Applying the wrong bonuses to CMB and CMD can make things wonky very fast.
Tying up rules are pretty awful (and start to not make sense at all with non humanoid enemies) but the grapple rules expressly state that a tied up character continues to be pinned (rather than necessarily helpless and thus eligible to be coup de graced).
I was also thinking of having a hog-tying PC at one point, and I agree that the rules are a little vague. For instance, do you need to be holding the rope in your free hand while tying the target up? If so, do you suffer the normal -4 penalty for grappling with only one free hand?
My interpretation: Using the Tie Up action is only good enough to keep your opponent "pinned", but you could spend some more time adding more rope (manacles, chains, whatever) to make your opponent "helpless".
honestly, I don't see the point of the designation of being able to wiggle a little bit if bound meaning I can't get a CdG.
In the end, if he is bound my [insert melee character here] will just stab repeatedly until dead. Effectively acting as a CdG, especially if the rest of the party joins me in the mess. The only time this isn't going to end that way is if the party paladin pips up and says we should take him to jail or we need info out of him first. Assuming all of this occurs after combat.
In the middle of combat, it would still be the same as the rouge most likely isn't going to pass up that sneak attack/the monk maintains the grapple (which I imagine him being able to do if he is specializing in it) and my [insert melee character here] stabs till dead.
SO, long story short such a designation seems largely unimportant to me. I admit their may be some cases where this wouldn't work out perfectly since if a DM wants something to live he can largely work to ensure that occurs.
On round 3 if the opponent hasn't broken the pin, Jason can they quick draw rope, and attempt the tie up check at a -10, but with a +5 bonus for a total of -5 to his total bonus against his opponents CMD
I think the -10 only applies if you have your opponent grappled but not pinned. So if Jason tried it on round 2, he'd have a -10 penalty, but not on round 3 (if he successfully pinned in round 2).
One of the problems with this concept is that it should only work on roughly humanoid and relatively low strength creatures. A bound creature can still use escape artist to get out or a strength check to break the rope. I would rule that a large target requires 4times as much rope and that a non-humanoid is harder still. Binding something like an ooze of course is patently impossible. - Gauss
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Geez, just let this guy have his fun with his character.
So the rogue is able to coup de grâce a tied target ? And what ? You've got players working together, what are you complaining about and what else could you ask for ? The monk player spent feats to grapple foes, is using his whole rounds to debuff a single target and may still fail easily because of the -10 penalty to rolls just to make this strategy valid, and you'll in addition DM fiat that it doesn't work ? The monk may throw scorching rays from his eyes, fall several meters like if it was nothing, close wounds with his mind, grow a bark skin, kill creatures by shouting at them or throw Hadoukens, but it's irrealistic to have several cords around himself ?
I'll let you know, I'm currently playing the exact same tetori monk concept... at level 15. A level where I can pin a foe in a single round.
Last game session, I Ki Shout'd an air elemental to death with my voice, just before going against a living tornado creature that I grappled. The tornado teleport'd with me over 150 feet high in the sky and did a natural 20 to escape the pinned condition and throw me on earth with all it's strength. I fell like a stone, but dimension door'd over it just before hitting the ground, and smacked it's ugly windy face for a nasty 46d6+20 damage of falling object before going again straight to the ground with the same momentum. I only survived the fall because I drank a potion of Fluid Form while in the air... or better, because I actually freaking ate the aluminium flask that contained it.
Everyone laughed around the table as I hit the pinacle of sheer badawesomenessery in the shape of a large water puddle, and the DM granted me two successive "good points", the chips used to reward good roleplay or collaborative game.
So, is the binding rope monk overpowered ? Only if you do single target fights, the same way you don't complain about an archer paladin being overpowered if you put him each time right in a plain in front of a single evil dragon without any kind of concealment or protection.
Where can I find a build for this? - I'd like to make an NPC bounty hunter (the lawful type) who catches lawbreakers like this.
Edit: I found bits of what I'm looking for here http://www.koboldpress.com/k/front-page13331.php -- such as what archetypes are good for that.
Barbarians (and thus including the Brutal Pugilist) have to be non-lawful, while monks (including maneuver master) have to be lawful -- unless you start with a monk and then lose your way (i.e. no more levels in monk, but yay for abusing the killing machine that your body has become), and sell your body for money... no not like that. In the ring, brawling... - Would there be much of an advantage to multi-classing here though?