Grass rope

[mdtexeira 18]

I'd love to see a mechanic for making grass into rope.  Perhaps by making it very expensive in terms of the number of grass units it used, or otherwise gimping it, you could keep jute as the better choice, but it would be nice for people who can't find jute, or having issues trying to grow jute (depending on how close to the equator they are), to still be able to make rope.  Also, weaving grass into rope is one of the things that pretty much any survival course will teach you.  Anyway...that's the full extent of the idea.

[Biletooth 2]

 I heard Dunk (I believe) saying in a video that he likes stuff having more than 1 purpose for mod cohesivness, this would certainly fit in! the rope itself might actually need some more uses aswell, only reason I have it is to be able to ride horses and to move single animals ofcourse. With the gras though It would have to add some kind of drying and weaving production proces, aswell as use a lot of grass to balance it compared to jute.

 

 

 

Bile

[kaldskryke 27]

Since this seems kinda similar to alternative salt production, I doubt Bioxx wants a rope alternative that trades scarcity for tedium. One of TFCs themes is that - unlike vanilla - you can't most of your resources in one place.

[Forgelander 4]

Not a half bad idea, i could defiantly see a use for it.

[Maga 99]

Grass skirts. We can talk about rope later.

 

Priorities.

[Bioxx 796]

Grass skirts. We can talk about rope later.

 

Priorities.

Hear Hear!

[csiler2 3]

Grass skirts. We can talk about rope later.

 

Priorities.

 

Hear Hear!

Guess that means we'll need coconut trees for coconut bras. Can't dance the Hula without those coconut bras, you know 

[EternalUndeath 1,208]

Guess that means we'll need coconut trees for coconut bras. Can't dance the Hula without those coconut bras, you know 

 

Oh god please make this an aesthetic chestplate armor

[corki99 23]

Oh god please make this an aesthetic chestplate armor

 

I second that!

[Memeparable 26]

Great idea!

[csiler2 3]

Oh god please make this an aesthetic chestplate armor

 

 

I second that!

 

Well that took on a life of its own! 

[AllenWL 186]

yes it did.

 

But really, TFC needs some more aesthetics.

 

That aside, I don't like the sound of grass ropes, but I want to string rope across two fence posts, than hang lanterns on the rope

[mdtexeira 18]

To be fair, it takes a lot of grass to make a durable rope.  You have to braid grass into very thin cord, then braid several of those chords into a thin rope, then braid several of those into a thicker rope.  To make 6 feet of durable grass rope would probably take me a few days and a lot of tall grass.  Obviously, the taller the grass, the easier the job.  

 

Allen...grass rope doesn't make much sound.  I'm sure you'd find it unobtrusive. 

 

http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-Great-Cordage-Out-Of-Grass/

 

I'd love it if there was a skill associated with working with grass for thatch making and rope making too.  That way, you might actually fail and lose the ingredients when your skill is low.  Another way to keep it from being overpowered.  Working with whatever natural fibers are around is an important survival skill.  Nettle is great for making cordage precisely because it has very long contiguous fibers.  You do have to be careful when stripping it though.