Posted February 28, 2021 by An Eldritch Dream Games
The Cable trait has been errata'd slightly and is now worded as such:
Cable: Weapons or ammunition that have attached a length of cable or rope that is 50 feet long, if fired into a surface it acts as rope for the sake of trying to climb, assuming the weapon pierces the surface it hits. If fired into a creature the tether remains in them and can be grabbed to prevent them from running away with an Athletics check against the creature's Athletics DC. If the cable weapon strikes 50 feet or less away, the attacker may spend an action to grab onto the rope before it falls.