Rules for Horses

Rules for Horses

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Trait	Quality of traits	Description
1-5	Very bad traits	These traits would normally get a horse slaughtered. But times might be desperate. These trait makes a horse dangerous to use in combat.
5-10	Bad traits	These are cumbersome traits to have in a horse. And could lower the price of the horse. But they can still be used most of the time.
11-13	Normal traits	A few interesting traits, neither too good or too bad.
14-17	No traits	Just a regular horse.
18-20	Normal traits	A few interesting traits, neither too good or too bad.
21-25	Good traits	These are traits that make a horse more useful than normally. And could increase the price of the horse by quite a lot.
26-30	Very good traits	These traits make the horse spectacular and the envy of other knights. These are the horses of kings and heroes.

Modifiers

Modifiers	Type of horse	Description
–15 to trait roll	Cursed horse	No horse this bad survives for long.
–10 to trait roll	Bad horse	These horses would sell for a fraction of a price. Only a desperate knight would buy a horse from this horse.
–5 to trait roll	Cheap horse	These horses would sell for maybe half the price. Only a poor knight would buy this horse.
0 to trait roll	Common horse	These horses is not a fitting for a knight, only if times are bad would a knight risk buying this horse.
+5 to trait roll	Noble horse	This is the common roll for a warhorse of a knight. The horse COULD have bad or good traits. but never the very good or very bad.
+10 to trait roll	Lords horse	This is the horse for lords and barons. This makes the horse very expensive. But they can never have bad traits.
+15 to trait roll	Royal horse	This is a spectacular horse indeed, usually only kings or rich counts could affords these horses. They have a high probability of good traits.
+20 to trait roll	Magical horse	These are the horses of faerie or legend. They cannot be bought. They only have good traits.

Traits

Roll	Trait	Description	Rule
01	Biter	The horse has a nasty temperament and likes to take chunks out of unsuspecting bystanders.	Roll [Horsemanship -5] otherwise horse attacks someone that gets close.
02	Kicker	Walking behind this dead-eyed brute is a bad idea as he loves to kick out.	Horse attacks anyone that steps behind it.
03	Lazy	This horse does not like to move.	Roll [Horsemanship -5] to even get this horse moving.
04	Rears	This horse tends to rear when stressed or scared.	Roll [Horsemanship -5] or fall of the horse if the horse is stressed (i.e. attack/attacking).
05	Stomper	This beast takes perverse joy in stomping on feet and crushing toes.	25% to stomp on feet of anyone getting close (1D6 damage).
06	Bone-jarring	Whatever jangling way this ungainly beast moves it is uncomfortable and tiring for its rider.	Makes all travel difficult. Double all travel times or takes 1hp damage for each hour of travel.
07	Headstrong	This horse knows where it wants to go.	-5 to all rolls for Horsemanship
08	Gentle	This noble horse is a kind soul.	Even if combat-trained, this horse causes the rider -5 to combat rolls.
09	Escape artist	No stable built by man can hold this horse.	Frequently (storytellers discretion) escapes. Escapes on 17-20 on a stable-roll each winter.
10	Easily distracted	“Look, squirrel!”	Frequently (storytellers discretion) looses sight of what it’s doing. Roll [Horsemanship] to get the hose back on track.
11	Love-sick	Needy, this horse likes to get up and personal and kiss you.	Licks and kisses people that gets to close.
12	Skittish	This horse dislikes something particular.	If confronted with a certain animal/thing/activity, this horse gets very skittish (-5 on all Horsemanship).
13	Slow	This horse is slower than most.	–1 MOV
14	Spot	Curious spot of color.	Interesting point of conversation, at most.
15	Curious	This horse likes to keep watch.	Horse rolls [Awarness 10+1d6] to warn of dangers.
16	Insignificant	Absolutely nothing to mention about this horse.	Nothing.
17	Hairy	This horse has an unusually mane and fur.	Can fetch a bit extra coin.
18	Friendly	This horse likes strangers.	Anyone can ride this horse equally well.
19	Playful	This horse likes children.	This horse protects and cares for human children.
20	Herd-animal	This horse gets along better than most with other animals.	Leads other animals from danger.
21	Stable	Even at a gallop this horse keeps things steady.	Rider adds +5 to Horsemanship-rolls to avoid falling of the horse.
22	Fleet	This horse is quick as the wind.	+1 MOV
23	Agile	This horse takes its lead from agile coursers, and knows how to get through vegetation and terrain.	+5 Horsemanship in courser-terrain.
24	Sure-Footed	This horse takes its lead from nimble hill ponies, and knows how to uneven ground.	+5 Horsemanship in hillpony-terrain.
25	Leaper	This horse loves to jump and has an amazing spring.	Can jump higher and longer. +5 to Horsemanship when jumping.
26	Strong	This horse is a wall of muscle.	+2 Damage
27	Robust	This horse is tough and fit.	+10 hp
28	Intelligent	This horse is clever and knows one ore more tricks.	Choose 1d3 tricks.
29	Fearless	This horse would ride into hell.	Will never flee.
30	Multitalented	This horse has multiple traits!	Roll two traits 20+1d10.
31+	Gift of Epona	This magical horse might be a gift directly from Epona. Choose a trait from above or come up with a unique trait with the GM	Spec.

Colours

Roll	Colour	Description
01-08	Bay	Brownish-red, darker mane.
09-12	Blood bay	Bright reddish brown, darker mane.
13-15	Dark bay	Very dark red or brown, darker mane.
16-18	Brown	Dark red or brown, darker brown.
19-21	Sorrel chestnut	Reddish-tan to red coat.
22-24	Liver chestnut	Very dark reddish body color with no black.
25-26	Light chestnut	Lighter reddish.
27	Grey	Light grey color (sometimes referred to as “white”.)
28	Seal Brown	Very dark brown, sometimes referred to as “black”.
29	Uncommon color	Roll unusual color 1d10.
30	Special color	Roll unusal color 1d20.
31+	Strange color	Roll unusual color 1d20+10

Unusual colours

Roll	Colour	Description	Value modifier
1	Blanket Leopard	White over the hip that may extend from the tail to the base of the neck. The spots inside the blanket (if present) are the same color as the horse’s base coat.	x1.5
2	Rose grey	A gray horse with a reddish or pinkish tinge to its coat	x1.5
3	Fleabitten gray	An otherwise fully white-haired horse that develops red hairs flecked throughout the coat.	x1.5
4	Rabicano	Mixed patches of colored and white hairs, roll again on normal table for what color white mixes with.	x1.5
5	Pinto	Large clear patches of white and any other color.	x1.5
6	Buckskin	Yellow, cream, or gold while the mane, tail and legs are black.	x2
7	Champagne	Hazel eyes and pinkish, freckled skin.	x2
8	Dun	Yellowish or tan coat with primitive markings	x2
9	Grullo Dun	solid “mouse-colored” gray or silver with black or dark gray primitive markings.	x2
10	Red dun	Pale yellow or tan with chestnut (red) primitive markings.	x2
11	Buckskin dun	Pale gold with black mane, tail, legs and primitive markings.	x2.5
12	Snowflake	White spots on a dark body. Typically the white spots increase in number and size as the horse ages.	x2.5
13	Leopard	Dark spots of varying sizes over a white body.	x2.5
14	Palomino	Golden, yellow, or tan shade with a flaxen or white mane and tail.	x2.5
15	Perlino	Cream-colored light fur and mane.	x2.5
16	Cremello	Cream-colored light fur and mane with some darker orange-ish areas	x3
17	Roan	Even mixture of colored and white hairs, roll again on normal table for what color (i.e. “Bay Roan”).	x3
18	Red Roan	A chestnut base coat with roaning pattern with the mane and tail being the same red as the body. Red roans is sometimes called Strawberry Roan.	x3
19	Bay Roan	A Bay base coat with roaning pattern (the mane and tail of the Bay Roan will be Black).	x3
20	Blue Roan	A black with roaning pattern, not to be confused with a gray or a blue dun/grullo. A roan tends to have a darker head, while grays not only lighten with age, but their heads tend to lighten before the rest of their bodies.	x3
21	Pearl	Uniform apricot-like color, blue eyes	x4
22	Smokey Black	Black or a few shades lighter than true black	x5
23	Dapple Grey	Dark hair coat with “dapples,” which are dark rings with lighter hairs on the inside of the ring, scattered over the entire body of the animal.	x6
24	Brindle	One of the rarest colors in horses, possibly linked to chimerism. Characteristics are any color with “zebra-like” stripes, but most common is a brown horse with faint yellowish markings.	x7
25	Silver dapple	Black fur with white hairs, especially mane.	x8
26	Smokey Cream	Cream-colored coats, pale blue eyes, and rosy-pink skin	x9
27	True Black	True black, very rare.	x10
28	Dominant White	Perfect white, very rare.	x15
29	Albino	White fur with red eyes.	x20
30	Unique or magical color.	This color is unique in the world, worthy of an emperor.	x30