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Rat

General
Type	Animal (rodent)
Category	—
Alignment	Evil
Karma	−150
Fame	150
Behavior	Only when attacked
Speed	Slow
Stats
Strength	9
Dexterity	35
Intelligence	5
Hit points	6
Stamina	35
Mana	0
Damage	1–2
Armor	6
Taming
Tameable	Yes
Min. skill	−0.9
Control slots	1
Bondable	Yes
Rideable	No
Favorite food	Meat, fish, eggs or grain and hay
Resources
Carving	1 raw ribs

The Rat is a tiny, slow town rat that only fights when attacked. Anyone can tame it.

Overview

• In-game name: a rat
• Corpse: a rat corpse
• Behavior: it leaves you alone unless you attack it, then fights in melee (animal AI).
• Movement: it is one of the slower creatures in the game.

Stats

Stat	Value
Strength	9
Dexterity	35
Intelligence	5
Hit points	6
Stamina	35 (same as its Dexterity)
Mana	0
Melee damage	1–2
Armor rating	6
Fame / Karma	150 / −150

Skills

Skill	Range
Magic Resistance	4.0
Tactics	4.0
Wrestling	4.0

Resistances and damage types (not used on New Bradford)
The script also lists Age of Shadows resistances and damage types. New Bradford runs on Lord Blackthorn's Revenge combat rules, so these values have no effect in fights. They're shown here only for completeness.
Damage types	100% physical
Resistances	Physical 5–10, Poison 5–10

Taming

Requirement	Value
Minimum Animal Taming	−0.9 (anyone can try, even with no skill)
Control slots	1
Maximum owners	5 (each previous owner makes it harder to tame)
Bonding	Yes
Rideable	No
Favorite food	Meat, fish, eggs or grain and hay

• Anyone can try. Its minimum is below 0, so you can tame it even with no Animal Taming skill.
• Success chance. For a first-time tame, your chance of success at the end of an attempt rises by about 2% per skill point and reaches 100% at 49.0 skill (about 2% even at 0 skill). Every previous owner adds 6 points to the difficulty.
• Don't hurt it. If it takes any damage during your attempt, taming fails with "The animal is too angry to continue taming."
• Stay close. You must stay within 6 tiles of it and keep a clear path to it.
• Obedience. Once tamed, its taming requirement is 29.1 or lower, so it always obeys its owner.
• Re-taming. If you've owned this one before, taming it again always succeeds ("That wasn't even challenging.").
• After its first tame, its skills drop to 90% of their wild values, or 86% if it was paralyzed while you tamed it. Its stats don't drop.

Bonding

Only the owner can bond with a rat. Its taming requirement is 29.1 or lower, so there's no Animal Taming requirement to bond. Feed it to start bonding, then feed it again after 7 days to finish. When you see "Your pet has bonded with you!", it's done.

Loot

Every rat carries:

• Gold: about 1–25 in total (from its "Poor" loot)

It may also carry:

• A musical instrument (well under 1%: about 0.02%)

Carving

Use a blade on the corpse to get:

• 1 raw ribs

Tips

• Its minimum is −0.9, so anyone can try; it's certain from 49.0.
• Unlike the sewer rat, it leaves you alone unless you attack it.
• It eats almost anything: meat, fish, eggs, grain and hay.