Bestiary/War Horse

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War Horse

The Council of Mages war horse. Infobox values apply to all war horses.
General
Type	Animal / mount
Category	Mounts
Alignment	Good
Karma	300
Fame	300
Behavior	Only when attacked
Speed	Medium
Stats
Strength	400
Dexterity	125
Intelligence	51–55
Hit points	240
Stamina	125
Mana	0
Damage	5–8
Armor	0
Taming
Tameable	Yes
Min. skill	29.1
Control slots	1
Bondable	Yes
Rideable	Yes
Favorite food	Fruits and vegetables or grain and hay
Resources
Carving	Nothing

The War Horse is a strong, peaceful horse with 240 hit points that can run much farther than a regular horse. There are four colored war horses, one for each faction (Council of Mages, Minax, Shadowlords and True Britannians), plus a separate faction war horse that only members of its faction can tame and ride.

Overview

• In-game name: all of them are called a war horse and leave a war horse corpse.
• Looks: each of the four colored war horses has its own body: Council of Mages 0x77, Minax 0x78, Shadowlords 0x79 and True Britannians 0x76.
• Behavior: it leaves you alone unless you attack it, then fights in melee.

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  Council of Mages
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  Minax
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  Shadowlords
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  True Britannians

Stats

Stat	War horse	Faction war horse
Strength	400	400
Dexterity	125	125
Intelligence	51–55	51–55
Hit points	240	240
Stamina	125 (same as its Dexterity)	125 (same as its Dexterity)
Mana	0	0
Melee damage	5–8	5–8
Armor rating	0	0
Fame / Karma	300 / 300	300 / 300

Skills

Skill	War horse	Faction war horse
Tactics	29.3–44.0	29.3–44.0
Wrestling	29.3–44.0	29.3–44.0
Magic Resistance	25.1–30.0	25.1–30.0

All four colored war horses share the same stats; only their look differs.

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.
Variant	Damage types	Resistances
War horse	100% physical	Physical 40–50, Fire 30–40, Cold 30–40, Poison 30–40, Energy 30–40
Faction war horse	100% physical	Physical 40–50, Fire 30–40, Cold 30–40, Poison 30–40, Energy 30–40

Taming

Requirement	War horse	Faction war horse
Minimum Animal Taming	29.1	0.0 (own faction only)
Control slots	1	1
Maximum owners	5	5
Bonding	Yes	Yes
Rideable	Yes	Yes
Favorite food	Fruits and vegetables or grain and hay	Fruits and vegetables or grain and hay

Below the minimum Animal Taming you have no chance. Each previous owner makes it harder to tame.

• Success chance. For a first-time tame:
  • War horse: your chance of success at the end of an attempt rises by about 2% per skill point and reaches 100% at 79.0 skill.
  • Faction war horse: your chance of success at the end of an attempt rises by about 2% per skill point and reaches 100% at 49.9 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:
  • War horse: its taming requirement is 29.1 or lower, so it always obeys its owner.
  • Faction war horse: 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 war horse. 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.

Riding

Double-click your tamed war horse to ride it. It can run 6,400 steps before it gets too tired to move, compared with 3,840 for a horse. Only running counts (walking doesn't tire it unless you're overloaded), and it recovers 1 step per second while it isn't running. A faction war horse also needs you to be in its faction with rank 2 or higher (see below).

Faction war horses

The faction war horse belongs to a faction.

• Taming: only a member of the horse's own faction can tame it (anyone else gets "You cannot tame this creature."). Its script sets no minimum Animal Taming, so it counts as 0.
• Riding: you must be in its faction and have a faction rank of at least 2. Non-members see "You cannot mount a faction war horse!"; members of another faction see "You cannot ride an opposing faction's war horse!"; low-ranked members see "You must achieve a faction rank of at least two before riding a war horse!"
• Look: its body comes from its faction's settings. Without a faction it looks like a plain horse.
• Price: its script lists a price of 500 silver or 3,000 gold. Where and how it's sold on New Bradford isn't covered here.

Loot

It carries no loot.

Carving

There's nothing to carve from its corpse.

Tips

• The colored war horses need only 29.1 Animal Taming and always obey their owner.
• With 240 hit points and 6,400 steps, they're much tougher and longer-running than a regular horse.
• Faction war horses can only be tamed by their own faction and ridden at faction rank 2 or higher.
• War horses don't count toward the Tame 500 Horses achievement; only regular horses do.
• Their corpses have nothing to carve.