Bestiary/Ridgeback
 The regular ridgeback. Infobox values apply to both kinds. | |
| General | |
|---|---|
| Type | Animal / mount |
| Category | — |
| Alignment | Neutral |
| Karma | 0 |
| Fame | 300 |
| Behavior | Only when attacked |
| Speed | Medium |
| Stats | |
| Strength | 58–100 |
| Dexterity | 56–75 |
| Intelligence | 16–30 |
| Hit points | 41–54 |
| Stamina | 56–75 |
| Mana | 0 |
| Damage | 3–5 |
| Armor | 0 |
| Taming | |
| Tameable | Yes |
| Min. skill | 83.1 |
| Control slots | 1 |
| Bondable | Yes |
| Rideable | Yes |
| Favorite food | Fruits and vegetables or grain and hay |
| Resources | |
| Carving | 1 raw ribs, 12 spined hides (24 in Felucca) |
The Ridgeback is a riding lizard that only fights when attacked. There's also a savage ridgeback with a different look and the same stats. Both need 83.1 Animal Taming, but once tamed they always obey and any owner can bond with them.
Overview
- In-game name: a ridgeback (a ridgeback corpse) or a savage ridgeback (a savage ridgeback corpse).
- Looks: the ridgeback uses body 187 and the savage ridgeback body 188.
- Behavior: both leave you alone unless you attack them. The ridgeback fights in melee with the animal AI; the savage ridgeback uses the melee AI.
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Ridgeback
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Savage ridgeback
Stats
| Stat | Ridgeback | Savage ridgeback |
|---|---|---|
| Strength | 58–100 | 58–100 |
| Dexterity | 56–75 | 56–75 |
| Intelligence | 16–30 | 16–30 |
| Hit points | 41–54 | 41–54 |
| Stamina | 56–75 (same as its Dexterity) | 56–75 (same as its Dexterity) |
| Mana | 0 | 0 |
| Melee damage | 3–5 | 3–5 |
| Armor rating | 0 | 0 |
| Fame / Karma | 300 / 0 | 300 / 0 |
Skills
| Skill | Ridgeback | Savage ridgeback |
|---|---|---|
| Wrestling | 35.1–45.0 | 35.1–45.0 |
| Tactics | 29.3–44.0 | 29.3–44.0 |
| Magic Resistance | 25.3–40.0 | 25.3–40.0 |
| 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. | ||
| Variant | Damage types | Resistances |
| Ridgeback | 100% physical | Physical 15–25, Fire 5–10, Cold 5–10, Poison 5–10, Energy 5–10 |
| Savage ridgeback | 100% physical | Physical 15–20, Fire 10–15, Cold 15–20, Poison 10–15, Energy 10–15 |
Taming
| Requirement | Ridgeback | Savage ridgeback |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum Animal Taming | 83.1 | 83.1 |
| 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, your chance of success at the end of an attempt is about 34% at 100.0 skill, and it improves as your skill rises. 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, both always obey their owner; their code skips the usual control check, whatever your skill.
- 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 ridgeback, and its script waives the usual skill requirement, so any owner can bond with it. 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 ridgeback to ride it. It can run 4,480 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.
Loot
It carries no loot.
Carving
Use a blade on the corpse to get:
- 1 raw ribs
- 12 spined hides, doubled to 24 in Felucca
Tips
- Taming is the hard part: at 100.0 skill each attempt has about a 34% chance.
- After that it's easy: it always obeys, and you can bond with it whatever your skill.
- It can run 4,480 steps, more than a horse.
- It's fragile for its taming level (41–54 hit points, 3–5 damage), so treat it as a mount, not a fighter.
- Carve the corpse for 12 spined hides (24 in Felucca).