Horse

Horses are widely domesticated for riding and as beasts of burden. Smaller breeds of working horses such as quarter horses and Arabians. These animals are usually ready for useful work by age two.

Source(s) 3.5E Monster Manual I, Game of Thrones, 3E Monster Manual I, Call of Cthuhlu, Creatures of the Dreamseed, Monstrous Compendium Volume 1, d20 Modern, Expert Boxed Set, 1E Monster Manual 1, Rules Cyclopedia, Conan the Roleplaying Game, Monstrous Manual

Ultimate Equipment Guide II

Author Greg Lynch, J. C. Alvarez

Publisher Mongoose Publishing

Publish date 2005

• Horse, Draft: 200 gp – These large working horses are able to carry and drag an amazing amount of weight.
• Horse, Light: 75 gp – Smaller and quicker than the draft horse, the light horse is the most common mount in use.
• Warhorse, Heavy: 400 gp – A heavy warhorse is a draft horse that has been trained for battle.
• Warhorse, Light: 150 gp – A light warhorse is a light horse that has been trained for battle.

Combat

A horse not trained for war does not normally use its hooves to attack. Its hoof attack is treated as a secondary attack and adds only half the horse’s Strength bonus to damage. (These secondary attacks are noted with an asterisk in the Attack and Full Attack entries for the heavy horse and the light horse.)

Horse, Heavy

The statistics presented here describe large breeds of working horses such as Clydesdales. These animals are usually ready for heavy work by age three. A heavy horse cannot fight while carrying a rider.

Horse, Heavy
Large animal
Hit Dice	3d8+6 (19 hp)
Initiative	+1
Speed	50 ft. (10 squares)
Armor Class	13 (-1 size, +1 Dexterity, +3 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 12
Base Attack/Grapple	+2/+9
Attack	Hoof -1 melee (1d6+1*)
Full Attack	2 hooves -1 melee (1d6+1*)
Space/Reach	10 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks	–
Special Qualities	Low-Light Vision, Scent
Saves	Fort +5, Ref +4, Will +2
Abilities	Strength 16, Dexterity 13, Constitution 15, Intelligence 2, Wisdom 12, Charisma 6
Skills	Listen +4, Spot +4
Feats	Endurance, Run
Environment	Temperate plains
Organization	Domesticated
Challenge Rating	1
Advancement	–
Level Adjustment	–

Carrying Capacity A light load for a heavy horse is up to 200 pounds; a medium load, 201-400 pounds; and a heavy load, 401-600 pounds. A heavy horse can drag 3,000 pounds.

Horse, Light

The statistics presented here describe smaller breeds of working horses such as quarter horses and Arabians as well as wild horses. These animals are usually ready for useful work by age two. A light horse cannot fight while carrying a rider.

Horse, Light
Large Animal
Hit Dice	3d8+6 (19 hp)
Initiative	+1
Speed	60 ft. (12 squares)
Armor Class	13 (-1 size, +1 Dexterity, +3 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 12
Base Attack/Grapple	+2/+8
Attack	Hoof -2 melee (1d4+1*)
Full Attack	2 hooves -2 melee (1d4+1*)
Space/Reach	10 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks	–
Special Qualities	Low-Light Vision, Scent
Saves	Fort +5, Ref +4, Will +2
Abilities	Strength 14, Dexterity 13, Constitution 15, Intelligence 2, Wisdom 12, Charisma 6
Skills	Listen +4, Spot +4
Feats	Endurance, Run
Environment	Temperate plains
Organization	Domesticated or herd (6-30)
Challenge Rating	1
Advancement	–
Level Adjustment	–

Carrying Capacity A light load for a light horse is up to 150 pounds; a medium load, 151-300 pounds; and a heavy load, 301-450 pounds. A light horse can drag 2,250 pounds.

Warhorse, Heavy

These animals are similar to heavy horses but are trained and bred for strength and aggression. A heavy warhorse can fight while carrying a rider, but the rider cannot also attack unless he or she succeeds on a Ride (Dexterity)check.

Warhorse, Heavy
Large animal
Hit Dice	4d8+12 (30 hp)
Initiative	+1
Speed	50 ft. (10 squares)
Armor Class	14 (-1 size, +1 Dexterity, +4 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 13
Base Attack/Grapple	+3/+11
Attack	Hoof +6 melee (1d6+4)
Full Attack	2 hooves +6 melee (1d6+4) and bite +1 melee (1d4+2)
Space/Reach	10 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks	–
Special Qualities	Low-Light Vision, Scent
Saves	Fort +7, Ref +5, Will +2
Abilities	Strength 18, Dexterity 13, Constitution 17, Intelligence 2, Wisdom 13, Charisma 6
Skills	Listen +5, Spot +4
Feats	Endurance, Run
Environment	Temperate plains
Organization	Domesticated
Challenge Rating	2
Advancement	–
Level Adjustment	–

Carrying Capacity A light load for a heavy warhorse is up to 300 pounds; a medium load, 301-600 pounds; and a heavy load, 601-900 pounds. A heavy warhorse can drag 4,500 pounds.

Warhorse, Light

These animals or similar to light horses but are trained and bred for strength and aggression. They usually are not ready for warfare before age three. A light warhorse can fight while carrying a rider, but the rider cannot also attack unless he or she succeeds on a Ride check.

Warhorse, Light
Large animal
Hit Dice	3d8+9 (22 hp)
Initiative	+1
Speed	60 ft. (12 squares)
Armor Class	14 (-1 size, +1 Dexterity, +4 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 13
Base Attack/Grapple	+2/+9
Attack	Hoof +4 melee (1d4+3)
Full Attack	2 hooves +4 melee (1d4+3) and bite -1 melee (1d3+1)
Space/Reach	10 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks	–
Special Qualities	Low-Light Vision, Scent
Saves	Fort +6, Ref +4, Will +2
Abilities	Strength 16, Dexterity 13, Constitution 17, Intelligence 2, Wisdom 13, Charisma 6
Skills	Listen +4, Spot +4
Feats	Endurance, Run
Environment	Temperate plains
Organization	Domesticated
Challenge Rating	1
Advancement	–
Level Adjustment	–

Carrying Capacity A light load for a light warhorse is up to 230 pounds; a medium load, 231-460 pounds; and a heavy load, 461-690 pounds. A light warhorse can drag 3,450 pounds.

Warhorse, Full

This majestic steed seems to be a perfect warhorse.

Originally Posted by

Shade of the En World forums.

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Full warhorses are the pinnacle of equine mounts. Through selection of the finest stock and breeding among heavy warhorses, only one foal in five hundred results in a full warhorse. As a result, full warhorses are highly prized by cavaliers and other mounted warriors, or as status symbols among the wealthy and the elite.

Warhorse, Full
Large animal
Hit Dice	5d8+15 (37 hp)
Initiative	+1
Speed	40 ft. (8 squares)
Armor Class	14 (–1 size, +1 Dexterity, +4 natural), touch 10, flat-footed 13
Base Attack/Grapple	+3/+12
Attack	Hoof +7 melee (1d8+5)
Full Attack	2 hooves +7 melee (1d8+5) and bite +2 melee (1d6+2)
Space/Reach	10 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks	–
Special Qualities	Armored destrier, combative mount, Low-Light Vision, Scent
Saves	Fort +7, Ref +5, Will +2
Abilities	Strength 20, Dexterity 13, Constitution 17, Intelligence 2, Wisdom 13, Charisma 6
Skills	Listen +5, Spot +5
Feats	Endurance, Run
Environment	Temperate plains
Organization	Domesticated
Challenge Rating	3
Treasure	None
Alignment	Always neutral
Advancement	–
Level Adjustment	–

COMBAT

A full warhorse is bred for battle, dealing vicious strikes with its hooves and biting at its master’s foes.

Armored Destrier (Ex): A full warhorse can move at its base speed even when wearing medium or heavy barding or when carrying a medium or heavy load.

Combative Mount (Ex): A rider on a trained full warhorse mount gets a +2 circumstance bonus on all Ride checks. A trained full warhorse is proficient with light, medium, and heavy armor.

Training a Full Warhorse

Due to the limited knowledge and difficulty breeding techniques required to produce a full warhorse, these creatures are treated as magical beasts for training purposes.

A full warhorse costs at least 1,500 gp during favorable times, with prices increasing greatly during times of war or civil unrest.

A full warhorse available for purchase is usually already trained for the combat riding special purpose, but it requires additional training to familiarize itself with its rider, which takes 3 weeks. During this time, a full warhorse can learn one additional trick (beyond the six an animal of Intelligence 2 is normally able to learn).

Carrying Capacity: A light load for a full warhorse is up to 399 pounds; a medium load, 400–798 pounds; and a heavy load, 799–1,200 pounds. A full warhorse can drag 6,000 pounds.

Originally appeared in Imagine Magazine #11 (1984).