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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sekhmet" data-source="post: 5877392" data-attributes="member: 97602">My centaur uses Horseshoes of Speed.Horseshoes are necessary for domesticated animals (but not for wild animals). In the wild, horses travel great distances (up to 50 miles a day) in search of food and water, which contributes to a great deal of hardening of the hooves. In domestication, hoof hardness is usually less than 1/3rd that of wild horses, so shoes were invented to overcome such problems. The hard work a pack or riding animal is put through (in comparison to a wild counterpart) is more demanding of a hard hoof, also.Interestingly, the horses we breed for domesticated purposes have been selected with little regard to hoof strength, because of the existence of horseshoes. Your minotaur/faun/satyr/what have you will probably not have grown up in a city, but if he had, you can bet he'll need to be shod. You can find a farrier in just about any stable, and he can shoe your character.Edit: For your second question, give them a bit of fluff and make them enchant horseshoes instead of regular boots. Just for funs.</blockquote>