Horses

[nikolai]

I've been coming across lots of technical terms for horses recently: bay, garron, destrier, courser, etc. Could someone who has a clue enlighten me as to what they mean? Also what are their properties (which are faster/stronger etc.) and how does this convert into D&D. I currently get lost at any more detail than horse, mule, donkey...

 

[Hand of Evil]

In the scheme of things it does not really matter but in the history and favor of a game it does so....

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/oakgrove47/library/horses.htm

 

[diaglo]

www.merriamwebster.com

 

[Alejandro]

In The Saddle, a cute little PDF by Nat 20 Press (now EN Publishing), is now available for $1.00!

I bought it, winced at some of the editing, but found the terms and concepts useful. I especially liked the table of horse traits.

 

[diaglo]

there is also an oldish Dragon article from around 1983 or so about horseflesh.

 

[bubbalin]

somebody else did a print supplement too...
ummm, I can't remember who they are, but they have all those splats with the girls on the front...

 

[Ao the Overkitty]

I'm too tired to remember where this is, but someone did a 3e update for the old Forgotten Realms Monster Compendium.

Within it is a section on all the different types of horses from all over the realms, basically a bunch of different mini-templates to put on your standard book horses to give them a more regional feel and distinguish between the different breeds.

 

[Voadam]

somebody else did a print supplement too...
ummm, I can't remember who they are, but they have all those splats with the girls on the front...

Avalanche press. This is one of their few non-fantasy cheesecake d20 covers.

 

[bubbalin]

yeah, them.

 

[Dirigible]

And remember: horseflesh may be sweet, sweet, but for gawds sake, don't tell your girlfriend that you've eaten it.