If you leave your horse somewhere it will stay put unless you log- Although your horse will need some attention now and then. I've had occasion to horse-sit for a few hunting paladins while working in triage areas.

Ryeka


Sometimes the key to happiness is not assuming it is locked in the first place- Ziggy

A journey of a thousand SMILES begins with a single step- Ziggy

You can fight from horseback, but your horse will not attack of its own will, unless you are a Paladin.

Allegoria

Instigator of Liberation for Hara'Jaal

Gotta find this road... it's like, "Bob's Road..."

But we (as barbs) still need to have armor on the horse to fight from its back, right?

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"Well folks, you know what that means... now I'll do a dance."

That is strange, but good. Thanks!

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"Well folks, you know what that means... now I'll do a dance."

For the first 21 months of the existance of horses in DR, their behaviors were fairly straightforward and logical.

If they got upset, due to fighting too long, or fighting creatures that are too high for them, they started to display negative behaviors. Snorting, pawing at the ground, etc.. Or they might display nervious behaviors. Whickering nervously or ears swiveling as if looking for a sound.

For the last 2-3 months (and I waited this long to be sure of this development), horses now seem to display any behavior on a random sort of basis. Former negative behaviors or nervious behaviors will now be displayed for no apparent reason. The only behavior that remains an indication of an upset state is trembling.

This seemingly random element effects new horses as well as my 1st stage bonded, 2 real time years trained warhorse. I have only observed paladin's horses though, and can not speak of horses owned by those in other guilds.

This randomness of behaviors is based on my observations of having worked with my horse on an average of 3 times per week for 2 years now. This average is a conservative estimate, as it is likely I have worked with the horse alot longer.

Why suddenly such a random element is involved with horse's behavior is beyond my ability to comprehend. This will only make a complicated situation - training a horse - into an almost impossible one.

GM Jeremael if you could look into this situation and comment on it, it would be most deeply appreciated.

Thanks,

Player of Candidus
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Raellia lowers her head briefly before unleashing a roar hinting at a fatal following.
You are frozen with fear!
Tigo, Rufhelous and Grasimnio appear frozen with fear.

Rufhelous says, "That's not good."

<< Umm.. I usually crush these in like 2 hits. Why Can't I even touch them on horseback?
Also I can't cast HE spell on horseback. >>

Hmm, I havnt noticed my weapons being less effective on horseback (maybe because I am a paladin? dunno if that matters) but yes, casting is basicly impossible, I can prep at only about half what I can normally cast at while riding.

yea was trained in TM. Gave up and .. OMG!! forgot to stable my horse!!


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Have any good scripts, altered items discriptions, or wiztrig profiles you don't mind sharing with other players? Submit them to xiamali@drtraders.net

You said your horse is fully trained, just curious but were you trained in combat as well? Doubt its the reason, but maybe? If you weren't I believe any paladin past 40th can teach it.
-Korsobar

To whom it may concern:

I am just wondering who is working on Horses now.

GM Raenek posted some back in Augest, but then I heard from folks in Orders that he was working there. Then a friend in an Orders said he was no longer working on Orders, so I wonder if he is even on staff now.

In any case, he was a regular board poster, and him not having posted here in 4 months, leads me to believe he is not working on horses.

With SGD Jeremael working on Substances, likely he does not have the time either to work on horses. Since Substances is a huge job.

So who is working on horses please?

Thank you,

Candidus

One of the first things I created when I bought my horse last year was a cleaning script. It is sloppy, like just about every script I make, I make all my own anyways, if it works I like it (no big glitches, I can live with it), who cares. During the course of my character's life, all of my scripts get stuff thrown in, taken out, and 'gotos' eventually are just nonsensical to their original intent (goto Satchel but I don't have a satchel anymore, but the put says put it in a backpack, stuff like that). I rarely use Echos, cause, well, it seems obvious what I am doing, if I asked it to do that.

I have a fascination with starting every script with a Top:. I don't know why. I picked that habit up when I first started making scripts in my early DR years. I tried breaking that routine by putting real headers at the beginning, but I just love the way it has a touch of nostalgia to a time when every truth wasn't known and learning was as much the adventure as gaining circles.

I like my scripts personal and close, like a warm blanket.

put open my cocoon
Goto Top

Top:
put clean horse
Match Finish It has only been a short while since you did that.
Match Tack You need to take off some of the horse's tack before doing that.
Match Brush You want to use a brush to finish grooming the horse.
Match Clean2 Roundtime:
MatchWait

Clean2:
put clean horse
Match Brush You want to use a brush to finish grooming the horse.
Match Brush Roundtime:
MatchWait

Brush:
put get soft brush from my cocoon
put brush horse
Match Brush3 Try using another type of brush to continue this grooming task.
Match Brush2 Roundtime:
MatchWait

Brush2:
put brush horse
Match Brush3 Try using another type of brush to continue this grooming task.
Match Brush3 Roundtime:
MatchWait

Brush3:
put put my brush in my cocoon
put get mane brush from my cocoon
pause 1
put brush horse
Match Comb You run your mane and tail brush along the rose grey horse's flank.
Match Comb Roundtime:
MatchWait

Comb:
put put my brush in my cocoon
put get comb from my cocoon
pause 1
put clean horse
Match Brush4 You stop, realizing that you a
Match Brush4 Roundtime:
MatchWait

Brush4:
put put my comb in my cocoon
put get soft brush from my cocoon
pause 1
put turn my brush
put brush horse
Match Brush5 Roundtime:
MatchWait

Brush5:
put turn my brush
put brush horse
Match Brush6 Roundtime:
MatchWait

Brush6:
put brush horse
Match Pick Roundtime:
MatchWait

Pick:
put put my brush in my cocoon
put get pick from my cocoon
pause 1
put clean horse
waitfor Roundtime:
put clean horse
waitfor Roundtime:
put clean horse
waitfor Roundtime:
put clean horse
waitfor Roundtime:
Goto Finish

Finish:
put put my pick in my cocoon
put get blanket from my backpack

pause 1
put put my blanket on horse
put get saddle from my backpack
pause 1
put put my saddle on horse
Goto Close

Tack:
put pat horse
put open my backpack
pause 1
put get saddle from horse
put put saddle in my backpack
pause 1
put get blanket from horse
put put blanket in my backpack
pause 1
goto Top

Close:
put close my cocoon
put close my backpack
exit

Gidske

Anyplace to find classifieds of people buying and selling horses? I have one I am interested in selling. Please contact via email or AIM.
kermitatwork@hotmail.com
AIM: Mac05181975

Sharantyra

I was recently given a horse by a friend of mine to sell for him. Can someone help me figure out A) what skills the horse knows and B) How much the horse with those skills are worth?


Thanks!!!


Show me a man with both feet firmly on the ground, and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants off.

Hi all,

I bought a horse before the war and have not used it. My question is, since I first moved it to the stable, I realize I don't need a horse so i want to sell it. It's it possible to sell a horse? And if so, how is it done? (syntax ect.).

Any information regarding this would be appreciated. I have a bunch of horse gear I need to get rid of as well and would like to sell the whole shabang.

Thanks.

Woodcubb of Ilithi

Circle req for a trader to sell horses is 25th. I have a page about horses at www.mytwokronars.com, under "lectures" you can use as a reference on the process if you like.

Brynnhilde
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Our pleasures are born but to die
Linked to our hearts but to sever
And like stars shooting down a dark sky
Shine loveliest when fading forever.

*From an American 17th century needlework sampler*

Suppose you leave your horse out with it's tack (saddle, et al) still on, and you're gone for years, and then come back and go to a stable to get your horse...

What happens to the tack?


Cara

>It poofs.

Well, a pox on poofing.


Thanks.

After reading through several pages of this folder and not finding the answer to my question, I just decided to go ahead and ask it.

If you and your horse are trained in all the requisite areas, are there any penalties to casting from horseback? I know only paladins can do combat manuevers with horses, but my character usually only uses magic in combat anyway, so that doesn't matter for me. I just want to make sure I'll be able to sit on it and still cast efficiently.

I've had several people tell me the same thing in IMs since I posted. So my question now is why? Why were horses desinged to be a combat penalty to anyone but paladins? I understand why every guild is not able to do all the combat manuevers, but what is it about sitting on a horse as opposed to a chair or something that makes casting harder?

I could see MR being a factor if you were casting spells AT the horse, or area effect spells. Being in a group with a barbarian doesn't hinder me from casting spells at anyone else, though. Heck, I can be grappled with the biggest barb in the lands and still be able to self-cast and cast on others just fine, and I have to imagine a high-circle barb would have more MR than your average horse.

>>It's one of those design decisions that baffles me.

If it was a design decision, I agree that it makes no sense. I'm wondering though if it was put into place because of some sort of technical limitation or something. That's the only reason I could see justifying it. If that's the case, maybe it's something they can fix now that we're in DR2?