Animal Riding

Attributes: .................Strength and Discipline

Level: .........................Variable - see below

Through training and discipline the character is able to ride a type of animal and exercise his will over it to control it in most situations. Table - Animal Riding Difficulty factors show the DF that applies to learning to ride certain types of creature. Some are more wilful and demand more from their riders than other animals. Having a skill at riding a type of animal does not necessarily confer skill in riding another type.

When the following events happen the rider should make a skill roll to control his ride.

1. The rider is attempting to vault into the saddle

2. The rider is mounting or dismounting from a moving animal

3. The rider is jumping the animal over an obstacle that stretches the animal, such as a fence, a wall, or across a ditch. Donkeys and camels are very poor at jumping and the GM should assign penalties depending upon the animal and the obstacle to be jumped. A pony or a riding or a mule will match a riding horse under most jump situations

4. The rider is trying to control a spooked animal or coerce a stubborn or frightened one into action.