[CONAN] Horse of the Hyborian Age (ERRATA, ideas, etc.)

[LucaCherstich]

During this last period I get very interested in nomads, horses & anything related.
So I started reviewing the known horse races of the Hyborian Age, their carrying loads, and how they can be combined with armoured knights.
I would really like to have a wider variety of horse breeds, soemthing like:

http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?92273-Quick-update-(Updated-July-28th!)/page3

DOES ANYBODY CREATED THEIR OWN STATS FOR OTHER HORSE BREEDS?

Checking the statistics in the Core Rules 2e and the Bestiary I found some intersting errors, especially regarding carrying loads.
Actually the following horses should carry heavier loads, here are the right statistics for their strength stats:

- Riding Horse: Light up to 174 p.; Medium 175-348 p.; Heavy 349-525; Dragging 2625 p.

- Work Horse: Light up to 228 p.; Medium 229-459 p.; Heavy 460-690; Dragging 3450 p.

- Nordheimer Warhorse (from Bestiary): the indicated stats for carrying loads are not for Str 17 but for Str 19.

CONSEQUENCE: even a riding horse can carry a 70 kg Hyrkanian knight with brigantine, all you have to do is to train the horse for Combat Riding (check the Animal Handling skill).

 

[Sting52jb]

I know it's not Conan but the D20 Kingdoms of Kalamar setting has around 4 different horse breads in one of the two books I believe it is the Players Guide, But I don't have my books with me.

These may be a starting point to work from. I know they have an Arabian small fast horse, and a large war horse called a Charger and a few others. Hope this helps.

 

[Boneguard]

Another good sourcebook, if you can get your hand on it, is 'NOBLE STEEDS' from Avalanche Press.

 

[havercake lad]

A lot of breeds of horse were covered in the Pendragon series which also included ponies and mules.