Courser

A fast, hardy warhorse lighter than a destrier, but cheaper and more agile. These are the most common dedicated warhorses on the battlefield. Coursers weigh about 1,160 pounds.

First Encounter

SM 1 Animal

Basic Speed 5.00

Vision 12

Hearing 12

Smell 12

Traits Night Vision 4; Nondiscriminatory Vision; Peripheral Vision; Parabolic Hearing 2; Ultrahearing.

Defense

HP 21	FP 13	DR 1
Dodge 9	Parry –	Block –

Traits Combat Reflexes; Temperature Tolerance 1 (25°F to 90°F).

Offense

Ground Move 8/16

Bite (9) 2d-5 crushing. Reach C.

Kick (7) 2d-1 crushing. Reach C-1.

Trample (9) 2d+1 crushing. Only affects prone SM 0 targets or any target of SM -1 smaller. Counts as large area attack (p. B400) against SM -2 targets.

Didn't See You There! Anytime the courser realigns its body with its head, and SM 0 or smaller creatures in the way are shoved. They may defend normally. Success means they duck or dodge around the courser, but failure moves them with the courser however far is necessary for the realignment to take place. If this results in him getting knocked down, he must Dodge at -3 to avoid also being trampled for 1d-1 crushing damage as large area injury!

Statistics

ST 21	DX 9	HT 10
IQ 4	Per 12	Will 10

Traits Careful; Congenial; Domestic Animal.

Skills Running-12.

A raw horse hide can be removed with a successful Professional Skill (Butcher) roll. The value is $3dx20, plus 5% per point of Margin of Success. A separate successful Professional Skill (Butcher) roll produces 464 lbs. of meat, plus an additional 58 lbs. per point of success to a maximum of 812 lbs. of meat.

Coursers have BL 88 with the following encumbrance breakdown:

• None 88 lbs.
• Light 176 lbs.
• Medium 264 lbs.
• Heavy 528 lbs.
• Extra- Heavy 880 lbs.

A healthy courser is worth $80,000, and twice that once blooded in battle. Food costs $7 and weighs 26 lbs. per day, and a professional groom is required ($90 per day). Stabling in Town usually costs $15 per day.