Palfrey

These horses are bred for comfortable riding and are popular among the nobility. Palfreys weigh about 860 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 19	FP 13	DR 1
Dodge 9	Parry –	Block –

Traits Temperature Tolerance (25° F to 90° F).

Offense

Ground Move 8/16

Bite (9) 2d-6 crushing. Reach C.

Kick (7) 2d-2 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 palfrey 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 palfrey, but failure moves them with the palfrey 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-2 crushing damage as large area injury!

Statistics

ST 19	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 344 lbs. of meat, plus an additional 43 lbs. per point of success to a maximum of 602 lbs. of meat.

Palfreys have BL 72 with the following encumbrance breakdown:

• None 72 lbs.
• Light 144 lbs.
• Medium 216 lbs.
• Heavy 432 lbs.
• Extra- Heavy 720 lbs.

A healthy palfrey is worth $4,200. Food costs $5 and weighs 19 lbs. per day, and a groom $30 per day. Stabling in Town usually costs $5 per day.