How big is a horse exactly?

[Tim Kilbane]

Are horses (large size creatures) 5x10 or 10x10? I know they were considered 5x10 in 3.5 D&D. What about in Pathfinder?

Thanks for any help!

[Ravingdork]

In pathfinder a horse's fighting space (rather than its literal size) is 10x10 feet.

[Starglim]

Tim Kilbane wrote:

Are horses (large size creatures) 5x10 or 10x10? I know they were considered 5x10 in 3.5 D&D. What about in Pathfinder?

Thanks for any help!

10 x 10. They're assumed to turn in any direction required, but have to go slowly (squeeze) through a space 5 feet wide or smaller.

[erik542]

Ravingdork wrote:

In pathfinder a horse's fighting space (rather than its literal size) is 10x10 feet.

I'm not entirely sure about that. Horses are large. Horses have a natural reach of 5 feet. Therefore using this table, they should be 5x10.

Space and reach table

[HaraldKlak]

erik542 wrote:

Ravingdork wrote:

In pathfinder a horse's fighting space (rather than its literal size) is 10x10 feet.

I'm not entirely sure about that. Horses are large. Horses have a natural reach of 5 feet. Therefore using this table, they should be 5x10.

Space and reach table

Well a bit further down in your link, there are illustrations of the spaces the different creatures occupy. By these the large(long) creature takes up 10x10 just like the large(tall) one.

[Wolfthulhu]

Starglim wrote:

Tim Kilbane wrote:

Are horses (large size creatures) 5x10 or 10x10? I know they were considered 5x10 in 3.5 D&D. What about in Pathfinder?

Thanks for any help!

10 x 10. They're assumed to turn in any direction required, but have to go slowly (squeeze) through a space 5 feet wide or smaller.

Which is the same as in 3.5.

[Varthanna]

Tim Kilbane wrote:

Are horses (large size creatures) 5x10 or 10x10? I know they were considered 5x10 in 3.5 D&D. What about in Pathfinder?

Thanks for any help!

Incorrect. They got rid of 5x10 from 3.0 to 3.5, because 5x10 inherently implies facing.

[Starglim]

Wolfthulhu wrote:

Starglim wrote:

Tim Kilbane wrote:

Are horses (large size creatures) 5x10 or 10x10? I know they were considered 5x10 in 3.5 D&D. What about in Pathfinder?

Thanks for any help!

10 x 10. They're assumed to turn in any direction required, but have to go slowly (squeeze) through a space 5 feet wide or smaller.

Which is the same as in 3.5.

Yes, that's right.

erik542 wrote:

Horses are large. Horses have a natural reach of 5 feet.

Yes. The horse takes up a space 10' x 10'. It can use any of its attacks against creatures within 5' of that space.

[BigNorseWolf]

Your're not crazy. The 5X10 was how it worked in 3.0