How long does it take to fit horseshoes to a mount?

[Ximen Bao]

Can't find this one anywhere, and it'd be handy to know for (among other things) a rogue with the Major Magic(Mount) trick and a set of magic horseshoes.

[Lincoln Hills]

Long enough that it would be entirely impractical for combat. Assuming you have a rank in Profession (farrier), the tools of your trade, and somebody to control the horse while you're tapping at its hooves with your little hammer and whatnot, I'd say fifteen minutes (sounds like a lot, but that's less than four minutes per leg). But maybe somebody with real life ranks in Profession (farrier) will come across the thread and give us a more informed opinion.

Incidentally, congrats on a little-considered - but highly useful - choice of spell-like ability.

[King of Vrock]

With a duration of 2 hours per level does it really matter? If you're thinking of using this in combat that's just crazy talk. I'd say it takes at least 10 minutes to do the job.

-Vrocking Warhorse

[Ximen Bao]

I know that IRL it takes about 30 minutes to put a suit of full armor on, and in pathfinder we do it in 4. So if there were similar rules of convenience, I would have liked to take advantage of them.

Otherwise he can do it while the wizards are prepping spells in the morning.

[shadowmage75]

Just got back from trying to shoe my tiger. After the first thirty seconds I lost track of time......I'll try again after I find a cleric.

[Vod Canockers]

A little Googleing came up with numbers from 15 minutes to two hours. Since this is a magical mount, I would say closer to the minimum. "old shoes" still have to be removed and the new ones nailed on.

The question now is what happens to the shoes if the mount returns from where it came from?

[Ciaran Barnes]

Without any practical knowledge to base it on, I would just call it one hour. However, you could also say that as "magic" horseshoes, it takes from 1 round to 1 minute.

[Belazoar]

Usually the bottom of the hoof is cleaned, inspect the frog, trim the hooves, attach shoes. You would think that wouldn't take too long, unless there's injury to underside or the hooves are splitting badly, but that puts the horse out of commission.

However, the horse's personality plays a large role. Generally, if they've been saddle-broke they won't fuss too much when you are cleaning hooves, etc. It's been a long time since I've seen a guy shoe a horse, but I have a funny memory of it; so, when you are messing with the hooves, the horse is basically on only 3 legs, so after a while the horse will start leaning on the guy working the hooves, and the more time passes, the more weight the horse will shift to the guy until he can't take any more.

It starts with the guy pushing the horse back a bit, but the horse just leans on him more and more as time passes. By the time it's done the horse is getting annoyed, the guys cussing and wore out from doing the work WHILE holding the horse up.

Very amusing as a bystander. But, yeah, even if you are just cleaning the hooves they'll start leaning on you pretty quick. Some are worse than others, and will put their lifted hoof down (watch those toes, I had that happen once, had BB sized blood blisters on the tips of my toes, and you don't have much leverage to push the horse off your foot either), and other types of fussing.

I'd say 30 average. With a relatively mild horse, and the right tools.