So i bought a horse...

[Killua the Bard]

Hello, my current gm and me have run into a small problem and we are not really sure how to handle it.

You see i´m about to play a Kitsune Rouge, who unfortunately is not really that strong. So he bought a Heavy, War Trained horse to carry his stuff and to of course travel on it.

Question is? Do i need Handle animal to control the Horse and ride it? You know make it stay at places and the other commands.

I would say no because i bought the horse so its already trained..

However we are not really sure.

What can i do if i need handle animal?Just invest some points?

Thanks for the answers. I apologize for the probably bad question because we are pretty new to it.

English is not my first language pls ignore some mistakes..

[Dannorn]

To just ride the horse you need Ride, you run into Handle Animal checks when you try to direct the horse in battle. Being a Warhorse I'd say it'd still fight if you fail but you need Handle Animal to make it do what you want.

[Eltacolibre]

Well if you run the game as RAW as possible, even if a creature is trained and got the trick, you still need to make handle animal skill checks for basically everything.

In my experience, me included, we give breaks to players when it comes to handle animal rolls because it would just be annoying to do them constantly. Only time we ever bother is during combat if it ever comes up.

[blackbloodtroll]

Why is your Kitsune Red?

[Killua the Bard]

blackbloodtroll wrote:

Why is your Kitsune Red?

should he be blue?...

Thanks for all the answers btw

[LazarX]

blackbloodtroll wrote:

Why is your Kitsune Red?

BECAUSE HE'S A STINKING COMMIE! :)

[DesolateHarmony]

Killua the Bard wrote:

You see i´m about to play a Kitsune Rouge, who unfortunately is not really that strong. So he bought a Heavy, War Trained horse to carry his stuff and to of course travel on it.

blackbloodtroll wrote:

Why is your Kitsune Red?

Reference to the difference between Rouge (French for the color red, or a kind of makeup that is usually red) and Rogue (a rapscallion, or a class in D&D and descendants).

Killua the Bard wrote:

Question is? Do i need Handle animal to control the Horse and ride it? You know make it stay at places and the other commands.

You need to succeed in a DC 10 handle animal check as a move action to get an animal to do tricks that it knows. It's a DC 25 check as a full-round action to get it to do something it doesn't normally know how to do (called a 'push').

Ride is what you need to ride the beast, including in combat. This is to get it to go where you want. It's a DC 5 ride check to control it with your knees which doesn't require an action. You can fight with your mount at a DC 10 ride check that is a free action.

[blackbloodtroll]

Hmm, I just figured Wikipedia usually has things right.

Wikipedia wrote:

Rouge

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Rogue.

Rouge is the French word for "red" and may refer to:...

:)

[thegreenteagamer]

Give the guy a break, he did say English wasn't his first language.

[blackbloodtroll]

Sorry.

I guess I have been soured by too many native english speakers making the same mistake.

Now I feel bad.

[Kchaka]

I'd kill the war horse with a lighting bolt from the "heavens" as the SURPRISE! round.

[Ms. Pleiades]

blackbloodtroll wrote:

Sorry.

I guess I have been soured by too many native english speakers making the same mistake.

Now I feel bad.

"We are the rouges who say... Ni!"