Dread War Horse
A ridable mount that requires 3 control slots, similar in appearance to a Nightmare yet slightly more powerful then a Dragon.
These were originally seen with Vanguard Controllers astride, during the Vanguard invasion of 2008. Killing the rider left the steed available for taming.
During the early stages of the invasion a far easier method was to throw a bola at the Controller, causing him to fall off. The mount could then be led away to a relatively safe location and tamed there. Eventually a change was implemented which caused the warhorse to disappear if the Controller was dismounted before death.
Saying "trick" causes the steed to cast an area effect spell of unknown effect; this creates a large black cloud on the screen (only visible in the 2D client. 3D appears as fire around horse). One rumour was that it affected The Six.
(The symbol:+/- shows the attributes of a few in game creatures. It does not reflect the entire possible spread.)
| Dread War Horse Statistics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Spawn Locations | Seen in Papua, Nujel'm and Cove. Not currently spawning. | ||
| Fame | Slayer Vulnerability | ||
| Karma | Alignment | Evil | |
| First Seen | Vanguard event Spr 08 | Pack Instinct | None |
| Loot | |||
| Gold | Magic Items | ||
| Special | Cut Up | ||
| Attributes | |||
| Strength | 502-551 | Hit Points | 555-648 |
| Dexterity | 89-123 | Stamina | 89-123 |
| Intelligence | 100-159 | Mana | 100-159 |
| Barding Difficulty | 103.4-107.7 | Taming Difficulty | 108 |
| Base Damage | 20-26 | Preferred Foods | Meat |
| Skills | |||
| Wrestling | 95.6+/- | Poisoning | 0 |
| Tactics | 109.1+/- | Magery | 42.4+/- |
| Resisting Spells | 92.6-96.4 | Evaluating Intelligence | 30.5-41.8 |
| Anatomy | 0-13.9 | Meditation | 28.5-32.6 |
| Detecting Hidden | Hiding | ||
| Parrying | Healing | ||
| Necromancy | Spirit Speak | ||
| Mysticism | Focus | ||
| Spellweaving | Discordance | ||
| Bushido | Ninjitsu | ||
| Chivalry | Special Abilities | Area effect | |
| Resists and Damage | |||
| Types | Physical | Fire | Cold | Poison | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resistances | 65-75 | 20-40 | 20-40 | 50-60 | 40-50 |
| Damage | 40 | 20 | 40 |