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Erudite DM welcomes you to Erudite ZINE No 1, “Warhorse” with descriptions, lore, tables, rules, classes, maps, monsters, and stat blocks for mounted travel, jousting and more with the Shadowdark RPG. A linked Table of Contents makes it easy to find what you’re searching for quickly within the pdf. For convenience, a print-friendly version is also included. For play, you should have the Shadowdark RPG core rules or the free quick start rules (link on the home page of EruditeDM.com or found on thearcanelibrary.com.

Erudite ZINE No 1, “Warhorse”, includes:

• D12 “My Kingdom for a Horse” table describing random mounts you can add to any game
• Training of warhorses
• Types of warhorses, common horses, mules and other mounts or draft beasts
• Stats for Destrier (heavy) and Courses (medium) warhorses
• Stats for Rouncey, Palfrey, Pony, Draft Horse, Mule, and Oxen
• Colors, face and leg markings
• Buying a Mount
• D20 Naming Ideas with 3 columns (60 names in all)
• Horse Equipment – Basic Riding Gear, Storage & Utility, Grooming, Barding (Armor)
• Wagons & Carts
• Horse Gods, and Equine Magic with 3 spells and 3 magic items
• Knight Lancer Class, trained horsemen experienced with warhorses and jousting with news skills and class talents
• Jousts with rules for non-lethal Tournaments or Field Jousts, point system, unhorsing and struck mounts
• Overland Hex Travel and an Exhaustion tier system with table
• D10 “What’s in the Saddlebags” table for abandoned/lost mounts
• D10 Horse-Related NPC encounters. Farriers, Ostlers, Blacksmiths, Marshals and more

You also get the one-shot Horselord of Tanishorn:

• Additional 16 pages for 3-4 hours of session play in Shadowdark RPG
• Insert the Horselands into your existing campaign or world setting
• Suitable for characters levels 2-3
• Ideally suited for including at least one Knight Lancer class character
• Includes warhorses, other mounts, and jousting opportunities
• A quest for the king in hilly grasslands where the horse people roam and rule
• D12 Rumors table related to the adventure
• GM Advice for playing this one-shot
• 2 days of overland hex travel with Random Encounters table and Weather table
• Horselands regional hex map (Easily expanded into regional campaign)
• New Trap Spider monster, other monster stats, plus new Raven-Folk.
• 2 dungeon maps, one for GM with numbered rooms and one without for players.
• Two pages of dungeon room descriptions, encounters, magic items, and treasures
• NPC descriptions and stats
• Two magical spells from Chubby Funster’s ‘Novice Magic’ used with permission.

Note: This product is currently only available through this website and in digital pdf format. It also includes a print-friendly version supplied with your purchase.

This is an independent supplement published by Hallaron Media LLC dba Erudite DM under the Shadowdark RPG Third-Party License and is not affiliated with The Arcane Library, LLC.