Pony

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A pony is represented by the letter u. Throw a pony a treat like a carrot, apple, pear or a slime mold (but not an orange), and it will become tame (your pet). Pet ponies can be saddled and ridden, giving the player the speed of the pony. Horses and warhorses are especially fast.

Throwing a tripe ration (or any other meat) to a hostile horse will make the horse peaceful, even though the horse will not eat it (and the tripe can be safely retrieved), just as throwing vegan food at a hostile dog or cat will make it peaceful.

Ponies grow into horses and then into warhorses, the most powerful form.

A knight starts with a tame saddled pony.

A pony has an animal body. It has no hands. It is a herbivore.

While shopping with pets has certain advantages, it might be best to shut your horse out of the shop, especially in deeper levels. Horses are especially vulnerable to mimics.

Pony

u pony
Difficulty	4
Attacks	Kick: 1d6, Bite: 1d2

u pony
Difficulty	4
Attacks	Kick: 1d6, Bite: 1d2
Base level	3
Base experience	31
Speed	16
Base AC	6
Base MR	0
Alignment	0 (neutral)
Frequency (by normal means)	Quite rare
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	1300
Nutritional value	250
Size	medium
Resistances	None
Resistances conveyed	None
animal body no hands herbivore

Horse

u horse
Difficulty	7
Attacks	Kick: 1d8, Bite: 1d3

u horse
Difficulty	7
Attacks	Kick: 1d8, Bite: 1d3
Base level	5
Base experience	61
Speed	20
Base AC	5
Base MR	0
Alignment	0 (neutral)
Frequency (by normal means)	Quite rare
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	1500
Nutritional value	300
Size	large
Resistances	None
Resistances conveyed	None
animal body no hands herbivore

Warhorse

u warhorse
Difficulty	9
Attacks	Kick: 1d10, Bite: 1d4

u warhorse
Difficulty	9
Attacks	Kick: 1d10, Bite: 1d4
Base level	7
Base experience	97
Speed	24
Base AC	4
Base MR	0
Alignment	0 (neutral)
Frequency (by normal means)	Quite rare
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	1800
Nutritional value	350
Size	large
Resistances	None
Resistances conveyed	None
animal body no hands herbivore

Warhorses are higher level than large dogs and large cats. They can become just high enough in level to attack shopkeepers, for whom they are rarely an adequate match. Warhorses should be kept out of shops.

Encyclopedia entry: pony

               Hey! now! Come hoy now! Whither do you wander?
               Up, down, near or far, here, there or yonder?
               Sharp-ears, Wise-nose, Swish-tail and Bumpkin,
               White-socks my little lad, and old Fatty Lumpkin!

       [...]
       Tom called them one by one and they climbed over the brow and
       stood in a line.  Then Tom bowed to the hobbits.

       "Here are your ponies, now!" he said.  "They've more sense (in some
       ways) than you wandering hobbits have -- more sense in their noses.
       For they sniff danger ahead which you walk right into; and if they
       run to save themselves, then they run the right way."
               [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

Encyclopedia entry: (war)horse

       King Richard III: A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!
       Catesby: Withdraw, my lord; I'll help you to a horse.
       King Richard III: Slave, I have set my life upon a cast,
                         And I will stand the hazard of the die:
                         I think there be six Richmonds in the field;
                         Five have I slain to-day instead of him.
                         A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!
               [ King Richard III, by William Shakespeare ]

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