Stable Operations

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So I've been hopping around the other realistic HARPG stables, looking at their lists and whatnot, picking some things from a few and changing things around for others. I'm posting this as a separate journal entry from my stable so it'll be easier to find and link to if anyone wants to use it and build off it. You're more than free to! If you do, just link back to this journal so everyone gets their fair credit. I'm still building on it, and I know very little about horse health, so by all means, give me ideas! I don't really like rolling for specific diseases/injuries, instead opting for a severity and then choosing something after some research that I feel confident writing about. Comment with resources, links, personal experiences, etc. I'm stuck with just google at the moment.

First off, I don't use random.org. I use good ol' set of D&D dice. 4 sided die, 6 sided die, 8 sided die, 10 sided die, 12 sided die, 20 sided die, and a special 10 sided die (0, 10, 20, etc instead of 0, 1, 2)  to be used with the normal one for percentiles. Really hard for non-gamers to grasp, I'll wager.

Lifespan And Death


For the horse's life span, I go from 1-30. For me, that's 1d10+1d20. This can be over-ruled by the life generation. For example, if I only roll a 3 for life span, but the horse lived a healthy life, I'm gonna re-roll. If I roll a 30 but the horse has been through hell, I'm going to override it.

As for aging, I'm going to experiment with a year a month. That feels so UNGODLY slow to me, seeing as on my horse sim, they age a year a week. I'll probably speed it up or slow it down as I go, get a feel for the frequency of showing and my own ability to keep up with my storyline and such... and if I'm bored of that character or not.

Course Of Life


I make 6 rolls throughout the horse's life.

ROLL 1: FOAL... HOOD?
[percentile]
00-10 : Stillborn. Bummer.
11-50 : Sick :/ (roll secondary)
51-100: healthy!

Foal secondary:
00-60 : minor. The sniffles, just fragile, underweight, overweight, whatever. Probably won't require anything prescription.
61-80 : moderate. TO GOOGLE to look up diseases and illnesses a young horse is susceptible to, or an injury. Since I'm fond of writing a ton with my entries, I'd chose whatever suited the storyline but you could pick 50-50 sick or hurt. Just so long as it'd warrant a few vet visits, a prescription, etc.
81-100 : severe. Google diseases, maybe the foal was premature, has some sort of genetic disorder, whatever. Most diseases list the mortality/recovery rate and roll as you see fit.

ROLL 2, 3, 4, and 5: ADULTHOOD [3-5/6-9/10-13/14-16]
[percentile]
00-60 : Healthy!
61-80 : Injured (roll secondary)
81-100: Sick (roll secondary)

Adult Secondary:
00-70 : Minor. Nothing that'd warrant taking more than 2-3 weeks off working. Pulled something, got some scratches, just feeling under the weather. Et. Cetera.
71-90 : Moderate. One month or more off work, but you can be fairly certain the horse will recover fully in time with limited special needs.
91-100 : Severe. Anything that will warrant retiring the horse or putting it down.

ROLL SIX: OLD AGE [17+]
[percentile]
00-60 : healthy, passes quietly of old age.
61-90 : Something happens (injury or illness) that ends in the horse getting put down. Severe arthritis, an injury that just stubbornly won't heal in the horse's old age, etc.
91-100 : horse passes in an accident or otherwise abnormal circumstances.

Illness And Injury Resources


(this'll be full of wikipedia links and such later as I take hints, tips, and research)
Hoof diseases, injuries, and deformities | Wikipedia's database of horse disease articles | Common, Uncommon, and insect-transmitted diseases | Horse diseases A-Z

Leg Injuries | Common Horse Injuries

The Rider Too!


Throughout the adult stage of the horse when it's actively being ridden and worked with, riders get hurt too, and not necessarily when or if the horse does! (Vincent himself has a different scale to fit HIS medical history). I have purposely left rider death OFF of this chart, since when it comes to human characters... well, I kinda need them around. My stable is family run, and if one person dies, then it would be in character for the whole thing to shut down. If you would like the statistics on horse-related human deaths, here is a breakdown I found.

00-70 : Nothing some aspirin can't take care of.
71-85 : Sprains/strains. A doctor's visit, maybe a brace and a week or two out of the saddle.
86-95 : Breaks. Recovery time depends on where and how badly, but you're not going to be competing any time soon.
96-100 : Severe, hospitalization. Whether they're picking shards of a fiberglass fence out of you (SASSY.) or you ended up on the business end of a freaked out or pissed off horse, it really sucks to be you. Keep in mind the psychological effects of such a horrible accident when figuring out the recovery time.

Their Show Career


PIZAZZ!
To steal a term from one of my GM's.

Roll 1d6 (1-6). 1-4 are average horses. 5 is above average and gets one re-roll on low show scores, 6 is outstanding and gets 2 re-rolls. Horses scoring an outstanding can opt for a bit of... er, “horrible death and dismemberment insurance” to borrow a term from Borderlands, and if they are supposed  to die or retire young, go ahead and roll 50/50 for if they get to ignore it or not.

DRESSAGE:
is what I've been researching the most, as it will be my stable's focus.

When generating the horse's past record, I take 10 percentile rolls, re-roll anything under 40% for average horses, 50% for above average, and 55% for exceptional. I get an average from that, and note the highest, on the horse's profile.

As for shows, I'm still trying to find the FEI test outlines (FEI's website is a knob-face and refuses to load), but HERE is a list of the tests for training through fourth level, and THIS and THIS have the requirements of each level. Freestyle is... freestyle, appropriate for the level the horse is at movement-wise. Each movement is scored out of 10 and the average is taken for the score. 50 is passing, 60 is pretty good, 70 is OMFG, 85+ is... basically impossible. Highest according to google was about 86, people chatting in a forum about an 89 but they don't provide proof, and freestyle usually scores higher than actual tests. Average number of movements for the lower levels is 12-14, higher, I have no clue.

CROSS COUNTRY

I don't really know enough about Cross Country to come up with anything sophisticated as far as generating a show career, so this is what I have.

1-20 - Disqualified
21-75 - completed
76-100 - Placed (roll 1d6)

10 rolls to start

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SOURCES:
:icondancingdragonstables: :iconthunderjam1992: :iconjullelin:
That first one is totally dancing dragon stables (and her lovely news entry), but her icon's black on my black BG.
Dressage Levels
Dressage Tests
Dressage Levels
About Dressage
Rider Injuries
Good Ol' Wikipedia



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Arabian08's avatar
I don't get the lifespan and death one... can you explain it to me please?