I've got a horse...

Terry Pratchett <tpratchett.TakeThisOut@unseen.demon.co.uk> wrote in
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> ...which belonged to an Imperial Legionnaire who died fighting a bunch
> of goblins-- I know, because I arrived in the thick of it and the
> buggers turned on me.
>
> If I ride it will I, as I suspect, get into big trouble?

If it shows a red horseshoe when you put the pointer over it then you're a
crook & will be arrested or slaughtered by soldiers for being a foul
disgusting horse thief!

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>
> Of course you will. Take it like a Hobgoblin or whatever the hell you
> are.
>

LOL

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 18:52:57 +0100, Terry Pratchett
<tpratchett DeleteThis @unseen.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>
>...which belonged to an Imperial Legionnaire who died fighting a bunch
>of goblins-- I know, because I arrived in the thick of it and the
>buggers turned on me.
>
>If I ride it will I, as I suspect, get into big trouble?

Probably only if when you went to ride the horse the hand was red. If not you
should be okay.

> there was a tribal war going on, and when I came out the horse had gone.

correct....when you were in, I took it....

pieter
www.borrasart.com

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 18:52:57 +0100, Terry Pratchett
<tpratchett RemoveThis @unseen.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>
>...which belonged to an Imperial Legionnaire who died fighting a bunch
>of goblins-- I know, because I arrived in the thick of it and the
>buggers turned on me.
>
>If I ride it will I, as I suspect, get into big trouble?

'Abandoned' Legion horses are actually quite handy

I saw in the distance a Legion trooper, he dismounted and charged off
down the road after a bandit. By the time I reached his horse he hadn't
returned so I thought I'd take his ride. Travelling a bit further on,
same trooper comes walking back up the road and even stops to talk
before walking back to where he left the horse. At this point I still
had no bounty for horse theft.

Later I came across a courier cowering in the bushes whilst her horse
was being molested by a minotaur. Dismounted, finished off the minotaur,
and went back to mount my stolen horse and heard the courier say
something but didn't catch it. Checked my stats and I did now have a
bounty, so she must have realised it was a Legion horse.

After some experimentation, mounting my stolen Legion horse in sight of
Legionnaires, Foresters or Couriers got me the bounty, town guards and
other passers-by didn't care. Riding and dismounting did not raise any
eyebrows with anyone.

Stolen Legion horses also do not appear to wander off when you dismount
(probably they have no 'home' stable to return to), will fight to defend
themselves, and are pretty tough.
--
Alfie
<http://www.delphia.co.uk/>
The third deadly sin in programming is not to write proper documentation.

Terry Pratchett <tpratchett RemoveThis @unseen.demon.co.uk> wrote in
news:DyrENBV5bwiEFwYa@unseen.demon.co.uk:

>
> ...which belonged to an Imperial Legionnaire who died fighting a bunch
> of goblins-- I know, because I arrived in the thick of it and the
> buggers turned on me.
>
> If I ride it will I, as I suspect, get into big trouble?


Nope... Only if you are "seen" mounting it will you have trouble, and it's
classification as a "stolen" horse never goes away (unless maybe when you
buy it armor... Dunno. Never tried that.

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Terry Pratchett <tpratchett.DeleteThis@unseen.demon.co.uk> wrote in
news:DyrENBV5bwiEFwYa@unseen.demon.co.uk:

> ...which belonged to an Imperial Legionnaire who died fighting a bunch
> of goblins-- I know, because I arrived in the thick of it and the
> buggers turned on me.
>
> If I ride it will I, as I suspect, get into big trouble?

You only get in trouble if you mount the horse when someone else is
looking. Nobody seems to care if you are just riding it.