9.7.6 Horsemanship
Horsemanship is a miniskill (HELP MINISKILLS) that provides the user of it abilities pertaining to riding and caring for a steed. If you are mounted on a steed capable of flying, you may use SPUR MOUNT SKYWARD to have it take you up into the skies. Mounts may be bought from stables across the land. Owners of mounts may also keep their steeds in these stables, so that they are not in danger from anything in the outside world. The various stables are: Bloodloch - A cavernous stable (v22662) Duiran - An open paddock (v43820) El'Jazira - Out back in the slop pit (v4135) Enorian - A fragrant stable (v22669) Spinesreach - The Wintersbreeze Stables (v22661) Esterport - The Esterport Stables (v36835) Mournhold - Within a cold, draughty stable (v47314) Hubride - Orderly stable (v16117) Kelun - A sandy seaside stable (v55961) Shops/NPCs with Mounts: Shattered Vortex - Ayeli (v36472) or Junal (v36472) Within the Esterport Stables, a runed steel bit is sold, which saves your mount from one death and will instead return it to the stable. After purchased, you must FASTEN the bit to your steed. The commands to stable your mount, remove it again from the stable and see your stabled mounts are as follows: STABLES - Use this to list all stables you have permissions to use. STABLE LIST - List the locations of all mounts you have in stables. STABLE ADD <steed> - Place your mount within the safety of the stable. You must be in the stable to do this command. STABLE REMOVE <steed> - Remove a mount from a stable. This command must be issued in the stable the mount is in. Some stores around the realm offer mount armour or saddlebags to further improve your mount. You can equip them with STEED EQUIP <mountarmor|saddlebags>. Regarding saddlebags, you may then GIVE <item> TO <mount> and TAKE <item> FROM <mount> as you would with a regular container. For more information on barding items such as saddlebags or mount armour, please read HELP BARDING (HELP 9.8.1).
