riding
Skill · first available at level 13
What it does
Riding is the horseman's art, and MOUNT is how you put it to use.
Climb onto a tame or mountable creature in your room with MOUNT and
get down again with DISMOUNT; a beast that belongs to someone else, or
that outranks you in level, refuses. Once you are up the mount
follows you from room to room and carries you across it for a fraction
of what walking would cost, until you dismount or the mount dies.
Some rooms will not admit a rider at all, and fighting from the saddle
is the separate skill MOUNTED ATTACK.
See also: MOUNT DISMOUNT TAME
Who learns it
| Class | Learned at |
|---|---|
| Anti-Paladin | 13 |
| Assassin | 13 |
| Barbarian | 13 |
| Bard | 13 |
| Cleric | 13 |
| Deva | 13 |
| Druid | 13 |
| God | 13 |
| Immortal | 13 |
| Kensai | 13 |
| Magic-User | 13 |
| Monk | 13 |
| Necromancer | 13 |
| Paladin | 13 |
| Ranger | 13 |
| Thief | 13 |
| Warrior | 13 |
Exact costs, durations and chances are deliberately left to the game.