Game Master companion / Creature
Running Draft Ox
A steady ox leans into a working harness, trading speed for powerful traction. Its broad body belongs to firm routes and careful load handling.
Prepare the scene
The harness draws tight across broad shoulders. With a slow step, the ox brings the waiting load into motion.
A steady ox leans into a working harness, trading speed for powerful traction. Its broad body belongs to firm routes and careful load handling.
Encounter settings: Road.
Establish the surroundings, each participant’s position, and what the party can perceive before resolving the encounter. Use the current core rules for surprise and turn order when combat begins.
Run the profile
Use the following source instructions for the encounter’s actions and effects.
Details
Steady traction matters more than haste.
Requires
Requires: Appropriate ordinary tack, feed/water, care and training for the stated transport role.
Use
Use: Pack work or harnessed draft service; no ordinary riding role. Roads, tracks and firm open ground. Two oxen provide traction for one loaded Wagon or Sleigh.
Effect
Effect: Use its Movement and transport Carry under Player Options. Rider/handler uses their own turn; animal defenses use its own Skill + Affinity when feasible. These profiles grant transport and cooperation procedures, not combat commands, natural-weapon attacks or companion advancement.
Keep the mechanical profile nearby
Affinities: Vitality d10, Might d12, Agility d4, Intellect d4, Tact d6, Spirit d4
Resolve 30 / Stamina 10 / Mana 0; Movement 20 feet; transport Carry 40.
Skill overrides: Evade d6, Withstand d6, Composure d6. Other Skills use the shared profile key.