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EscyKane — UPDATE - The Skill System
Published: 2011-06-04 01:25:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 20195; Favourites: 563; Downloads: 137
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added a Version for Iberian breeds!This is my newest invention - the Skill System.
It's mainly created for Sport Horse breeds, another one for Race Horses will follow. It can of course be used for other breeds, too.
Warmblood/Eventing version
Example in Use:
Iberian/Baroque version
Example in Use:
Template Pack - free to use:
Why you should use the Skill System
It gives your horse more personality - it's not only a coat color design anymore. Other players have a quick summary of your horses skills, what helps them to pick the right breeding partner for their horses. uniform design - the standardised skill bar shows the same features, so it's easier to compare the horses No "bad" horses - I thought a long time about which features I want to use in the skill bar, because I wanted to avoid bad attributes - no one likes to breed with horses that have flaws or are bad in the disciplines. That's why I used rather value-free converse characteristics.
More realism - when creating a horse, many people don't think about coherent features. For example, it's very unlikely that a horse has enormous stamina and is extremely fast at the same time - now the player has to decide if the horse is more endurant or fast, but it can't be perfect in both anymore. That's way more authentic. That also means - no 'Mary Sues'. No more of those boring perfect-in-everything-horses. For example, the horse can be either perfect in one discipline (expert in dressage, for example), or good in all three disciplines (when the shpere is placed in the middle of the triangle). The skills I chose always have benefits and misfits - if you take a high sensitivity for the riders aids, the horse will be a bit hyperactive and nervous, too. The skill system is made just for fun. It is not planned to affect Competitions or anything. It's there to give the horses more depth and personality, and it makes it easier to roleplay with them.
You can download the template here, if you want to use the system, too.
Skill System by EscyKane
Skill Suggestions by Life-d-Sign
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I modified it so that it can be used as a western one! Feel free to add it to your current lineup as well!
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I saw in the comment section below that you did not mind us editing this to our own stables' needs (if you changed your mind about that, please let me know and I'll take it down). I made an endurance-type version here: Skills System Endurance
Thank you so much for creating this system, it's so nice!
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I have used your system here: Equus Danica Stable - Taraxacum
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Do you mind if I use this for my breed? I'd show it in a journal and of course link back here.
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thanks so much for designing this! I've been having fun playing around with it!
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My stables, Harusame Meadows, specializes in breeding horses for "Adventurers", that being so, we look for animals that are fit companions for people who do fun activities like slay monsters or take on the Forces of Darkness 
Of course, step one is to get your cool templates downloaded.
Thank you so much for sharing these, I've been a D&D Game Master for years and I always appreciate a well-thought-out system for tracking character skills and talents.
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of course, feel free to use or modify!
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I love this n_n so useful for reference sheets! Would there be a triangle for western riding as well? (just an idea n_n)
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I have Paint Tool SAI, but I cannot find the file I downloaded and I'm not sure if this will work? 
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Thank you for creating this! Will definitely use this in the future and I'm very interested in the race horse skill system :3
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used this here! it is perfect for my barn thank you for offering it!!
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This is great! I'll be using it from now on to better describe my HARPG horses. 
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This is wonderful! I am so glad I finally found the original piece. I have seen this all over but have not been able to find the person who came up with it.
Before I ask my question, I want to send a quick thank you your way for making this available to the public. Thank you.
Ok, so, I was wondering if you would mind if I used your idea to make a skill system for western horses? I really wanted to use this but almost all of my horses are western.
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yes, should work there, too.
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Wow, this is such a cool idea! I may have to use the free template sometime. I really like how you arranged everything and you made it look great!
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haha I'm kind of a perfectionist when it comes to things like that. I spent hours until I had my design.
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Well, those hours certainly paid off!
P.S. I uploaded two new pictures of Limelight Crimson.
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ahhh thanks! I'll look them up
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You have to download one of the files I linked to in the artists comments. They contain two .png files (or a psd file with several layers).
Import the "skill bar" and the "sphere" file as new layers into your document, then copy the sphere as often you need it, and then move the spheres manually with the arrows on you keyboard or by holding STRG and clicking on them, then moving the mouse.
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I'm pretty sure I just died and went to heaven, this is amazing O_O
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LOL thank you so much, but you don't need to die for it
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It's just super amazing. I have dramatic reactions sometimes
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Könnte man das nicht auch für Westernpferde ummodeln? Hättest du nicht lust soetwas zu machen? ^^
Ich denke die Eigenschaften könnte man so eig übernehmen, nur das Dreieck müsste auf die verschiedenen Klassen angepasst werden.
Irgendwie muss man drei Ecken festlegen für die diversen Disziplinen. Reining(Sliding Stop, Spin vermögen), Barrelracing(Geschwindigkeit, Wenigkeit), Pleasure(Langsam, flache Gänge), Rinderarbeit (Cowsense).
Denke Rinderarbeit müsste ein Teil sein, Pleasure einer, da passt Trail, Western Riding rein und dann Reining, aber Barrels sind schon nochmal anders als Reining und Roping ist anders als Cutting und Working Cowhorse.
Oh gott 
Finde das nämlich so genial, wie im Computergame *_*
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Klingt gut, aber warum machst du nicht so eins? Wenn du Lust hast, ich könnte dir die psd Datei schicken damit du es selbst abändern kannst. Ich hab so wenig Zeit, würde wohl ewig dauern bis ich dazu käme.
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Ich kam auch schon darauf dass ich es eigentlich selber machen kann, viele haben es ja für sich abgeändert und ich auch : [link]
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Ich habs mir mal angeschaut, darf ich es anpassen für Westernkramsi?
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I think I might have to start using this for my own stables. :3
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thy for linking, the ref looks awesome! well designed
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thanks
also used in this refs and it will be used much in the future
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One of the best ideas I've seen in HARPG for a long time!
I've used it on on of my stallions here: [link] and I plan on using it with all of my horses' references, I hope that's okay? (:
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Ofcourse, feel free to use ^^
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