Raw Hide!

Raw Hide!
XP Cost	300
Skill(s) Required	Hearth Magic, Animal Husbandry
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"Bellow forth a mighty whoop to startle any horses in the vicinity, and cause them to rear for some duration of time. The closer the horse is, the longer it will be startled."

Rite & Magic > Hearth Magic > Raw Hide!

For 300 Experience Points, scream "Raw Hide!", which terrifies both wild and tame horses that are within a 35 tile radius. This effect does the following:

• If the horse is wild and being ridden with a Clover, fully empties the Pony Power bar to 0%, meaning that attempting to move with the horse will cause its rider to be instantly *bucked off.
• If the horse is tamed and being ridden, empties the Pony Power bar to 1%, forcing them to crawl until it regenerates, assuming they aren't Raw Hide!'d again.
• Stuns the horse and rider for a time. While stunned, the horse and rider cannot move and the rider cannot dismount. The rider also cannot use any combat move unless it can be used at a distance, meaning they cannot attack and can only use restorations.
• When a stunned rider on a stunned horse has any SHP or HHP (but not Armor) damage dealt to them, both them and their horse are instantly un-stunned. Simply being aggroed or attacked will not un-stun you, you must have non-armor damage inflicted for the stun to fade.
• The length of the stun is affected by the Raw Hide!er's distance to the horse, scaling from 3 seconds at maximum distance mostly smoothly until within less than 3 tiles, where the stun time hikes up slightly when extremely close or touching the horse/rider. Distance does not affect Pony Power reduction.
• If the horse is 35.5 tiles or farther away, your Hearthling will refuse to scream "Raw Hide!", remarking that there is no horse close enough to startle.
• If a horse, whether it is tamed, wild, or wild but temporarily tamed with a clover, is "Raw Hide!"'d when nobody is riding it, it will be stunned and be unrideable during the stun but will lose no Pony Power.
• If a wild horse that is currently tethered to a Hitching Post or tree and being tamed by a player is "Raw Hide!"'d, it will not react and nothing will happen.
• There is a bug where if a tamed horse that is being ridden or was very recently ridden is "Raw Hide!"'d many times in quick succession, it will lose the ability to regenerate Pony Power permanently. Its Pony Power will be set to 0%, but tamed horses do not buck their riders; it will simply refuse to move. This issue can be cured by using the expensive Horse Whisper Hearth Magic. The horse can still be lead by a rope.

*Getting bucked deals exactly half your MHP in SHP damage but deals no HHP damage/wounds whatsoever. (Unless it KOes you, then it will deal a Concussion.)

Distance	Stun time
35 tiles	3 seconds
30 tiles	4.5 seconds
25 tiles	6 seconds
20 tiles	7.5 seconds
15 tiles	9 seconds
10 tiles	12 seconds
5 tiles	13.5 seconds
2 tiles	15 seconds
<1 tile	19 seconds
Inside/ Riding	21 seconds

Game Development

• Liberty Shrimp (2022-09-11)◎ >""Raw Hide!" should no longer cost experience points to activate when there are no horses around, and should also not cost 2x reported cost when there are. Adjusted the stun effect timer downward somewhat, particularly in the farther reaches of the effect."

• Raw Trucker (2021-09-05)◎ >"Reduced "Raw Hide!" base cost from 500 to 300 XP."

• Raw Trucker (2021-09-05)◎ >""Raw Hide!" now empties the stamina meter of any horse (with a rider) hit by it. Wild Horses lose their "Pony Power" entirely."

• Raw Trucker (2021-09-05)◎ >""Raw Hide!" no longer activates if there are no horses around to hit."

• Raw Trucker (2021-09-05)◎ >""Raw Hide!" now hits targets further away harder than previously. The minimum horse dance time from being hit by "Raw Hide!" increased from 3 to 9 seconds."