My horse just died

[Potato Soup]

It's so annoying how the ai swarms my horse and attacks it. I had several wolves and two bandits attack it at a quest destination and now i have no horse and money to buy another. I guess i have to walk now i guess.

[Potato Soup]

Oh and i forgot to mention that my horses body vanished during the fight so i couldn't resurrect it.

[76561198034396398]

https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/3861/? I never use horses too expensive plus i like to cast spells while i'm running,rather than get off fight then get back on,get Shadowmere only horse worth owning

[Dingbat]

Firstly, I'm sorry for your horse, that's kind of a tough loss. But secondly, you should look at it as an opportunity to work on your athletics/acrobatics skills. A horse is fun, but they're something of a crutch too. You'll work it out.

[FluffyGuy]

you can run faster then a horse

[Potato Soup]

Originally posted by Dingbat:

Firstly, I'm sorry for your horse, that's kind of a tough loss. But secondly, you should look at it as an opportunity to work on your athletics/acrobatics skills. A horse is fun, but they're something of a crutch too. You'll work it out.

Yeah that is a good side effect. Funny thing is right after i lost my horse i literally went on a vengfull bandit killing spree and racked up my skills. :D I just hate how they gain up on the horse.

Originally posted by FluffyGuy:

you can run faster then a horse

Not with heavy armor haha

[BondageSpider]

Well, you could always use Horse Armor...

Yeah, horses in this game are monster food waiting to happen. (Seriously, even the extra Health boost from Horse Armor doesn't change this.) It also a pain that's it's very tricky to hit a wolf or mountain lion attacking your horse, since the horse is probably in the way.

Really, escorting anything in this game is a pain since the AI makes no effort to cooperate.

One thing a lot of people don't know is that when you Wait it fully heals you, your horse, and any allies or followers. You can't do that with enemies nearby, however, and by "nearby" they mean "anywhere in the same room or area, even if you can't see them from here" apparently.

You can also cast Convalescence on a horse or Allies between fights, but that spell isn't fast enough to help during a fight.

Be careful where you park your horse and escort it carefully. Other than that, I got nothing.

Going all the way with the Dark Brotherhood questline eventually gets you a horse that can't be killed because it's marked as Essential, so there's also that option.

[Potato Soup]

Originally posted by BondageSpider:

Well, you could always use Horse Armor...

Yeah, horses in this game are monster food waiting to happen. (Seriously, even the extra Health boost from Horse Armor doesn't change this.) It also a pain that's it's very tricky to hit a wolf or mountain lion attacking your horse, since the horse is probably in the way.

Really, escorting anything in this game is a pain since the AI makes no effort to cooperate.

One thig a lot of people don't know is that when you Wait it fully heals you, your horse, and any allies or followers. You can't do that with enemies nearby, however, and by "nearby" they mean "anywhere in the same room or area, even if you can't see them from here" apparently.

You can also cast Convalescence on a horse or Allies between fights, but that spell isn't fast enough to help during a fight.

Be careful where you park your horse and get good at escort mission tactics to keep enemies away from it. Or buy more horses for backup. Other than that, I got nothing.

Going all the way with the Dark Brotherhood questline eventually gets you a horse that can't be killed because it's marked as Essential, so there's also that option.

My horse had armer though :D

[FluffyGuy]

shadowmare is a horse that won't die and is a bag

[arottweiler]

Shadowmare is a great companion and is also the fastest horse. You can see her demonstrating her devout servanthood in my profile picture.

She can take a lot of damage but when she does lose all health she will fall unconscious for a moment and then start making her way to Fort Farragut which you can miss if you're in battle. If you ever lose Shadowmare go to Fort Farragut and she should be waiting faithfully for you outside the fort entrance.