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  2. Horse gait - Wikipedia

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    The fastest "walks" with a four-beat footfall pattern are actually the lateral forms of ambling gaits such as the running walk, singlefoot, and similar rapid but smooth intermediate speed gaits. If a horse begins to speed up and lose a regular four-beat cadence to its gait, the horse is no longer walking but is beginning to either trot or pace.

  3. Glossary of equestrian terms - Wikipedia

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    2. In horse racing, may refer to the speed of the leaders of a given race, [8]: 353 i.e. "setting the pace" or "off the pace". 3. The speed of a horse or, as a verb, to regulate the speed of a horse, particularly over distance. 4. A group of asses, also known as a passe. [8]: 353 paddock 1. A fenced enclosure where horses are kept.

  4. Status effect - Wikipedia

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    Buff is the term generically used to describe a positive status effect that affects mainly player or enemy statistics (usually cast as a spell). Debuffs are effects that may negatively impact a player character or a non-player character in some way other than reducing their hit points .

  5. Canter and gallop - Wikipedia

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    A horse and rider at the canter A miniature horse at a gallop. The canter and gallop are variations on the fastest gait that can be performed by a horse or other equine.The canter is a controlled three-beat gait, [1] while the gallop is a faster, four-beat variation of the same gait. [2]

  6. Attribute (role-playing games) - Wikipedia

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    While a character rarely rolls a check using just an ability score, these scores, and the modifiers they create, affect nearly every aspect of a character's skills and abilities." [2] In some games, such as older versions of Dungeons & Dragons the attribute is used on its own to determine outcomes, whereas in many games, beginning with Bunnies ...

  7. Ambling gait - Wikipedia

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    The ambling horse was prized in the Middle Ages A horse's legs tied together using a device called a trammel to force a lateral ambling gait. Ambling was described as early as the Hittite writings of Kikkuli. [1] The amble was particularly prized in horses in the Middle Ages due to the need for people to travel long distances on poor roads.

  8. Dungeons & Dragons gameplay - Wikipedia

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    Dungeons & Dragons, starting with AD&D 1st Edition and continuing to the current 5th Edition, has many skills that characters may train in. [29] [30] [5] In 1st and 2nd editions, these were broken down into "weapon proficiencies" and "non-weapon proficiencies". [31] [32] In 3rd Edition they are all simply referred to as "skills".

  9. Role-playing game terms - Wikipedia

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    In many games, specialized terms are used, as such Dungeon Master for the person running Dungeons & Dragons, [24] Storyteller for the person running a game set in the World of Darkness or Referee for the person running Traveller. Gamemaster's screen: a folding screen, often of cardboard, used to hide adventure content from the players. [25] [26 ...