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{{skill
|skillid=14015
|name=Radish Horse
|type=Noncombat
|mpcost=15
|description=Jarlsberg didn't really like to walk, so when he had to travel long distances quickly, he would make a horse out of vegetables. The horse would be of a different color, depending on the color of the vegetables.
|source=Jarlsberg's Gate
|price=N/A
|class=[[Avatar of Jarlsberg]]
|permable=0
|level=Path of Lunch 2
|effect=Converts a Cosmic Vegetable into a Companion That Increases Your Combat Initiative
|usemsg=You toss a cosmic vegetable into the air, and before it even hits the ground, the spirit of {{RadishhorseName}} thunders into it. You leap atop him.}}

==Combat Messages==
''Occasionally, at start of combat:''
*<Name> canters into battle, putting you at the perfect vantage point for the first strike.
*<Name> leaps into the battle, with you on his back so you get the jump (of course, of course).
*Moving swiftly atop your trusty steed {{RadishhorseName}}, you get the jump on it.
*You feed {{RadishhorseName}} a carrot, then ride him into battle, winning initiative with his swiftness.
*You feed {{RadishhorseName}} some peanut butter so it looks like he's talking, then ride him into battle, getting the jump.
*You leap onto your trusty steed {{RadishhorseName}} and he leaps into battle, giving you the jump on it.
*You say, "show me the meaning of haste, {{RadishhorseName}}!" and he helps you get the jump on it.

==Notes==
*The companion gives +50% [[Combat Initiative]] (or +75% with [[Working Lunch]]).
*The name is a randomly chosen noun (perhaps from the [[Tales of the Word Realms|Word Realms]] database?) followed by "fax".
** A list of Radish Horse names can be found in [[Template:RadishhorseName|this template]]. Please add all new Radish Horse names to it, ''not'' to this page.
*The companion has the following image in the left pane:
{| style="text-align:center; margin-left:20px"
|-
|[[File:Jarlcomp2.gif]]
|-
!{{RadishhorseName}}
|-
|the Radish Horse
|-
|style="color:blue; font-weight:bold"|+50% Initiative
|}

==References==
*Radishes make horses because of ''[[wikipedia:horseradish|horseradish]]''.
**See also the radish hit message of the [[vegetable gremlin]].
*The phrase "horse of a different color" means an unrelated or only incidentally related matter with distinctly different significance.
*The Radish Horse names ending with "-fax" and the quote "You say, "show me the meaning of haste, {{RadishhorseName}}!" and he helps you get the jump on it." are references to Shadowfax, Gandalf's mount. Gandalf, mounting Shadowfax with the hobbit Pippin, says "show me the meaning of haste, Shadowfax!" as he rides to Minas Tirith.