From publisher blurb:
One of the most important milestones a developing society can achieve is the domestication of native animals. The forging of bonds between native sapients and species of their creatures has many positive impacts on a culture. Before the advent of complex machinery, it’s through the harnessing of animal labor that fields would be plowed, heavy objects would be moved, and long distances would be traversed with less effort. Even once a society has achieved technical sophistication, its beasts of burden continue providing alternative transportation, construction, and agricultural benefits.
While such animals can be described strictly in terms of the figures on the Animal Encounter Tables, that method doesn’t allow them any individuality or personality, especially if they’re to play an important part in the adventure.
Lifeform Reading: Beasts of Burden, a short supplement for 2D6 science fiction games such as Cepheus Engine (CE), Cepheus Deluxe (CD), and The Original Science Fiction Roleplaying Game (OSFRPG), allows Referees and Players alike to create such creatures using familiar methods similar to that of using human characters. The result is a rich character in its own right with a backstory and a set of skills.
A similar set of tables specific to creating horses can be found in Under Western Skies: 2D6 Adventure on America’s Frontier.
Lifeform Reading: Beasts of Burden. Giddyup!