Minotaurs are barrel-chested humanoids with heads resembling those of bulls.
Their horns range in size from about 1 foot long to great, curling weapons easily three times that length. They often ornament their horns with metal rings or sheathe them in metal to protect them from damage.
A minotaur combines the features of a human and bull, with the build and musculature of a hulking humanoid, but with cloven hooves, a bovine tail, and, most distinctive of all, a bull's head. Fur covers a minotaur's upper body, coarse and thick on the head and neck, gradually thinning around the shoulders until it becomes humanlike hair over the arms and upper torso. The thick hair turns shaggy once more at the minotaur's waist and thickens around the loins and legs, with tufts at the end of the tail and around the powerful hooves. Minotaurs take pride in their horns, the sharpness, size, and color of which are related to an individual's place in minotaur society. Fur and skin coloring runs from albino white to coal black, though most minotaurs have red or brown fur and hair.
Minotaurs embody the tension between civilization and savagery, discipline and madness, for they stand in two worlds. Tugged towards violence but bound by conscience, numerous minotaurs are driven to rise above their dark impulses. Such a minotaur seeks the balance between the monstrous and the refined. Innumerable minotaurs give in to the temptations staining their souls and find themselves thralls to
Baphomet (once
Asterion the Horned King), The Demon Prince of Beasts. Minotaurs must struggle to become more than the beasts they resemble or else succumb to the demonic brutality they despise.
Labyrinthine patterns are important to minotaurs, and these decorations appear on their clothing, armour, and weapons, and sometimes even on their hides. Each pattern is particular to a clan, and the pattern's size and complexity help minotaurs identify family allegiance and caste. The patterns evolve through the generations, growing more expansive based on clan members' deeds and a clan's history.
RACIAL SKILLS, ABILITIES & FEATURES
- Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by +2, and your Constitution score increases by +1.
- Age. Minotaurs develop more slowly than humans, reaching full maturity around the age of 20. They typically become acolytes at around 8 or 9 years old, making them among the older members of their crops. Once they reach maturity, though, minotaurs age quickly, rushing headlong through the trials (as they do all aspects of life) to complete them before they pass their peak. A minotaur allowed to die of old age would rarely live beyond 40.
- Alignment. Most minotaurs lean toward chaotic alignments, and they have a slight inclination toward evil.
- Size. Minotaurs average over 6 feet in height, and they have strong stocky builds. Your size is Medium.
- Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
- Natural Weapon. You can use your horns as a natural weapon to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with your horns, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier.
- Menacing. You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill.
- Relentless Endurance. When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a long rest.
- Savage Attacks. When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can roll one of the weapon’s damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit.
- Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Minotaur.
HEIGHT AND WEIGHT TABLE
| GENDER |
BASE HEIGHT |
HEIGHT MODIFIER |
HEIGHT RANGE |
AVERAGE HEIGHT |
| MALE |
7'4'' |
+(2D8) |
7'6''-8'9'' |
7'9'' |
| FEMALE |
7'2'' |
+(2D8) |
7'4''-8'6'' |
7'8'' |
| GENDER |
BASE WEIGHT |
WEIGHT MODIFIER |
WEIGHT RANGE |
AVERAGE WEIGHT |
| MALE |
580 lbs |
x(4d6) |
584-700 lbs |
645 lbs |
| FEMALE |
560 lbs |
x(4d6) |
564-680 lbs |
625 lbs |
