Centaur

Legendary hunters and skilled warriors, centaurs appear to be part humanoid and part horse. Typically found on the fringes of civilization, these stoic people vary widely in appearance, their skin tones often appearing deeply tanned but similar to the humans who occupy nearby regions, while their lower bodies borrow the colorations of local equines. Centaur hair and eyes tend toward darker colors and their features tend to be broad, while the overall bulk of their bodies is influenced by the size of the horses their lower quarters resemble. Thus, while an average centaur stands over 7 feet tall and weighs upward of 2,000 pounds, there are vast regional variations—from lean plains-runners to burly mountain hunters. Centaurs typically live to be about 60 years old.
Aloof with other races and at odds even with their own kind, the centaurs are an old race only slowly coming to accept the modern world. While the majority of centaurs still live in tribes roaming vast plains or the fringes of eldritch forests, many have abandoned the isolationist ways of their ancestors to walk among the more cosmopolitan cities of the world. Often such free-spirited centaurs are considered outcasts and are shunned by their own tribes, making the decision to leave a heavy one. In some rare cases, however, whole tribes under progressive leaders have come to trade or make alliances with other humanoid communities—typically elves, but sometimes gnomes, and rarely humans or dwarves. Many races remain wary of centaurs, though, largely due to legends of territorial beastmen and the regular, violent encounters the centaurs have with stubborn settlers and expansionist countries.

5e Racial Stats

• Ability Score Racial Traits: Your Strength score increases by 2, and one other ability score of your choice increases by 1.
• Type: Centaurs are humanoids with the beastfolk subtype.
• Size: Centaurs are medium.
• Speed: Centaurs have a base speed of 40ft.
• Languages You can speak, read, and write Common and Canter.

Burden of the Strong (1) (Ex)

Your people have grown accustomed to long days of travel carrying with them all that they know. You gain advantage on Constitution saves against Exhaustion, as well as on checks made in regards to forced marching, and your overland travel speed is increased by one step.

Charge (2) (Ex)

If you move at least 20 feet straight toward a target and then hit it with a melee martial attack on the same turn, you can immediately follow that attack with a bonus action, making two attacks against the target with your hooves.

Equine Build (Ex)

You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push or drag. Any climb that requires hands and feet is especially difficult for you because of your equine legs. When you make such a climb, each foot of movement costs you 4 extra feet, instead of the normal 1 extra foot. Additionally, humanoid creature's that do not possess an Equine or similar build that are of the same size category or smaller than you are, can sit atop your back as if you were a Mount. Finally, you are treated as a Mount when ridden by suitable creatures for the purposes of features that benefit mounts, such as the Cavalier fighter subclass, and you are treated as a Rider for the purpose of the Couched weapon property.

Hooves (1) (Ex)

Your hooves are natural melee weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Equine Trot (1) (Ex)

When you take the dash action you can move an additional 10 feet.

Survivor (1) (Ex)

You have proficiency in one of the following skills of your choice: Animal Handling, Gossip, Medicine, Nature, or Survival.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Most often found on the frontier edges of civilization, centaurs have a wide variety of appearances. Skin tones often are deeply tanned, but similar to those of nearby humans, while their lowers bodies resemble those of local equine breeds. Their hair and eyes are generally dark with broad facial features. The overall shape of their lower halves is similar to the breed of horse they most resemble. Most stand over seven feet in height and weigh over 2,000 pounds, although there are local variations—from the lean bodies of steppe horses to heavier mountain hunters. A relatively short-lived race, centaurs rarely make it much past 60 years old.

Growth Rate & Stages

Base	Intuitive	Self-Taught	Trained
10 years	+1d2 years (11 - 12 years)	+1d4 years (11 - 14 years)	+1d6 years (11 - 16 years)

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Young	Middle Age	Old	Venerable	Maximum Age
under 5 years	22 years	36 years	50 years	50 + 2d8 years

Civilization and Culture

Naming Traditions

Centaurs’ given names are passed down through family lines. The name bestowed on a new foal is typically the name of the most recently deceased family member of the same gender, keeping alive the memory — and, the centaurs believe, some shard of the spirit — of the departed. Centaurs don’t use family names, but they wear symbols that represent their family membership. These symbols might include graphical representations of plants or animals, printed mottoes, braids and beads worn in the hair and tail, or even specific patterns of woven fabric.

Male Names: Bonmod, Boruvo, Chodi, Drozan, Kozim, Milosh, Ninos, Oleksi, Orval, Radovas, Radom, Rostis, Svetyos, Tomis, Trijiro, Volim, Vlodim, Yarog

Female Names: Daiva, Dunja, Elnaya, Galisnya, Irinya, Kotyali, Lalya, Litisia, Madya, Mira, Nedja, Nikya, Ostani, Pinya, Rada, Raisya, Stasolya, Tatna, Zhendoya, Zoria

Origin/Ancestry

Beastfolk

Average Physique

Gender	Base Height	Height Modifier	Weight	Weight Modifier
Female	4' 5"	+3d12" (4' 8" – 7' 5")	650lb.	+5d20*15lb. (725 – 2150lb.)
Male	4' 8"	+3d12" (4' 11" – 7' 8")	720lb.	+5d20*15lb. (795 – 2220lb.)