MINOTAURS IN GENERAL:

Physical Appearance: On average, Minotaurs are the tallest creatures in Telgard, ranging up to seven 1/2 feet tall, and built solidly. Female ss'tiss are sometimes taller than the average Minotaur, but this is not very common and the male ss'tiss are of course at least a foot shy of average Minotaur height. Minotaur fur is usually some shade of brown from brown-black to nearly-tan, and they have brown eyes. Both sexes have horns. Male minotaurs have a mane that stretches down their back and around their neck, while female minotaurs do not. Both have three-fingered hands, multi-tonal voices, and cloven hooves.

Minotaurs are an itinerant race on Telgard; ever since the disaster that drove them from their homeland, they have been wandering from town to town and village to village. Only the elves have ever closed their borders to the minotaurs, and that was when the elves weren't speaking to anybody.

Minotaurs are a peaceful race with a social structure curiously made up of the kingdom they were born in and the minotaur social structure that forbids bloodshed and weapons.

MINOTAUR PCs:

Minotaurs are excellent bards; they have a multi-tonal voice that lets them replicate whole choirs at once. Their memories are excellent (see the Racial Skill) and they get a free skill slot in a performance skill of their choice. They are, however, bound by a strict social code forbidding touching any weapon of war. While some minotaurs escape this by using hunting weapons or staves, these minotaurs are looked upon with abhorrence by their kin, who take the code to mean that violence is anathema.

For more information about the minotaurs' racial skill, The Gift, please see the Skills page.

MINOTAURS AND THE OTHER RACES:

Minotaurs are enigmatic about their opinion of other races. On the one hand, none have the history and knowledge that Minotaurs have; on the other, Minotaurs are intimately aware that they are guests in Telgard and that that guestright can swiftly be revoked. Thus minotaurs tend to treat all races equally, aside from personal preferences.

Minotaur Religion, Culture, and Nobility

Minotaur History and Variations