Dragonstar Minotaur Racial Template

40 points

Choice Professions: Barbarian, Knight.

Marginal Professions: Bard, Cleric, Druid, Wizard.

Minotaurs resemble hulking humans with shaggy, horned bull's heads. This includes the females – comparing a minotauress to a cow is liable to mean going from bull to steer in seconds. Minotaurs are mostly honest farmhands, not monsters; their only major social barrier is their looks. However, they are dim-witted, ill-tempered berserkers, and if some hick accuses a minotaur of eating people, things can get out of hand.

Minotaurs stand 3" taller than humans of similar ST, and have the weight appropriate for their height. The horns make them seem even larger, and prevent them from using all but custom-made helmets. Beefy hornless folk can wear minotaur headgear.

Attribute Modifiers: ST+3 [30]; IQ-2 [-40]; HT+3 [30].

Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: Per+2 [10].

Advantages: Absolute Direction [5]; Acute Hearing 2 [4]; Damage Resistance 2 (Partial, Skull Only, -70%) [3]; Damage Resistance 2 (Tough Skin, -40%) [6]; Peripheral Vision [15]; Striker (Horns; Impaling; Limited Arc, Straight Ahead, -40%; Long, +1 SM, +100%) [13].

Disadvantages: Appearance (Hideous) [-16]; Bad Temper (12) [-10]; Berserk (12) [-10].

Features: Bull's face and shaggy neck. Can't wear most humanoid helmets.