Minotaur
D&D Minotaur Race
Minotaur
Minotaurs are imposing beings with the build and strength of bovines. The males strongly resemble bulls, while the females are more reminiscent of upright-walking cows. They possess great physical power and a proud character.
Vulpin
The Vulpin, their closest neighbors and allies, are cunning, fox-like creatures with sharp minds and agile bodies. Like the Minotaurs, they walk upright and live in harmony with nature.
Minotaur and Vulpin
Both races inhabit the fertile land of Hornstead, an expansive region filled with rolling fields, dense forests, and flourishing farms. Hornstead is renowned for its rich agriculture, colorful village festivals, and especially the quinquennial Thaurak Country Fair the largest and most celebrated event in the land.
The Thaurak Country Fair
This massive fair is a lively celebration of Hornstead’s culture, agriculture, and combat prowess. Visitors from all over the world come to witness two main competitions:
The Minotaur Fights Male and female Minotaurs compete in an arena, similar to a boxing match, to determine who is the strongest. These battles are held in honor of Thaurak, the god of combat, revered by the Minotaurs.
The Great Vegetable Contest This contest is all about showcasing the biggest, tastiest, or most unusual vegetable. The winner receives not only a prize but also great honor within the community.
Queen Sylthara
Hornstead is carefully and wisely ruled by Queen Sylthara, a loving, elderly Vulpin with a big heart for her people. Despite her age, she remains sharp-minded and beloved by both Minotaurs and Vulpin. During the Thaurak Fair, she personally awards the prizes to the winners a moment of great honor. She often wears a dress made of silk and leaves, adorned with symbols of peace and unity between the races.
A Land Full of Wonders
Hornstead is famous not only for its traditions but also for its peculiar agricultural products and extraordinary farm animals. Flying pigs with soft wings, milk-giving chickens, and self-burying carrots are not uncommon. It is a land where magic and nature go hand in hand, and where community, honor, and festivity form the heart of society.
Stats
- Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.
- Alignment. Most minotaurs who join the Boros Legion lean toward lawful alignments, while those associated with the Cult of Rakdos or the Gruul Clans tend toward chaotic alignments.
- Size. Minotaurs average over 6 feet in height, and they have stocky builds. Your size is Medium.
- Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
- Horns. Your horns are natural melee weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.
- Goring Rush. Immediately after you use the Dash action on your turn and move at least 20 feet, you can make one melee attack with your horns as a bonus action.
- Hammering Horns. Immediately after you hit a creature with a melee attack as a part of the Attack action on your turn, you can use a bonus action to attempt to shove that target with your horns. The target must be within 5 feet of you and no more than one size larger than you. Unless it succeeds on a Strength saving throw against a DC equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength modifier, you push it up to 10 feet away from you.
- Imposing Presence. You have proficiency in one of the following skills of your choice: Intimidation or Persuasion.
- Languages: Your character can speak, read, and write. Common, Cow and the language of your country Horn and one other language of your choice..