Basically The Minotaur

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[@HyperChronos27]

That part where Hades was playing Hades instead of Civ was quality humor.

[@Neutral_Tired]

Sound about right, the other gods never let him join their games

[@LuisLopez-in1re]

why is it called hades if you play as zagreus?

[@yotuel9064]

@@LuisLopez-in1re The place is named after his ruler.

[@exzyyd392]

@@LuisLopez-in1re Hades is also the place

[@isaacgraff8288]

I do like the joke where Minos' wife approached Daedelus and he was "Its a commission... best not to ask questions."

[@mildsatyr3731]

I remember seeing that the Minotaur Race Stats from Mythic Odyssey didn’t have Darkvision and went “No, I will not accept that the beings who lived in darkened corridors so well that they can’t get lost can’t see well in the dark.” I then gave them darkvision anyway.

[@niwatorimeat]

Explains why they’re angry all the time. I’d be mad too if I keep bumping into walls.

[@IrvingIV]

@@niwatorimeat The cowfolk are cranky from stubbing their hoofs.

[@bskec2177]

@@niwatorimeat Labyrithian recall. They can navigate a maze by memory, completely blind without touching a wall. Darkvision is unnecessary. And hey, those humans you're chasing are either blind too, or carrying a torch.

[@ethantroxel1036]

My favorite thing about Minotaur is that they automatically succeed on a dc20 int save to escape the effects of the 8th lvl spell Maze (along with goristro)

[@zsDUGGZ]

My brother took this a step further and made their maze skills an inherent trait. The native land of the Minotaurs in his world has cities that are basically giant mazes, making their cities pretty much impossible to take over.

[@raphaelzakhm7310]

@@zsDUGGZ Interesting, this is the same explanation that a brazilian setting, Tormenta, gives to the Minotaurs and their labyrinthic sense

[@Bysthedragon]

Cultist:"Return to Monke...Just kidding now you're a Cow!" Also I noticed that the playable Minotaur doesn't have a negative modifier to Intelligence so I had a weird idea of playing a Beefy Minotaur Wizard or something

[@CRAZED4MORE]

minotaur druid

[@carlsmagicbicep9736]

Legitimately same. Break all the tropes and be an intelligent thoughtful Minotaur who hates the sight of blood

[@Bysthedragon]

@@CRAZED4MORE Minotaur Druid would be cool, I could see them following a personal goal of trying to be part of nature without losing themselves to their beastly instincts, and being part of society without losing what makes them free. Not as much of a weird idea as a Beefy Minotaur Wizard, I think people would accept that the big cow person is a Druid before they consider them being a scholarly Wizard. I had a little thought of a Minotaur sitting at a little desk in a wizard school getting treated as a dumb beast by peers and teachers.

[@Bysthedragon]

@@carlsmagicbicep9736 YES!

[@nickpossum3607]

I think it was done to a great extend on the web comic 'Looking For A Group'. One the main cast is a minotaur who didn't like fighting and bashing his skull against other minotaur skulls. He in fact liked books and gained spell casting abilities, even rased a wizardly orc girl as a daughter.

[@thomasrogers8239]

Technically the queen went to Daedalus with the proposition. Everything else checks out though

[@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong]

"Hey Daedalus, will you make me a cow suit with a flap my bits can be exposed by?" 'I've learned by now not to question commissions, that'll be 3,000 drachmae'

[@nevermore7285]

@ye or maybe nah Well, she was the Queen.

[@m.vincent6539]

"...function more like actual bulls than people." Runesmith has never met my co-workers...

[@thered1s276]

where tf do you work?

[@Freekymoho]

@@thered1s276 a stable, i assume

[@itshighnootnooot6949]

Cow-orkers... Magnificent.

[@BeckettOC]

I really enjoyed playing an artificer minotaur. Played him as an outcast albino who was freakishly smart and had no social skills. Was a lot of fun, and he basically treated everything other than his robot with contempt. Ah good times.

[@defensivekobra3873]

According to the lore of some prior editions, while minotaurs despise most intelectual pursuits (including smithing) they do really enjoy logic puzzles for some reason, and with tool expertise + navigators or catrographer's tools you could be the best navigator in the party. Plus the original myth had an skilled inventor as the reason minotaurs exist, and the og UA minotaurs of krynn could've been great artificers with free tool profs and an int bonus. The idea of a minotaur artificer works really well thematically

[@monsieurdorgat6864]

So what was the point of the minotaur part? Why not be a person with the same personality?

[@BeckettOC]

@@monsieurdorgat6864 beast race game, so all of us were none standard races. Personality wise I just wanted to do something different with the race rather than just be another monster. I also needed a reason why he would get captured alive in relatively good condition for the stsrt of the game. Lots of reasons, but largely because I had the opportunity and I dislike playing brute characters. So settled for playing something that wasn't just a high charisma party face (which is my normal role).

[@monsieurdorgat6864]

@@BeckettOC Well, beast race game makes sense. Sounds like your hands were tied. A bit of a pet peeve of mine is when fantastical races have no discernible behavioral or societal differences from humans. Why bother making fantastical races that are genuinely less diverse or interesting than real-life people are?

[@BeckettOC]

@@monsieurdorgat6864 no no, you're good it's a fair question. I did give him a decent back story and played around with how he interacted while keeping the barely contained rage. Plus charging in horns first right next to a mechanical beasty was pretty sweet. If it helps my current character is literally a fey 3 tailed fox druid who Communicates through a puppet tree guy?

[@PureheartFisher]

Imagine the image of a monk minotaur using fists of fury

[@SpoopySquid]

*fists of furry

[@gaia9020]

For an example on monk minotaurs (well maybe more of a fighter... or warlock, who's to say, multi class) Kung Fu Panda 3 provides a nice example

[@mitchsorrenstein1819]

Haha my game has a Minotaur monk, he comes from an island of Minotaurs who chose nomadic monk lifestyle to quell the violent and harmful nature they posses.

[@thecousinwithaforesakentit1999]

@@SpoopySquid I see my humor is not original

[@marcusblacknell-andrews1783]

I'd build a Minotaur Monk of the Open Hand.

[@dietrich5119]

Okay so, something I want to point out; The old Minotaur UA had them be really cool n' all, and made them care about Strength in some field such as physical, mental, or spiritual (reflecting a choice of what +1 to put into a stat which were STR, INT, and WIS) and they were also sailors that primarily lived on an island and could navigate both land and seas extremely well. You won't go wrong hiring a Mino as a first mate or navigator if you're a captain of a trading ship. So you were big, you were strong in some way, and you knew how to get around in many senses of the word. I had fun playing an Enchantment wizard Minotaur who was obsessed with making a recipe book of anything and everything that was edible, including people. Also he casted Friends differently from other Wizards, in which he yeets his gnome barbarian friend that always foamed at the mouth when raging.

[@Fakan]

Another way to look at the minotaur, which I read in House of Leaves (but someone else probably thought of long, long before): the minotaur was the king's horribly disfigured child and the labyrinth was made to protect him.

[@Max3110]

Fits. Most who went inside were killed and just more people were sent until some princess gave Theseus some magic wool because being a good fighter and finding his way through the labyrinth was too op for little cow boy.

[@spookynerdyskelington729]

Oh, so the suggestion is similar to how another Magic/DND Campaign book views Minotaurs. Minotaurs in Theros were either: a race of giant cow people that a god liked and blessed, or, a group of worshippers that were blessed with Cow by Cow God, and most minotaurs are their decedents. Personally, I think the lack of recall is dumb. Also, WoTC will never, EVER let Player Races actually be large. However, I do think it is weird they never got Powerful Build. I mean, they are giant buff Cow people. Goliaths got it, why no for burger boys?

[@isitnotwrittenthat1680]

Yeah, for some reason WotC is afraid of any race that isnt medium or small now.

[@ramondelgado4927]

@@isitnotwrittenthat1680 Making a Large race would throw out the careful balance wotc had to do by taking away every single interesting and unique aspect / mechanic / thing from previous editions , so making a Large race would make them ACTUALLY do some goddam work and we cant have that , they are too busy doing actual important work such as taking a dump on canon lore and bending over to twitter npcs to do what the actual fans want But hey , your game your rule right ? , so make minotaurs large , what is the worst that could happen

[@kozmo7]

Honestly it makes no damn sense elephant man gets powerful build but not big bull man. Give it to them both I say?

[@joefollo4891]

@@ramondelgado4927 Cringe…

[@isitnotwrittenthat1680]

@@ramondelgado4927 honestly, not much. Basically a permanent lvl 2 spell. I kind of wish they'd carried over level adjustment, that helped balance the game while allowing way more interesting options.

[@MASSOFTHEFERMENTlNGDREGS]

BABE WAKE UP NEW RUNESMITH UPLOAD

[@thatgeek8064]

I'm awake!

[@aramere3650]

Mmmm nope

[@serotonin.scavenger]

How'd you get one? Drop rate is pretty low lately

[@Dahaka-rd6tw]

Fun fact. Daedalus also had apprentice but mentor killed him out of envy because apprentice invented the saw.

[@RenoKyrie]

Unique races really start to get my intrest Most notable is Warforged and Aasimar

[@JonathanMandrake]

I think Kalashtar is also interesting for Bear Totem Barbarian

[@FreedomAndPeaceOnly]

Technically every D&D race is unique. *_"As the D&D representations"_* of their respective species.

[@RenoKyrie]

@@FreedomAndPeaceOnly My intrest towards Warforged can be sum up as 1. I love Mechanical lifeform in general, they probably dont fit in a Fantasy setting but more of a Scifi-Fantasy, Steampunk, or pure Scifi 2. My intrest towards them may come from Phantasy Star series where Androids and even Cyborg in PSO2 gets a Racial rights to be called CAST

[@marmato9332]

@ye or maybe nah And just like Tieflings they can be the absolute best characters if you try to roleplay them well.

[@RenoKyrie]

@@marmato9332 Yeah, i mean technically Kenku, Kalashtar, and Lizardfolk are the 3 Races thats supposedly to be hard being roleplayed as But if you are smart enough you can try to roleplay as anything Like a Human that become a Aasimar Warlock after being blessed by a Celestial Weapon A Warforged that is technically still Human due to originaly being a person before but lost almost all of their emotions A Lizardfolk that doesnt understand how interactions between Races work but is willing to learn for the survival of himself

[@fenixmeaney6170]

"oh, PC minotaurs can get lost" Outlander background: "Now this looks like a job for me."

[@filchhoff]

I use minotaur in 2 ways, fist the monsters are Baphomet mini-mes, and the Krinn are civilized minotaurs who remained on the mortal plane after a demonic incursion. They now live a stigmatized, isolated life on a series of islands. They have become increasingly skilled at crafting ships and other forms of woodwork, so much so their craft is heavily valued, despite the negative outlook most have of them.

[@belial3716]

I still love the Minotaur I played for a one shot. Maera the Gladiator who got her first friend after she beat them in an arena match. “You are good at not dying, I could use a friend like you.” Now Maera and Ozu travel the land as “Big Horn” and “Smoke Sword” respectively.

[@CthulhuOnCam]

Charging into the comments for that extra gore damage

[@Insertein]

My splean!

[@DemonicEngineer]

In my headcannon, Bathomet was just an innocent nerdy demon who really liked maze puzzles. The abyss also makes demons stronger the longer they live, so thanks to living inside a maze, stronger demons never reached him to kill him. This just resulted in him accidentally becoming really strong and eventually he was powerful enough to conquer his layer of the abyss, allowing him to turn everything into a maze~

[@IoanCenturion]

All those Civ 5 sound effects are giving me flashbacks to the old days when I used to play Civ 5. Specifically last week.

[@mistergiraffe9425]

Hearing my favorite Demonlord explained so stupidly on how he works Was the best part.

[@casualskeleman6377]

Minotaur + Cleric Forge Domain = Balrog boy Enjoy delving too deep

[@Dragonzzilla]

My favorite character is a forge cleric minotaur. Grumpy with a soft center, looks like a highland cow; turned to the discipline of forging to better control his savage side. There's a delightful push and pull between his god of choice and the dark god who made minotaurs.

[@Dyneamaeus]

I really liked the 'make them mini-me' part, because I like to think it's more than just a new chassis. Every minotaur is a little mortal clone of lord spikey horn himself, which means every little detail or quirk of their personality that doesn't fit that mold is the leftovers of their original personality. (This comes with the fun subtext that every Minotaur that completely lacks those traits, assuming it's a first gen, has a personality that could _completely consume Baphomet's if they ever over come the pure power disparity_ )

[@dyldragon1]

I never see anyone play this race despite them being pretty cool

[@landoakechi9406]

Yeah, I noticed that they’re barely brought up. My second character I’ve played as is a Battlemaster/Hexblade that only cares about fighting and honor. I just specced into hexblade, and he talks to his sword like a crazy person

[@LupineShadowOmega]

Not to long ago played in a game with one. He was a Minotaur Fighter with the Pirate background and so that was how we came up with the idea that piracy was a cultural occupation for them and like most peoples that also pirate, they were traders, fishermen, and finally one of the strongest seafaring races of the setting.

[@erikwilliams1562]

Played one in 3.5 and it was amazing! In 5e, their stat block is just too weak despite the rich history and RP potential

[@williethenerfherder2193]

It doesn't help that they don't have powerful build.

[@landoakechi9406]

@@williethenerfherder2193 True, but their dash horn attack and bonus action push are pretty useful to have

[@DDCRExposed]

I recently used a Minotaur skeleton as a undead leader for a bunch of other undead that were hunting down darklings. It was all part of this interesting side question in my campaign. It was fun stuff and my friends seem to dig it.

[@aidenrhoads3801]

For my homebrew setting I took a bit of a different approach for them. While they still are war like, they take on the maritime experience of the ancient greeks, and they have an affinity for quite literal poetic justic, usually in the form of torturous execution and punishment, which I based off of the punishments of greek mythology (like with Tantalus, where the punishments are a play on the crime).

[@Yabuturtle]

You should do a "Basically The Rune Smith", as that is a homebrew artificer subclass. It would be ironic to discuss it, too. xD

[@tyto9188]

I played a minotaur psi warrior that was a knight. Man he was such a lovable himbo, and I so want to try to play him again

[@captainkiwi77]

Himbo psi warrior... so I take it you weren’t very optimized then?

[@tyto9188]

@@captainkiwi77 Nah, was focused more on fun. He knew how to through some damage around.

[@TheDuelManiacs]

The last minotaur I played was a minotaur paladin named Xerxes. He didn't use weapons, and carried the oath of redemption as his mantra. He talked his way out of fights when he could, and smashed the ones he couldn't with his horns and shield. Ultimately he set out to Cure his brethren of their savage ways by proving how minotaurs could be wonderful. Unfortunately he died because he was murdered in bed.

[@oligb1469]

I played a Leonin who was the kigs pet lion until a hag cursed to have a humanoid form proberbly the best character I played

[@jayedgerle]

Sees an ad for Grim Hollow: “I KNOW! I’ll get the other books once I get a salary where I can afford to spend frivolously. I swear!”

[@jcm3949]

Same here

[@skittleskidofsolaire7241]

I’m always happy with this quality content, Thanks Runesmith!

[@slimee8841]

"Look like an art commissioners standby and smell like the actual art commissioner"

[@jonalynmisalang9447]

Would you kindly do "Basically Spelljammer"? Please? I know of many souls that yearn for its return

[@mindbound]

We do

[@SECTOR-si2cb]

Runesmith's content has been consistently fantastic lately, and I'm here for it. Mad props.

[@ExianProductions]

Earlier versions of minotaurs were incredibly brutal monsters. None of that "acts more like a bull" about them, they were smart and horrendously evil. They memorized their labyrinths and would leave fake clues and trails for adventurers (and player parties) to walk in circles in the wrong directions for days on end, making them get lost and starving them for days before even showing their face. Worst part? It wasn't just labyrinths, they also like narrow canyons, thick forests and my favorite: dense metropolis sewers.

[@gmkgoat]

Fell in love (figuratively) with Minotaurs in 4e. They're some of my favorite beastmen races.

[@shadowtrell9961]

My favorite part of August is my birthday. Shoutout to all August-borns out there!!

[@michaelblanton4915]

My favorite part of August is how it comes before September, my favorite part of October, though, is that September is over

[@lordetern]

In fantasy settings they really shouldn't call them Minotaurs (Though I understand why they do and why Warcraft calls them Taurens), Nevertheless, it doesn't make sense when you understand what it means: Mino - Taur in ancient Greek means Bull of Minos, or Minos's Bull.

[@tomkerruish2982]

Well, they also have medusae and pegasi, despite Medusa and Pegasus being specific individuals. There are likely others. (I think Pathfinder has cerberi and sleipnirs.)

[@Asderuki]

Sooo it should be called Baphotaur?

[@landoakechi9406]

@@tomkerruish2982 sleipnir is the name of Odin’s horse, so that doesn’t make any sense either

[@tomkerruish2982]

@@landoakechi9406 Well, they're eight-legged horses that can walk on air, just like cerberi are three-headed dogs.

[@andrefelipe7865]

@@tomkerruish2982 yeah, in an rpg I GM, one of my players is from a Medusa race they have in the game, but since both of us know the truth, we instead call it a Gorgon.

[@maltal7571]

Nobody: Runesmith: *Releases new video* Me: "You Gon' make me act up!" *Claps hands*

[@dwanejohnson7359]

Minotaurs in 3 and 3.5 were awesome. According to "Savage Species" , they did have they're own culture, but it was never fleshed out that I know of.

[@Sephia619]

I played a 'Minotaur' once, she was a Valor Bard named Manager. She was once a normal sheep living her best life when something came to attack her shepherd and flock. She ran and ran and some how found herself in a labyrinth. She found her way out and became a "Minotaur' with no memory of what happened, all that was in front of her was a harp and a battleaxe. Finding her way to a tavern having a wrestling match with El Macho, a dwarf who couldn't show the world his face. The match went sour and her protective nature took over and kicked ass. He asked if she could be his manger, but thinking that was her name, she accepted. Sadly I didn't get to finish her story (had to drop out), but I like to think she found peace while managing her best friend.

[@marcusblacknell-andrews1783]

"Labyrinthine Recall" is perfect inspiration for my Dark Fantasy bottle episodes. I can use minotaurs as encounters for my Labyrinthine Domains of Dread.

[@timhinfort1171]

I like the idea of a minitaur and a mermaid having a kid that is essentially just human. Top Part Meermaid, bottom part Minotaur. You just look like a human

[@welcometoartezia9126]

Sitting here, taking notes like a good dm... thinking really really hard about my world that i'm building... ("burning the bull"- whoa...) notes entry, that's gonna be a thing, some how somewhere in the lore of my minotaurs. Thank you for this!

[@CharlesUrban]

If I was a rich noble in a fantasy setting, I'd hire a minotaur gardener to make a hedge maze in my backyard.

[@elatedmegalodon9156]

oh man, I would love to see you cover the other individual Demon princes. this and your video on gnolls were really interesting

[@seleinathescorpio]

I hadn't read the books when I made my character, and accidentally wrote a deep cultural history for their herd, because landscapes change easily so they memorize the stars instead

[@brankoaime]

I have a Minotaur PC in ToA. So, Ubtao contacted her to be his new Barae. I kept the never get lost abillity for narrative and introduce mezro, so it was natural. She loved it.

[@yeetthatmolotov]

In my world minotaurs have already made the leap to creating their own culture and even have a nation of their own

[@themain3524]

Runesmith, I was on Crete 2 months ago. How convenient of you to post this video today, when its my 2nd time on Crete, because I took a 2nd trip to it. Nowhere is safe from you

[@koolaidserpent]

The people I play with would totally side with a "back to nature" style hippy cult. They rail against the established orthodoxy, and help the hippies for sure. Having it lead to a zombie apocalypse style plague of minotaur would be amazing.

[@Nparalelo]

Some historical ruins in Crete are believed to have been the labyrinth, and what's really funny, is that it was more like some straight corridors instead of a huge labyrinth. So my headcanon is that minotaurs actually get lost in the stupidest ways, instead of never getting lost.

[@digitalparker]

My character looks at minotaur character. "Is it racist if I ask you to navigate this hedge maze?"

[@Garrth415]

my first campaign character was minotaur grave domain cleric who adopted the worship of Kelemvor after a cleric who was part of a group of warriors cleared out a cult of baphomet and saved him from dying. They're fun to play especially if the DM drops the occasional odd reaction from normal folks. Bonus as a cleric, the horns for an attack means you can keep one of your hands clear for spellcasting without having to remove your shield, and it gives you a chance per attack to shove aggressive opponents off cliffs, downstairs, through doors, or into the arms of a fellow adventurer whose readied an action to grapple it into submission.

[@Qaos]

Time isn't real, Halloween is forever.

[@jaimeanguixdiaz1577]

Day 25 asking Runesmith to do a Basically Theros

[@acrab6527]

Minotaurs not getting lost in mazes is stupid. The minotaur was imprisoned in the maze because they are TERRIBLE at mazes. The door was open, he could leave any time he found it, he just never found it for 40 years.

[@DamienStarry0w0]

Some of y'all might know what I'm talking about but I literally just finished this game called Minotaur Hotel and now this video pops up it's a sign I swear

[@Xivair]

"its all weird'-Runsmith. Welcome to The Greek Mythos.

[@wuzhere7518]

I’m sorry the phrase of “sex cow” made nearly sneeze out the nectarine I was eating

[@iaipao5564]

i too was eating a nectarine it did not end well for my desk

[@devidevil888]

I played a Barbaraian that was blessed (cursed) by baphomet for being such a bloodthirsty killer and spent his entire story trying to undo the curse so he could see his family again. Functionally he was a pact of the fiend warlock but he was one of my favorite to play.

[@monkeytime3169]

There are rhino people on Ravnica called "Rhoxes". I imagine one could play as a Rhox and just use the Minotaur stats if they wanted

[@NoForksGiven]

I don't think people realize how broken it would be to never get lost. How many times have adventuring parties stumbled into danger because there's no minimap in DND? Just an actual map, that's barely legible.

[@thomasscott7937]

Bro the smite edits are iconic

[@Wakey585]

See this is one of the reasons I'm a Dragonlance fanboy: Minotaurs on Krynn are still a playable race, still have labyrinthine recall, but they do have a culture, they are sailors and pirates, most revere Sarggonas an Evil God but a lot revere Kiri-Joliath a good god. They don't see magic as weak, not many minotaur choose magic but they respect the magic user as a self disciplined person.

[@Dillium]

I wanna play a psi warrior Minotaur to be everyone’s favorite psychic cow 🐮

[@ohalbleib]

BY GEORGE HE'S ALIVE!

[@reidsb78]

I just started a game as a minotaur fighter, and just made up an island city-state (with very Greek themes, of course) for him to be from.

[@viperblitz11]

Ah, yes. Halloween is also my favorite part of August.

[@shellknight1323]

Fun Fact: the demon Baphomet and his followers hate Yeenaghu and his followers so they fight on sight. So it's not uncommon to see a minotaur fighting a gnoll for no reason just like they're demon lords.

[@JT5555]

"know what they call me back on the farm? i'm a breeding bull".

[@cameronsylvester8934]

An adventuring, bloodthirsty, bull monster with a GPS got it👍

[@tanyanikolaevagizdova6571]

In the upcoming book, along with other reworks, minotaurs get the ability to not get lost !

[@erikschaal4124]

Does anyone else feel like playing a minotaur bard, who's primarily instrument is a cow bell?

[@cheesemonger2668]

Thanks you!!!! I just started playing dnd like 3 weeks ago and went with Minotaur barbarian so this is super timely! Love ur stuff as always ❤️😂

[@darienb1127]

Random fun fact: I played in a party with a Minotuar Fighter, a Lizardfolk Druid, and an Assimaar Wizard (me.) The Minotuar was the voice of reason of the party. He acted like an actual rational person, but it's still funny to say.

[@ButterBaron]

I have a Minotaur Druid character. Finding armor is hard because he doesn’t like leather for… obvious reasons

[@marcusblacknell-andrews1783]

I too have a Minotaur Druid in the Gruul Clans

[@BaeBunni]

you forgot a crucial part of the story! She asked the bull first but he was like "nah fam I only do it with cows"

[@v1de0gamr23]

"Labyrinthine Recall means you'll never get lost." It's impossible to get lost in a labyrinth anyway, so why would you need it?

[@scoots291]

It's nice you complimented XP to level 3 by calling them handsome

[@gideoncurry4921]

I played a Minotaur Paladin of Mogis and we just rolled the monster stats and abilities modifiers. It was great fun, big ole boy was savage. Combat he was crazy good, sucked at literally everything else. Cause he was so big he had to wait outside most buildings cause he couldn’t fit through the doors

[@dpdualicorn710]

step 1: play a barbarian minotaur (cleche. maybe) step 2: use any bludgeoning weapon and get the crusher feat step 3: push people back 15 feet when you hit with your bonus action of hammering horns.

[@Thiccremoch162]

In my HB world, I got two kinds of minotaurs: Bealik Minotaurs: Minotaurs that are stronger, more animalistic, and meaner and tied to baphomet through blood directly Agreri Minotaurs: smaller than their animalistic cousins, this bloodline rejected baphomet and have lost some of his gifts but retained some of their intelligence and humanity

[@Poke_Phantom]

civ 5 is such a good game tbh, been playing in for many years and is still one of my favorite games.

[@EMan-hr5vf]

When I was world building I decided to make a twist on the minotaur race as the humans were driving their race into extinction due to the minotaurs being bloodthirsty and angry all the time. Then one of them finds a way to unite his people and change their ways. They become a unified civilization and now they have their own city of beefy bull people working together to not only survive but thrive in a civilized world gaining the trust of the various racing that they live near.

[@exzyyd392]

So Minos asked the god of the sea for a horse? And then not only did he answer, he sent a bull? WHAT DO HORSES OR BULLS HAVE TO DO WITH THE GOD OF THE SEA

[@gubus2494]

Poseidon was kinda the god of horses, too?

[@TiroDvD]

If they just let him house the Royal Cheese he probably wouldn't have built the cow.

[@marvintg2002]

Bull rush made me think of bald bull from Punchout and now I want to make a Minotaur boxer

[@snowconesyrup2698]

As the sun sets I hear him The Runesmith. the end is near

[@crippledkitty863]

Don't forget the Atlantean Seafaring Pirate Bulls of Krynn.

[@FeliciaFelixis]

They shrunk the bull boy because afaik no other player race is bigger than medium. Having a playable race be huge size would create lots of problems with lots of mechanics (believe me, I tried running a game with a homebrew minotaur race, lot's of headaches). Still a shame though, would be fun to make something like that functional

[@unukbigwall2279]

I have some thing that maybe can help you :D First, things be more expensive, the double of expensive, but, also in some case be more effective (let me explain it) and other weakness a big creature face: Weapons and armour would cost the double, to fit well in the hands and body of a creature of this size, armours will offer the normal amout of AC but weapons deal the double of damage like all the weapons do when they are for creatures of diferent size, the monstet minotaur have a greataxe that deal 2d12 of damage, and also make they natural weapons deal the double number of dices (they are big sized creature now) Eat four times, you are a creature that tack (or cover) four times the space a medium creature do, and in this, make them have problems to pass trough diferent things and places, even crossing a normal door Be more easy to hit with certain things, like distance attacks, you are a big targget, a one to big, make them fell weaker to this kind of attacks But also, make them fell, more durable, i think the main reason there is not large creatures, is beceaus, in one way or another, they should have a bigger hit poitns pool. Make them have certain problems like, breaking some floors by just standing on them, make them have acrobatic cheks much more harder (is funny think a large minotaur doing parkour but, they are just to heavy and big to land on dificult things) Hard to hide on certain places, where a normal sized creature can hide, a mintour would have problems hidding. And limit the things of resourse they can get, make them have more dificult times fiding some one with the time or resoruces to make armors for a creature this big Weapons, yeah, make them also harder to find for them, but not that much, they just more easy than armors. And mostly make them relai on the first steps on the simple weapons, since they are more cheaper from base and there is a lot of simple weapons can fit to the Minotaur style, like clubs, great clubs, hand axes, staffs, spears, things like that

[@themaskedhobo]

In previous editions Noble Parents paying a druid for reincarnate off screen before game play was a decent reason to play a more monstrous race, but 5e reincarnate only does player species. I suppose it could still be fluffed, just not in rules.

[@l3k064]

Can't wait for runesmith to talk about manticores and use NSPs Song Manticore

[@biteso2333]

Honestly minotaurs are just big bull-ies. I'll be here all day folks.

[@Xeno-009]

high quality, as always rune

[@MagDown_]

Your favourite thing about August is the end of September? But September comes after August...

[@ethanhorn6093]

I ran a minotaur who was a normal human child who would run head long into fights... any fights... ALL the fights. Like for realsies. If someone so much as looked at this kid in a way the kid didn't understand, he'd start a fight. Young person, old person, live person, dead person... if you where a person... who lived or traveled through his hometown, you most likely have been or know someone who has been assaulted by this kid. Everyone when I introduced this character thought it was funny... and maybe it would have been if the story stopped there... but it didn't. He became a Minotaur when his own mother used her dying breath to curse him... you see, his mom was a Sorcerer, who cavorted with what can best be described as "a whole lot of no"... and she HATED this kid with every fiber of her being... and some part of him was afraid of her... this fact was pointed out to him by one of the few old men whom he'd take pauses in between bashing his brains in with to let speak... this deeply frustrated the kid so he went home and picked a fight. This fight was just meant to be an affirmation of his hutzpah... but he took it a step too far when she began insulting him. What was meant to be mostly non-life threatening attacks quickly became a murder lust... and his mother fought him with magic and guile... but this kid was damn near unkillable... so as she lay there, broken, and dying from her injuries she cursed him... what was exactly said was left up to the GM but the rage took him so completely in her last moments that the curse burned itself into his flesh... Now all he is is wrath, ruin, and carnage... And you might think... "Well that sounds like a great Bad guy but how did you play him as a PC?" Well the underlying rage was there, but he basically wasn't able to be left unsupervised... but he could be used as a means of intimidation, and a great means of initiating combat... he wasn't incapable of thought either... but he wasn't strategically minded... basically his thought process was "if this thing angers me... then it must be addressed." He started fights with outlaws hurting innocent people and started fights with innocent people who where rude... but he wasn't necessarily full murderhobo. CON, STR, WIS where his primary stats with INT being his lowest.