Dungeons and Dragons Lore : Centaur

Centaurs have been part of the Dungeons and Dragons roleplaying game since it was first published, they are creatures directly inspired by Greek myth and legend. Friends to elves and sylvan folk, not overly fond of Humans and Dwarves, the Centaurs live semi nomadic lifestyles in the fantasy wilderness of the various world settings, and can be a part of the game as both folks to be met, foes to be fought, or even characters to be played. In this video I mainly talk about the Centaurs of Toril, the forgotten realm, and the continent of Faerun.
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[@EthelbertCoyote]

If a human baby cannot lift their head for months, and a horse can walk hours after birth, a centaur would be hilarious!

[@devinm.6149]

Though they resemble Human/horse hybrids they are neither, so they may develop differently.

[@benadams5557]

All babies are different my son was a week early and he was looking around the room the same day

[@spicyidiot09]

The only reason humans come out so weak and helpless is because humans are born at the very last moment the skull can still fit through the pelvis of the mother. Because a centaur will give birth through a horse pelvis they can afford letting the offspring mature more before being born, as the head will fit through the mothers pelvis when it’s far larger than any human body could handle That’s how id imterpret it based on what i know about humans and horses and animals in general

[@gregoryfloriolli9031]

Now I’m going to have to re-watch Shadiversity’s video on the best weapons for a Centaur.

[@BigAutisticDaddy]

remember, long pointy sticks best, bows and arrows are debatably good, shorter melee weapons are progressively worse the shorter they are, shields are almost useless considering their bulk, and a rider mounted on them in reverse is an excellent tactic for flank protection.

[@Randomdudefromtheinternet]

I still remember that video: Lances are a no-no because they'll break the centaur's spine on impact. Bows are culturally encouraged (probably because of Chiron), although according to Shad they don't have a good enough physiology for that (mounted archers can stand up while riding for better accuracy), but perhaps centaur archers have their own archery techniques for dealing with that. Two-handed weapons like great swords are probably the best because normally a rider wouldn't be able to swing one without accidentally decapitating the mount, but centaurs don't have this issue. Perhaps the best centaur unit would be a great weapon/polearm centaur ridden by a humanoid archer/lancer (perhaps one a medium humanoid for the lance and support offensive, and preferably a small humanoid with a short how for covering the retreat and sniping down targets)

[@off6848]

@@Randomdudefromtheinternet the glaive looks like a best bet. Long blunt weapons as well.

[@royriley6282]

"So I'm heading into centaur territory..." "Bring Oats. Bring lots of Oats."

[@cameronpearce5943]

The dialogue at the start of this video was A M A Z I N G. "This arrow is nearly as long as a halfling's lance" I love it.

[@cookiemonstrarrr]

Kidn of takes you in to the world, love the imagery

[@androidmk5987]

Nothing is as scary as the mental image of a centaur climbing a tree

[@PlanetZoidstar]

Centaurs: Brother, may I have some oats?

[@derskalde4973]

I worked with horses for a bit, and while I can't claim to be an expert, I'm fairly certain that a centaurs back kick, if even somewhat comparable to that of a horse, should be quite a bit stronger. First of all, I'd change that save from strength to dexteriry. If a horse kicks you, it's not a matter of strength but of reflex and coordination to avoid getting the full brunt of the force sending you flying. Which brings me to my second point: getting hit by a horses back kick would most likely send you flying, not merely shove you back 5 ft. I got shaken through by many horses like a puppet, and shoved probably about 5 ft, and that was with me holding onto it's leg and the horse not even using its full strength. So I'd make the following changes to get it a bit closer to how it'd probably go: If you get hit by a centaurs back kick, you make a DEX save. On a success you take the damage and are shoved 5 ft, on a fail you're sent flying 10-15 ft, fall prone and take an additional die of damage to simulate the impact on the ground.

[@Balcamion79]

For my daughters' enjoyment I adapted the Mane 6 from My Little Pony to 5e D&D playable centaurs. Twilight Sparkle: Abjuration wizard, Rainbow Dash: Storm Herald barbarian, Apple Jack: Cavalier fighter, Fluttershy: Circle of the Shepherd druid, Pinkie Pie: Wild Magic sorcerer, Rarity: Arch fey pact of the chain warlock. They LOVED it!

[@mediaaddict3997]

Bravo, that's some good stuff right there.

[@craigbainton4173]

Best dad

[@Balcamion79]

@Kat Murphy thanks! It's fun to merge things we enjoy, so we can have fun together. Btw, I just read Hasbro is in the process of working out 5e compatible/based RPGs for My Little Pony, Power Rangers, GI Joe and Transformers through Renegade Games. But I'm glad I got there independently. 😊

[@charlottewalnut3118]

Ok but isn’t the main trick of a cavalier based on being mounted

[@Balcamion79]

@@charlottewalnut3118 true, the "Born to the Saddle" feature is explicitly intended for the character being mounted, but all of the other and more beneficial features are applicable to and especially suitable to use by a centaur. In keeping with the character's personality the other subclasses seemed a poor fit, with the possible exception of a Battle Master with the right maneuvers.

[@davemarx7856]

Player : I want to be king of the stallions! DM : ok... Player : So who do I have to debate wit- DM : ...roll a strength check. Player : Oka...y... what?

[@Robisme]

Centaur Cavalry acting as town and highway guards would be awesome. They can get to any trouble quickly. Can be physically dominating to break up fights. And can rundown and drag home any criminals they find. Which also makes them ideal bounty hunters. There sense of smell could also be a plus tracking people down.

[@greanstreak04]

Human: knock knock... Centaur: what? Human: You're supposed to say "who's there?"... Centaur: why? Human: it's a joke, just say "Who's there??" Human: knock knock... Centaur: who's there??? Human: orange... Centaur: what? Orange what??? Human: no,no,no, you're supposed to say "orange who"... Centaur: I don't understand... but, okay. Human: knock knock. Centaur: who's there. Human: Orange... Centaur: Orange who? Human: Orange you glad to see me? Centaur: what? That makes no sense... Human: Nevermind, I was trying to tell you a joke before giving you an orange... Centaur: Ha Ha Ha , now give me the damned orange....

[@gerbill13]

but how do they sneak? i am so going to make a Centaur rogue. *Clip clop* guard 1 " What is that?" *Clip clop* guard 2 " Just the wind" *clip clop* Guard 1" that sounds like the wind to you? "

[@AJPickett]

I didn't include this in the video, because 5th edition added a stealth penalty to them as a balance issue.. but Centaur just strap cork to the bottom of their hooves if they need to move around quietly (this is from the Dragon Magazine ecology), in the older editions, rogues and assassins could but cork soled slippers to do the same.

[@gerbill13]

true. still i am now thinking on Horse ninja's

[@cookiemonstrarrr]

Dungeons and Dragons ladies and gentlemen.. Where cork shoes are a valuable basic item.

[@H3xx99]

rich guccione You'd be stupified to know the kind of things you can do with mundane items. If you're creative enough, you can come close to replicating almost any minor wondrous item with things that together would cost about 3-5 gold total. Want to sneak but you're wearing full plate? Buy one sack for every loose piece of metal on your armor, call it 30 for an ornate set. Before your stealth mission, spend a bit of time tieing a sack over each piece of metal. Not only will that shiny armor look like you're wearing a burlap suit, but you'll no longer clank when you walk because of the padded cushions now coating your protection. Want a trap detector? Small barrel full of rocks. Roll it down the hole. Rags and simple lamp oil make surprisingly effective molotov cocktails. Chalk to find your way, salt for finding cracks in the floor, flour for detecting invisible crearures, impromptu smoke bombs to blind enemies, or a great cloud of flour and a torch to blow the whole damn room up. A sack of marbles makes a great sap as well as a replacement for the grease spell, and Rope. Never Ever underestimate rope. If you find yourself without a weapon, tieing a monkey's fist not will produce a fine flail. There's even evidence in history that some cultures used rope armor, which would probably be equivalent to padded armor. Don't be afraid of taking wierd skills. Basket Weaving can make you a small boat, improvised armor, weapons, carrying space etc. Cooking is always good. Calligraphy is essential in forgery. Study stage magic and see some of the things they can do, then use the perform skill to be able to do the same thing. How cool would it be to be cornered, and to use the perform skill to perform a vanishing act to escape, without an ounce of magic. Imagination is the key, and if you can get your dm to play along for the fun of it, it makes for an amazing character.

[@yogsothoth7594]

As the old military wisdom goes nothing rattles nothing shines (or nothing jiggles nothing shines, there's variations), shoe polish is your friend for darkening a shiny blade.

[@beastwarsFTW]

I made it that the playable ones as ponies that live in mountains and the nonrenewable ones horses, this explains why the playable ones are smaller.

[@charlottewalnut3118]

Nah man nah it’s wrong to have a medium centaur

[@hildus7222]

.... they are fans of horseplay.... Oh I see what you did there. And yes, I did shamelessly laugh

[@dboot8886]

Centaurs love cats? So now im imagining centaurs straight chillin with cats snoozin on their horsey butts... I think I'd die for centuars now.

[@AJPickett]

Cats live with us because we attract their prey, also, they quite like us and how we dote on them.

[@JLKnoxville]

AJ - I really dig the format here, with an acoustic track low in the background. I listen to your videos on drives and at night in bed, this works. Also and not least, thanks for your research and presentations as always!

[@AJPickett]

Thanks, I am really enjoying it as well.

[@flibbernodgets7018]

8:06 oooh, I like that one. Like the satyr from Pan's Labyrinth

[@Mr_Maiq_The_Liar]

Doubling up organs except for digestion may seem obvious as you know everything is big enough to support both bodies but think of this. Quadrupeds in a sprint can take exactly one breath per stride due to how their ribs move while they gallop. If the centaurs entire upper body is mostly lungs. That’s a huge advantage over horses in Stamina

[@Crimson-kt7fd]

Fun little fact: Acorns are actually toxic to Horses in high amounts so if you wanna add that for Centaurs, which I did, go for it. My first DM session involved a Centaur Rogue/Thief played by my cousin. When she got a nat 20 with a +5 modifier I described to her a 7ft Centaur women quickly Shuffle/Crouching across a stone floor making no sound.

[@benadams5557]

They could be processed by peeling them and soaking them in running water for 24 hours to remove tannins, maybe they use them as a famine food or to make alchohol

[@himboghost629]

@@benadams5557 Acorn wine...

[@josephsarrouh5371]

I wanted to make a centaur who is of Scottish decent. His name will be Angus Black (After my high school mascot) and he will be obsessed with the feeling of trampling over his enemies. He will wield a Scottish claymore and his main objective is to find the secret to a special metal that his clan own and find a way to forge the metal into new blades. Being a warrior he feels more at home in the midst of battle than in the confines of a tavern but he is not opposed to having a mug or a dozen mugs of alcohol. His favorite meal is dire goat lamp chops, and he is often eager to butcher dire goats on sight just so he can enjoy a nice meal. His biggest secret is that he actually has an eye for fashion and he tends to fashion clothing out of furs and silks, even his kilt was designed by himself. Angus Black is finally a barbarian, a totem barbarian to be exact and he uses the elk totem because in his herd they have something called "the echoing hooves" which is a notion that as long as you run you will be able to hear the hooves of your ancestors and they will carry you along the wind. I am hoping that I can get to use this character now, and your video helped me flesh out his backstory! Thank you.

[@thorild69]

Oh no...this brings up the odd centaur kilt controversy. With humanoids, it's obvious how the kilt fits...hangs on the waist or hips. But with horses, does it go around all four legs, or just two, or...? What is your opinion?

[@thorild69]

@Kat Murphy Good point.

[@ninja5861]

A Centaur monk would be terrifying!

[@Beowulf0510]

So they can strain their vocal for debt yelling. Centaurs are prone to having a *hoarse* voice

[@himboghost629]

When the bard is feeling *horse* in the voice

[@eoftar3192]

10:30 Very interesting. When I was writing centaurs for my homebrew fantasy setting I kinda forced myself to make up their biology - as I did for any other creature. Being an artificial race, created by alchemy and magic for war, this allowed me to in a way to create some space for maneuver - they are not a race created by nature and I can make up their biology however I want. I too gave them two hearts(although rather human sized), separated their digestive system between human and horse parts(intestine resting inside the latter), moved the liver from human part into the horse's and enlarged it(making it's purpose akin to that of a shark's, being an energy storage). While a did not give them a second pair of lungs (that would require giving them a second set of nostrils on the chest) I did enlarge the lungs in the human part of their body to use up that freed space. I kind of also gave them a second brain(more like a neuron retranslator). It is interesting to see another view on their possible biology. When I wrote mine I failed to find any kind of material on the internet and had to use my own imagination xD Thanks for the info anyway!

[@glorbojibbins2485]

There is so much I like about this video I'd have to write an essay just to explain it, being raised in a town that isn't even on the map and mostly farm land and or logging property, I spent a lot of time around horses and always particularly appreciated centaurs in mythology.

[@glorbojibbins2485]

Besides the life span of only 60 years that's kinda sad 😅

[@_Carlos]

Not that it would ever come up in my campaign, but if the foals are to be developed enough to walk at birth the gestation period would have to be closer to a year and a half or two years. It's actually pretty cool with humans, humans SHOULD gestate for 2 years (mammals of comparable size do), but there was an evolutionary compromise that prevented babies from killing their mothers: the baby is born a year early (which is why human babies are so vulnerable) and the mother's hips are wide enough to accommodate the child's abnormally large head.

[@LockSteady]

Makes sense. Girraffes give birth in 15.5 months. Cows give birth in 9.5 months. Elephants give birth in 22 months.

[@efraim3364]

Shadiversity does a series of videos on what would be practical weapons for High Fantasy creatures, he's done one for the Centaurs

[@H3xx99]

Efraim Lances and tower shields.

[@nullvoid4063]

Efraim: Shadiversity is one of my all time favorite resources on KZbin along with AJ.

[@supercalifragic1551]

Incorrect, you don't want a lance as a centaur.

[@charlottewalnut3118]

@@nullvoid4063 a human on your back with a bow

[@andyenglish4303]

In other news, mouth cancer rates among centaurs are unusually high among Faerun's demography.

[@Teadon86]

Ahhh, Centaurs! What happens when a drunkard stumbles into the crib of a frustrated mare.

[@himboghost629]

Bard

[@chriscalvin5083]

I love the centaur the most under used fantasy creature in fantasy films, books and other media along with other were-creatures like were-bear, were-tigers and were-lions

[@_elifilen]

Nobody : GUILD WARS 2 humans: I can outrun a centaur

[@AJPickett]

*Naruto runner races by*

[@MrKago1]

one question though, wouldn't a centaur with the fighter class automatically have the Cavalier subclass? so if it took battle master wouldn't automatically get most of the benefits of the cavalier since, well, it IS the mount? also lvl 17 centaur open hand monk, quivering palm becomes hoof of death. dex save or it kicks your freakin heart right out of your chest. if you succeed you take 30+10d10 necrotic damage as with the quivering palm ability. also, your players will hate your guts if the centaur they are trying to escape on on a boat just runs straight across the water or just runs straight up the castle wall. plus dat movement speed. probably best to just not to make a centaur monk, cause that's just messed up.

[@AJPickett]

Monks are just kind of broken anyway, see, back in the day, in order to be a highly disciplined class like a monk of cavalier, you had to role-play the crap out of your character, they were a real pain in the ass with all their restrictions on behavior. These days, you get all the perks and none of the responsibility.

[@BradUSMCVETrider]

I'm new to D&D..sorta.. I've had a thought about building a Shire centaur. Meaning, take the Shire horse's size and make it a centaur character.

[@Just_Call_Me_Tim]

Go for it! Let us know how it goes. Welcome to D&D, where you can do pretty much whatever you can imagine, and it seems you can’t: bend the rules so you can!

[@alexanderofrhodes9622]

Makes sense for Centaurs to be heavy, it's most of a horse and most of a man stapled together

[@canyonntt6969]

Campaign idea: study the Mongols and Huns. Both are known as extreme horse people. Then reskin them as centaurs and play a campaign where the players try to save civilization from them or maybe help the centaurs. Wither way I think it would be a cool campaign or element to add to a campaign.

[@ironheadgaming6270]

this but give them a vulnerability to alcohol, in Greek myth Centaurs got drunk from the scent of booze

[@charlottewalnut3118]

Lubu amongst centaurs Dian Wei among Minotaurs. Thoughts on Lubu Fengxian being a centaur

[@foisopracurtir6389]

@@ironheadgaming6270 To be fair, that specific booze was a gift of the god of booze and made EVERYONE near kinda drunk

[@Tiniuc]

In your opinion, what circumstances could lead to a centaur growing up in a large or industrial city? Now, if said centaur did grow up in a city, do you think they'd be much like their nomadic brethren? Or would they adapt, and become accustomed to city life?

[@AJPickett]

Without knowing what world we are talking about, I can't offer much help as to why. We are as much shaped by our environment as anything else, so a city Centaur would be very different from indigenous centaurs living outside cities and within their own culture.

[@bahamutkaiser]

Probably more likely in a large Elven City.

[@JimmyTurner]

Well here I am again to listen to some lore and probably dream about being a dungeon master even I have no concept of how the game is played or how to dm.

[@andrewmorgan2537]

D&D is like a really complex board game mixed with an acting class and there is no board.

[@devinm.6149]

@@andrewmorgan2537 there can be a board (grid).

[@nullvoid4063]

I quite enjoyed their depiction i the Percy Jackson series. There were the hilariously crazy party ponies and the refined, Charles Xavier-like Chiron. Awesome video, keep it up!

[@zacharyhawley1693]

An interesting fact is that centaurs dwell in the same environs as certain theriothropes. The only thing worse than a centaur charge. Is a charge from werebeasts. TPK inbound

[@thedarkmaster4747]

>XD

[@MrRotzilla]

Amazing! I had just been thinking about creating a centaur character in my friends game. Timing was on point

[@RazeAVillage]

A centaur character looks like it'd be fun to play. I think I'd start with the idea of warriors of the Eurasian steps and then work from there. I'd pick a nomadic Eurasian people, study their relationship with horses and start there.

[@RockyRodent333]

Great informative video on one of my favorite races. Big beautiful horse people really sell the fantasy

[@freyanox9443]

I think centaurs are comical in 5e as far as how to implement them into the rules. The cavalier subclass is entertaining as if you can get a hold of a mount that can hoist the centaur thats what theyd need to take advantage of any riding bonuses as it would be considered op for them to always be considered mounted. The idea of dual wielding glaives as a centaur is entertaining though.

[@kevinrawley5208]

Imagine the damage output of a rogue barbarian centaur charging while raging at a flanked target, giving them advantage and sneak attack damage

[@deenamorgan6674]

"Of-fence-ive," get it? 😆

[@sadlobster1]

I honestly wished, once I could be a centaur. Who needs to drive when you've got four hooves to take you anywhere

[@boopiloopi]

i think a centaur´d be able to push an enemy with their hindquarters if within 5 feet and they spin around during battle, potentially knocking them prone.

[@AJPickett]

Agreed

[@greanstreak04]

A Centaur with a haste spell, a morning star, mace, poleaxe, club, or glaive could end your sad life from 40 feet away in one move...

[@sirwilliam4128]

Thank you 😊 for this video, Aj. You made my birthday morning perfect 👌🏼

[@ClassicMagicMan]

happy birthday, William

[@yogsothoth7594]

If you want to make a centaur tribe a little unique consider stylising themselves off the Scythians and the other Eurasian Steppe peoples that inspired the centaurs.

[@user-qd8yy9lc4g]

Yog Sothoth What is intresting, while mostly percieved as nomads, Scythians also had some settled tribes, who were known to use the fertility of their land to grow enough wheat to not only sustain themselves, but to sell it to Greece. And also that scythian mercenaries served Athens as archers in times of war and police in times of peace, so there always can be reasons to meet centaurs without getting into wilderness.

[@yogsothoth7594]

Aye, and even nomads can have winter camp. Go there in the last weeks of Autumn, slaughter your excess livestock, bring the remaining animals in doors, preserve the meat, then leave for green pastures straight after your animals give birth for green pastures.

[@DuskyPredator]

Good timing again. I was going to include Centaurs in economies of the Feywild, regardless of if it is the place they are most found. More info is good, I will watch/listen it all after work so I can take notes. Hopefully you include if they trade with others.

[@michaelkelligan7931]

Ahhh yes centaurs.....the winos of the D&D world! Lol they have damn good spellcasters in their herds!

[@j-dubb614]

A pack of smokes but instead of a camel on it, it's a centaur.

[@himboghost629]

THIS

[@glorbojibbins2485]

Favorite brand

[@treymoir5516]

Loved the opening monolog!

[@AJPickett]

Thanks Trey! :)

[@santoineallenhhu7874]

Castration seems like a good deterrent

[@DuskyPredator]

Holy cow was this some involved information. My notes alone for economic aspects, clumsily taken by me, approach what I did for elves, making me think I needed to expand on elves, where I mostly focused on how their god of harvest and thief trickery paints elven economics. You talked about preferred foods, interactions other races/cultures dependent on economic type, specific social norms, agriculture, gender roles, ideas of property, and trade positions. There is barely a place for me to expand on rather organize it as an economist's introduction to centaurs. You said that Feywild versions are rarer, but since I am putting them in Feywild category, I will start with more civilized Feywild examples that have plenty of resources, and transition to more common material plane versions that are more nomadic out of dislike in damaging the environment. Despite the alignment difference, at the end you also had me wondering how centaurs and goliaths have similarities. Although, thinking about it again, maybe centaurs would automatically hate the giant language part of goliaths.

[@AJPickett]

Goliaths don't tend to come down from the alpine areas that often, so they rarely interact with Centaurs, I could not predict how that would go. If you are thinking about Planar Centaurs, consider that Centaurs in Bytopia have unlimited territory in which to roam, they can literally travel forever, in any direction.

[@DuskyPredator]

AJ Pickett great, centaurs in Bytopia also. Bytopia is going to be one of the stops I do in economics in outer planes, due to representing things like free trade, and housing the gnomish pantheon where Garl predominantly fits in what I am calling the wealth domain. And now the economically complex centaur are also involved. Wait is Bytopia a place for living creatures, an afterlife , or both?

[@AJPickett]

Both.

[@thedarkmaster4747]

i can so picture that centaur verses goliath arm wrestling competition. 👍

[@recursiveslacker7730]

Ah, but have you heard of the Recursive Centaur? Its lower half is a horse, and its upper half is a recursive centaur.

[@AJPickett]

Cursed, the word is CURSED.

[@glorbojibbins2485]

@@AJPickett 😂

[@SangoProductions213]

How in the tuck does a centaur have functional lungs in their lower body, as well as their upper ones?? Where's the extra air being pulled in from?

[@AJPickett]

I read a very interesting conversation where some doctors were having a chat about, in theory, resuscitating a centaur who was having a cardiac arrest. Seemed perfectly reasonable to them that the centaur has a heart and lung in the torso mainly to support the brain, while the heart and lungs in the horse thorax support everything else, and yeah, the humanoid torso lung is a cavity the expands as the main lung is drawing in air. It works,

[@beastwarsFTW]

Some people say they only have two big ones in there human torso and the horse part has the digestion organs, also I can see them having two hearts which would explain a lot.

[@royriley6282]

Error in the lore about them being tolerant of bitter plants but sensitive to drugs. The bitter taste in plants comes from alkaloids and other secondary metabolites. Drugs are alkaloids and secondary metabolites. If a centaur eats lots of bitter plants then the same ability to digest their metabolites would increase their metabolization of most nonsynthetic drugs. As a result one would expect them to be less affected by all kinds of drugs due to a much stronger and larger liver. Not sure why I wrote that....

[@himboghost629]

They use their horse liver for bitter plants and their much smaller under-development humanoid liver for drugs. Creating selective tolerants

[@ironreed2654]

10:28 So #AJPickett, Your saying Centaurs are prone to getting...A little horse?

[@dboot8886]

Iron Reed *background Papyrus screaming*

[@anathema1828]

Incredible detail!

[@davidmuresan9497]

Centaur snipers / sharpshooters would be hell to fight

[@thedarkmaster4747]

I.K.R.

[@linguisticallyoversight8685]

If they take after horses in even the slightest of ways giving birth is a dicey proposition even at the best of times I cannot count the number of times that my horses have either had a breach birth in which the fall is turned backwards or they've had an extremely labor intensive birthing process to the point of exhaustion now the one up side is that the full would be able to walk within a very short amount of time of being born within 30 to 45 minutes the baby would be up and walking

[@Olimar92]

Love the lore of these videos, and the art he always finds.

[@chriscalvin5083]

Would a centaur pull a cart or wagon for pay or to carry herd supplies and if they would not pull a wagon or cart maybe they'd pull a travois?

[@AxenPrim]

Yay you did it. Thank you so much.

[@johndotcom9648]

Glad you're making more videos. I'd love to see some from the old fiendfolio if you get a chance. Keep it real

[@BelRexy]

Thank you. Love the video.

[@3dagalathor]

couple of questions about Centaurs, can you have a half orc centaur? and second can Centaurs be turned in to werewolves? if so do the keep their four legged form with a humanoid upper body?

[@AJPickett]

Not likely and I don't know.

[@devinm.6149]

3dagalathor I think that it could be possible for a half-orc centaur to exist, and I would say in hybrid form a centaur werewolf would turn into a form with the lower body somewhere between wolf and horse and the upper body of a hairy clawed humanoid. I believe a centaur could be a lycanthrope because lycanthropy is a curse and centaurs are not immune to curses.

[@devinm.6149]

Warwick: The Uncaged Wrath of Zaun the monster manual for 5e allows for nonhuman lycanthropes at the DM's option and lycanthropes are considered humanoid shapechangers not monstosities. It is possible in 3.5e because they are considered monstrous humanoids and thus fit the description of humanoid. I am uncertain about other editions.

[@dracosdiabolis1769]

now I want to dust off the ole 3.5 books and build a centaur. Barbarian/Bard. lol, throw in some Rune Scared Barbarian prestige class, and maybe some Warchief … lmao too much fun, Great Video once again. gears turn, shame for the players, lmao.

[@dracosdiabolis1769]

yea, but you can always change it to something more befitting the creature. the rules are more like guild lines.

[@thedarkmaster4747]

That's a cool idea.

[@simmonslucas]

I will never be able to watch all the backlogged creatures I want to, if you keep putting out content at this breakneck pace!

[@AJPickett]

Well, on that note, I am working on some other projects today (though I am still reading through a lot of stuff for the next few vids, I am not scriptwriting today). I guess uploading almost daily is a bit much :)

[@brightglory5734]

I learned something knew about Dragonlance lore. Thank you

[@teddyb9794]

Thanks for being amazing AJ in my own campaigns I've added a knight centaur.... the outcome was amazing in powerful

[@DmaxweL337]

If you eat the horse half of a centaur is it cannibalism?

[@bricefos]

great video! love the opening story great moves aj keep it up

[@AJPickett]

Thanks Maestro!

[@quackmaster1014]

Really hope 5e makes centaurs an official player race

[@Rexir2]

They're in the Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica.

[@tatsusama3192]

Could you maybe do a Centaurs Continued short video going into the Centaur subspecies? I've always loved the deer/elk half Centaurs (blocking on their names). The Asinine Centaur could be covered in that video also... If you want... Don't care if it isn't really:3

[@H3xx99]

Tatsusama I had to Google Asinine Centaurs, thinking that was a pretty rude name.... lol

[@devinm.6149]

Tatsusama the antelope ones are called Hybsil.

[@tatsusama3192]

@Hexx Bombastus If I were the creators I would have added an 'S' to make it "Assinine" Centaurs just so people got the reference, haha @Devin M. Thanks, it was bothering me, but I held off on just Googling it since I was hoping my fellow audience members would relieve me of my ignorance:D

[@devinm.6149]

Tatsusama your welcome, + sometimes googling things doesn't result in what you're looking for anyway, unfortunately.

[@devinm.6149]

Tatsusama the moose are Alcetaur.

[@m3divh]

I just dont know why they feel so dumb to me... I always have the feeling I should feed them an apple and let them loose. :D Or to put them down when they break a leg :D

[@chriscalvin5083]

Great Video AJ

[@Jcoombs2011]

Could you imagine being a very capable human warrior, helping the centaur through a rough time where you was their saving grace, and then being offer the prospect of mating by a Male or female centaur while your just sitting around the fire. I would think a bard or barbarian would jump on that prospect. Ha, a barbarian with a centaur wife lol I'd like to hear that backstory

[@williamturner6192]

Yeah, sure, "a" centaur wife.

[@electricotter]

Very in depth video. Any plans on covering the Wemic?

[@AJPickett]

Yes indeed!

[@HowtoRPG]

Thanks AJ 😊

[@AJPickett]

Heh! I feel like your personal monster manual :D

[@HowtoRPG]

@@AJPickett Yep, lol.

[@zmishiymishi5349]

Mighty foe, until you build a wall

[@Syfa]

Until you run into the rare and elusive, but bullshit centaur ninja. Light steps + grappling hooks can get them into all sorts of improbable places. It's actually a pretty good class for them if you base it off of the "isolationist small tribe of hill/mountain people". Good at survival, able to use poison, sneak attacks, able to cover their tracks and avoid notice etc.

[@theatreofcontroversy]

A(j)DnD- you're amazing

[@Demolitiondude]

Damn! I'm playing a Minotaur in 3.5 dragonlance.

[@carlborneke8641]

One question I have had for a while now is what would have if a centaur got lycanthropy. What would that even look like?

[@AJPickett]

A wolf.

[@stevenpeterson8582]

That would be the were-horse from Castlevania.

[@Tiniuc]

@@AJPickett a _big_ wolf? XD

[@dragon4989]

If I could like this twice I would!

[@michaelkelligan7931]

Sarah Chew you havent liked it the first time though!

[@bassmechanic237]

Thee best race expo yet. Never knew how interesting they were

[@kordelshorgar122]

4:25 how does that sound ? the heavy silvan accent cool vid as always AJ

[@jaymevosburgh3660]

Never eaten monkey... but I have tried cat, dog, horse, llama, squirrel, snakes, rat & guinea pig (all delicious!). I've eaten various insects/bugs as well. Most are fair enough. I would try it before i said it was gross. That goes for any thing, whether it is meat, fruit or vegetable. (Yes I am aware I am a terrible person for it but I never said I was human LoL)

[@Jcoombs2011]

So public poll: who would win in a wrestling match, a Goliath or Centaur??

[@AJPickett]

Centaur, statistically.

[@Jcoombs2011]

@@AJPickett Really, interesting. I'll have to look at those statistics. I couldn't imagine the mountain dwelling Goliath race would have many encounters with the plain roaming nomadic race of the Centaurs. So not many tactics would be developed by the, what I imagine to be Spartans, Goliath race. I want to see that animated. That could be a whole channel right there. A channel dedicated to animated D&D battles. Like that one channel, DEATH BATTLES!!

[@AngelusAnsell]

I think the Goliath, as they tend to live in harsher climes, and would be far more likely to have more experience in taking down a non-humanoid about the same size as a centaur but with more teeth and less civility. Especially barehanded.

[@Michael-du2fv]

He said in a wrestling match, a centaur had the benefit of center of gravity, four legs and arms. The Centaur would almost certainly win in a wrestling match.

[@casualsleepingdragon8501]

Centaur wizard using mage hand to scratch their balls

[@linguisticallyoversight8685]

I had a question didn't know which video to leave it under so I figured I'd find one of the player races videos that was more recent when you get around to doing a video on halflings hobbits the Shire folk can you incorporate what separates them from kinders like tesselhoff barefoot from the dragonlance books as I've noticed that there's kind of a difference both about a foot in height and as well as general disposition and I've noticed a lot of people get the two conflated and take attributes from one and assign it to the other for example kinders are said to have a knack for acquiring other people stuff even without their permission or especially and I've noticed this being applied to halflings but yet halflings in the Forgotten Realms are generally honorable and for the majority of them find stealing distasteful

[@devinm.6149]

*Tasslehoff Burrfoot

[@AnonymousAlcoholic772]

No darkvision? Are you sure? Not a misprint? Wth?

[@AngelusAnsell]

i wonder if you might clear up something for me...how do centaurs feel about bearing humanoids (people the centaur is friendly with, presumably) on their horsebacks? I mostly ask cuz different media have wildly varying portrayals though I imagine regardless it'd be considered quite an honor.

[@AJPickett]

As centaurs are intelligent beings (sapient, for the pedants who always stress I must be specific about this), its an individual choice and attitudes run the spectrum from those who love to do it, and those who absolutely hate it.

[@jaythomas172]

Never look a gift centaur in the mouth.

[@himboghost629]

The term "Gift horse" refuses to trading work houses, so a gift centaur would be a slave Just saying Have a good rest of your day/night Bye

[@kelleylafitte6503]

What about Asinine Centaurs?

[@justinbose8204]

A centaur Monk......excellent......pound people to pulp with fists and hooffists!

[@AJPickett]

LOL, Hoofists is now a word in my lexicon.

[@brucedavis191]

i could see a monk who at first traded some knowledge to travel safely though centaur lands. only for the next season to have a few young come to learn the ways the next year. also id add at3 level a two hove double kick does 2D10 damage and propel it victim 5feet plus 1 foor for every damage. roll con ves a dc of the taken damage or be knocked prone for 2 rounds

[@Hektols]

Agree, centaurs would be an excellent race for monks, specially with the 3.5 version centaurs who have +8 Strength, +4 Dexterity, +4 Constitution, +2 Wisdom, -2 Intelligence and +3 natural armor. Their hoove attacks will end making insane quantities of damage, specially if they get magical horseshoes enhanced as weapons. They would move at incredible speeds in the battlefield and the Monks ability to cancel fall damage negates one of the centaur's main weaknesses.

[@TrenchCoatDingo]

horseshoes of speed + monk = charge fu fist

[@AngelusAnsell]

also, bear in mind that centaurs' hooves are natural weapons. Kensei monk and any of the Smites may very well be applied to your centaur's "feet" as well as their hands. Food for thought.

[@christosgiannopoulos828]

Can centaurs recover from breaking a limb ?

[@AJPickett]

Absolutely, they are not horses, their bodies are not horse bodies :)

[@christosgiannopoulos828]

@@AJPickett I guess it makes sense

[@austincde]

I was going to say the reason horses usually have to be put down from broken limbs is because it's hard to keep them from moving for long periods of time. Like you can put a cone or cast on your dog and they'll be okay , but it's a lot harder to manage on a 2-ton animal that needs to run, so I think with centaurs they can survive broken legs because they have the sentient"human" part that tells them to rest, or they have like harnesses that keep them upright during long healing times

[@michaelkelligan7931]

Centaurs disdain clothing!

[@AmaryInkawult]

Michael Kelligan pants are for the weak!

[@michaelkelligan7931]

PhantomDragon1992 lol

[@teaguehansberry3135]

I remember my centaur 2nd edition D&D ranger War-charge.

[@jacobfreeman5444]

So centaur's are bad liars but not bad at omitting?