Monster Monday: Minotaur

[@Rahensul]

Fun fact: Cows (and other herbivores) are sometimes observed eating dead animals in the wild. Apparently it is to combat mineral deficiency due to grazing on meagre grasslands. So maybe a Minotaur becomes much friendlier after it pops a few multivitamins.

[@ArcaneForge]

That's both grim and fascinating, which are the best kinds of facts, Rahensul! Definitely good to know, although the tide of players, skirting around Minotaurs by finding vitamins to feed them will definitely be a pretty funny anticlimax to the encounter. Thanks so much for watching.

[@kyliepoe6231]

Maybe this is why the catoblepas is often described as a part time meat eater too... Thanks for the tidbit.

[@marydeyoung3707]

In my home-brew world, I have a race of minotaurs that're based on the African Cape Buffalo known as the Khovoku. If you think the Grecian minotaur is a scary customer, the Khovoku minotaur is the stuff of nightmares.

[@isaaccollard8504]

In a campaign I'm playing in I'm playing a Mini-Minotaur Bard... Or a Mini-Minotaur Minstrel.

[@ArcaneForge]

A...Minstrotaur? Minstrelaur?...hang on...I can make this pun work...

[@schachmaster]

You'd think that, considering the Minotaur was stuck in a labyrinth his whole life and didn't take Theseus long to hunt him down and kill him, that all the labyrinth related stuff (Remembering their path here or building/destroying stone walls at will in Pathfinder) wouldn't be as strong...

[@ctsnicky]

So a) love these videos, sad I only just learned of them. Keep up the good work. b) I'm really glade you're using purple for cloth colours. Purple in history was a very expensive dye that was saved only for the super rich. It was used for royalty and things like that. This is why you never see the colour purple in things like flags (with the exception of some much newer countries), as you wanted your flag mass made and put everywhere and be like ... this is mine, my flag.... So seeing purple in stuff like D&D is great because... fantasy! maybe purple is super common and therefor cheap. Maybe there's a purple worm farmer who uses the skin to make enough dye for a massive city from just one kill and he'll pay a lot of money for someone to go hunt one down for him... sorry ... colours, making D&D adventures... good times.

[@theDMLair]

Minotaurs are fun! Great drawing! 👍👍👍My players once befriended an entire colony of minotaurs -- rescued them from some githyanki -- and three of the minotaurs helped them fight the rest of the githyanki in the compound. One of the minotaurs, Grull, ended up adventuring with them a little bit, too. It was really cool.😎

[@ArcaneForge]

That sounds pretty awesome! Thanks so much for watching and for your compliments as well by the way! Loved your missing players vid by the way! Super helpful!

[@theDMLair]

Arcane Forge Thanks! And you're welcome! Seems like I deal with missing players often enough that I can't be the only one. 😸

[@LoikrLoikr]

Excellent work! Gotta love some Greek mythology over one of the most iconic fantasy monsters. What a way to turn an unique mythical creature into an entire race, though! And since you asked for a monster to draw last time, let's go with Drow! I'm really curious about the history behind them, given they been around since really early editions. Keep it up! I really love your videos!

[@ArcaneForge]

Than you so much, Mauro! Now, we're talking! Love the Drow! If noone's suggested it yet, I'll definitely add it to the list. Thanks so much for the suggestion and for watching.

[@blackleight]

This one was great! Lore is just one of the most entertaining things to explore and I love learning more about creatures. Also you may not remember but a long time ago I commented on one of your videos talking about how I found being a DM difficult and you encouraged me. Well now I'm doing pretty well and it's videos like this that help me find my inspiration.

[@ArcaneForge]

Thanks so much, Dylan! I'm so glad that I helped out! I remember your name, but I can't totally recall our conversation. Either way, I'm so glad that you're having a better time with it. Just let me know if you have any trouble and I'll try and make a video about it. Cheers again, Dylan!

[@fiercemushroom4840]

Very cool. Nice background info. Now for my weekly request. A pirate themed Terrasque.

[@ArcaneForge]

PPPPPSSSSSSSSsssttt. It's next on the list!

[@fiercemushroom4840]

Arcane Forge - Woot! I'm looking forward to it!

[@taigerus4418]

This minotaur has some style. Rocking that greek tunic, also i would like to mention that i find that combination of human-cow hands fascinating. Always a pleasant feeling to see your new video in subscription list

[@ArcaneForge]

Hey, taigerus! Thanks so much! He has some very strange appendages, but definitely has a flair for the more regal! Really glad that you enjoyed the video. Cheers for watching!

[@emmanuel8679]

Tasty sea beef

[@Tkdean]

Didn't know that about the minotaurs backstory that's really interesting I have yet to play one in 5e but it's on the list next to aasimar gunslinger and bugbear blood hunter

[@ArcaneForge]

Oooo an Aasimar gunslinger sounds fascinating! Thanks so much for watching, and I'm glad you learned something new too!

[@deusvult5737]

I think a wraith would be a cool one to do!

[@ArcaneForge]

Love the idea of drawing a wraith, Deus Vult! Thanks so much for the suggestion! Cheers for watching!

[@miles6283]

In my homebrew setting Minotaurs are worshippers of Ioun, the goddess of knowledge. They use their inate navigational skills to traverse the seas as pirates and mercenaries, and are a playable race that I always try to make available to my players.

[@kyliepoe6231]

Greek mythology is great! I also loved them growing up. Petty, vindictive, pervert gods toying with mankind... I know they're even canon in 1e, but they must have greatly inspired G Gygax on the way he handled dieties in general. I don't think I've seen your greek take on a minotaur done before, that's brilliant and seems correct.

[@ArcaneForge]

I'm really glad you enjoyed it, Scott! Cheers for watching!

[@jasondowd4685]

Great vid, buddy! You keep making Mondays one of the best days of the week!

[@ArcaneForge]

Thanks so much, Jason! Glad you're enjoying them!

[@aizenbleach5772]

Hey Josh. If I might request, u have alot of good ideas and concepts when it comes to Dnd. Now I'm trying to make my game as unique and remarkable as possible. I plan to bring in a minotaur npc into the group that run a thieves guild, they have a lich as a guild master, any unique suggestions? I'm up for anythinh

[@Kara_and_her_cat]

This is super cool! I actually made a Minotaur character that I'll hopefully be able to use in the future~ He's a druid and super shy, but really likes nature haha I think he would be fun to play, if a bit challenging!

[@ArcaneForge]

Nice one, Lullaby TheKitty! I've never actually played a Minotaur but I live the sound of it. I'm a huge fan of the Tauren in Warcraft. Your druid sounds like they'd fit in well with that sort of thing! Cheers for watching and for taking the time to comment!

[@Randomizer411]

This is an awesome series. I'd love a video about the different types of dragons, not sure if you'd want to draw all of them lol cuz there's a lot

[@ArcaneForge]

Thanks so much, Randomizer! OOoooooOOO I don't think I have dragons of any kind of my "to draw" list yet. As you say, there are tonnes...soooo...What would your favourite colour be? I'll pop it on the list. Cheers for watching and for your kind words.

[@Randomizer411]

Arcane Forge oh man, I love blue dragons. I've always imagined them as loan sharks or mobsters who amass huge amounts of gold. As an artist myself, I think the classic red dragon would be fun to draw. Matt Colville, another youtuber, is kickstarting a book that will include gem dragons, which could be a very difficult, but awesome concept to draw. So many options!

[@doinkthetrickster64]

Nightealker?

[@ReustersPlace]

Amazing artwork!

[@ArcaneForge]

Amazing comment! Thank you!

[@GabrielMPaixao]

I'm loving you Monster Monday videos and I have two questions: Can I use your images as examples of the monsters to my players? (I think they are way better than the Monster Manual) Could you make a video showing your process? I get some of that, but I'm not really good with Photoshop

[@ArcaneForge]

Thank you so much, Gabriel! You can absolutely use my images as examples for your players, that's very kind of you to ask! I'll definitely give it a go, showing my process. I'm still figuring it out...I'm used to non-digital drawing, but I'll give it a go! Thanks so much for watching and for your compliments!

[@randomshooter913]

Recently discovered your channel, love it so much! I can just do uni work and have your voice in the background, helping with GM tips and brilliant ideas for monsters :) Also, would you consider doing Gnolls? Or maybe the Purple Worm? Thanks :)

[@ArcaneForge]

Hey, BravoChief! Thank you so much for your lovely compliments! Gnolls are definitely somewhere on my "to draw" list already, but I'm not sure that anyone has suggested the purple worm before! I'll definitely pop it in the list. Thank you so much for your suggestion and thanks for watching, subscribing, and generally just being here!

[@buckaybarnes1336]

could you do bugbear???

[@ArcaneForge]

Hey, sorry, I'm only just getting to this one! I responded on a different video, but I've left the comments for a week, and I have a huge pile to get through. Sorry to leave you hanging!

[@Contempl8Tech]

Man I love these, thank you so much for doing the research and such awsome art. Which brings me to the question what do you drawn on? And how did you learn? I'm basically curious about your history in art. Any answer would be awesome thank you! ^_^

[@ArcaneForge]

Hey, Contempl8 Tech! That's really kind, so thank you very much! So I use photoshop and a wacom bamboo tabled to draw, but I talk more about it and how I got into drawing in my 1k subscribers Q&A video which you can find here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2nOeJyqjKyNgdk Hope that helps! Thanks so much for watching!

[@Contempl8Tech]

Excellent, that is actually something else I was going to ask, if you had a video in which you went over all of that!! Thank you so much it helps allot!! ^_^

[@emmanuel8679]

I think giants would be a good MM they have frost giants have connections in Norse mythology like the Frost giant Ymir who was slain by Odin and his brothers and his body was used to make the world

[@ArcaneForge]

Hey, Moses. Frost Giants are somewhere on the list for sure, although I forget where. I'm insanely excited to reach that point though, so keep an eye out. I'll make them extra Norse for you! Cheers for watching and for your suggestion.

[@warlok9000]

It would be interesting to see some incorporeal creatures like ghosts, shadows etc.

[@ArcaneForge]

Ah, awesome ideas, Das Konigreich de Spiele. I think that shadows may be on the list already, but if ghosts aren't I'll definitely pop them on there! Thanks so much for watching!

[@granttrain3553]

Love a good fluff coo.

[@distodusty815]

And what do you use to draw?

[@distodusty815]

Is there a way i can get to picture you had drawn of a lich?

[@ArcaneForge]

Heya, Disto. Absolutely! Sorry I didn't get chance to respond to your last message, I was away over the weekend. I'll definitely be selling some of my monster Mondays as soon as i finish setting up my shop, and I'll be launching my patreon this week, were a while bunch of the options include rewards where I send out drawings (including the lich one if you'd like), so no worries. If those don't sound right then, just email me at [e-mail] and i'll give you a price for a the digital print. Thanks for the support and for watching! P.S. I use photoshop and a wacom Bamboo tablet to draw.

[@distodusty815]

Cool Thanks

[@FiledVideoGames]

I wonder what this thing would taste like between two buns and tomato sauce.

[@ArcaneForge]

This sounds like the start of another Greek myth! Thanks for watching.

[@MrChupacabra555]

LOL ^_^ Not that I've ever been an expert on Greek Mythology myself, but this is the first time I've heard of Daedalus making a device to 'assist' Minos' wife with the bull. I wonder if Catherine The Great found the plans for it? (I know, that's a rumor spread by her rivals, but its still funny to think about ^_^)

[@ArcaneForge]

I know...grim right? Apparently, Daedalus' contraption was a bit more "disguise" themed than Catherine The Great's one, but certainly had a similar result. Thanks for watching!

[@SuperMarshall559]

Do Manticores.

[@ArcaneForge]

Will do, M B! Cheers for watching!

[@CraftyTabletop]

Hey Josh, another good one! I hit you up on instagram yesterday, so whenever you have time, I'd appreciate your answer.

[@ArcaneForge]

No worries, Crafty. Having a super busy week, but I'll get back to you asap. Cheers for watching.

[@distodusty815]

What?