Large barbaric cross between humans and bovines. Mostly viewed as savages or barbaric. The Minotaurs of Xadune are not your typical “labyrinth Minotaurs” of known myth and legend. In fact, you imprison a Minotaur in an underground environment, and you are going to have one pissed off wild one. They are fierce nomadic survivalists that travel in family groups through the mountainous regions of Xadune. Minotaurs can be described as being strong, stubborn, and independent, racially discriminate, and noble.

It should be noted that when the Vichese invaded, the Minotaurs as a whole sided with the invaders and are considered traitors to the Xadunian people.

Minotaur are an Advanced Race, and a player can only choose to play a minotaur after playing 20 events as a non-Advanced Race.

Brute Strength

It goes without saying that Minotaurs are strong, but few realize just how strong they are. All Minotaurs are born and grow into a +2 Strength bonus.

Resist Toxin or Disease

Minotaurs have a strong fortitude against all Diseases or Toxins. It costs 5 Skill to resist any form of toxin or 3 skill for any form of disease. Upon character creation player chooses between Toxin or Disease to be resistant to, not both.

Resistant to Sleep or Charm

Upon character creation the player decides between either sleep or charm effects for the Minotaur to be able to resist at the cost of 3 Skill per use.

Toughness

Thick hides have their advantages; Minotaurs take -1 damage from physical damage.

Slow Leaner

Often has a hard time keeping up with most any information given to them. Meaning that it may have to be repeated or gestured out to them for them to understand. For most booklearned skills it costs 1½ times more (round down).

Weak Minded

One unfortunate thing that Minotaurs suffer from is a weakness to mental attacks, and so they take x2 damage from any and all mental attacks and double the duration.

Extra Skill

At levels 15; 23; and 30 a minotaur character has the option of purchasing nine extra skill to add to their max for 27xp. This trait can only be purchased at levels 15; 23; and 30 and at no other time. This trait does not count against racial maximums and instantly raises the maximum skill of the character by nine points. If purchased all three times it raises this races’ maximum skill to 90 by level 35.

Makeup Requirements

Culture specific, otherwise bull horns, bull nose, hooves, a bull tail, and brown makeup covering all exposed skin.

Minotaur Experience Levels
Level	XP	Body	Skill
1	0	7	3
2	19	14	6
3	31	21	9
4	43	28	12
5	56	35	15
6	70	42	18
7	85	49	21
8	101	56	24
9	118	63	27
10	139	70	30
11	162	70	33
12	185	70	33
13	208	70	33
14	231	70	33
15	259	77	36
16	287	77	36
17	315	77	36
18	343	77	36
19	371	84	40
20	407	84	40
21	443	84	40
22	479	84	40
23	515	91	44
24	551	91	44
25	595	91	44
26	639	91	44
27	683	98	47
28	727	98	47
29	771	98	47
30	823	105	51
31	883	105	51
32	951	112	55
33	1027	112	55
34	1111	120	59
35	1201	127	63