Homebrew Edmerian Minotaur Species Details

The Minotaur of Edmerys are a bipedal bovine people that value hardwork and strength in family. Most typical Minotaur live out in the Blazeic Badlands but can be found all over northern Edmerys, from the Myriad Plains to the harsh arctic tundra of Snaer Kronus.

Natural Powerhouse

The Minotaurs of Edmerys are a strong, bovine like people. They share a lot of physical similarities with their four-legged counterparts along with other humanoids, with cloven hooves, a bovine tail, and, most distinctive of all, a bull's head. Almost all of a Minotaur's body is covered in course fur, the length and state of which varying with each minotaur. The colors for a Minotaur's fur can range as much as a human's hair, from pitch black to brown, or from sandy blonde to firey red. Minotaurs take pride in their horns, the sharpness, size, and color of which are related to an individual's place in minotaur society. 

Unchainable

In ancient times, centuries prior, the Minotaur race were the enslaved beasts of burden for the High Elves of the ancient empire. A successful upbringing by the Minotaur Crovux, blessed by the Shadowhand to break free from the chains of his oppressors, led to the Minotaurs becoming a free race, never to be chained again. The blood of Crovux is said to flow through all Minotaurs after their liberation, due to the Shadowhand's grace, which led to their almost god-gifted ability to break free from any form of chains and bondage.     

Minotaur Names

Minotaur names: Cassius, Crovux, Moe, Bessie, Iass, Tagir

Edmerian Minotaur Traits

Minotaur take up similar traits to full blooded Orcs. A strong and powerful beast race, they make good warriors and hard workers. Their legacy being chained makes them naturally adept at keeping unchained.

Ability Score Increase

Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Keen Direction

Minotaurs have an uncanny ability to never get lost. They have advantage on survival checks which rely on direction and cannot be turned around in mazes. 

Chainbreaker

Minotaurs have been blessed by the Shadowhound to never be shackled like their primitive bovine cousins, and thus have an uncanny ability to break from any chain that may seek to bind them. Minotaurs automatically succeed on non-contested Strength checks with a DC below their Strength score to break their chains or the chains of others. They have advantage on all other Strength checks.

Horn rush

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.

Damage for your horn rush increases with your level, increasing to 1d8 at level 5, 1d10 at level 10 and 1d12 at level 15.