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Mystaran Minotaurs?

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#1
the_bus_driver
Mar 05, 2005 16:40:41 I found a thread on Minotaurs about a year old, but it never answered some questions I have. The search function won't work for me, it just keeps asking me to login again...

What alignment to Minotaurs tend to be?

Where would Minotaurs on the continent of Brun be like?

What is a Mystaran Minotaurs favored class?

Any help some one can give me would be appreciated.
#2
zombiegleemax
Mar 05, 2005 17:34:29 Hmmm If I cannot find any info I usually make it up myself. Most minotaurs are magically created. Wether they can reproduce by themselves is up to whoever runs the campaign I guess. I would make them semi intelligent, just enough to follow a masters commands but not enough to overthrow him easily. I know is old skool D&D Minotaurs were liek keepers of treasure and stuff but that makes no sense. Out in the wild they would be dirt poor and probably live in a small clan. As for some of the D&D specifics I can't help you there, I don't touch the stuff :D
#3
Hugin
Mar 06, 2005 0:16:57
What alignment to Minotaurs tend to be?

In OD&D they were Chaotic, the 3.5 SRD says "usually chaotic evil".

Where would Minotaurs on the continent of Brun be like?

If you're asking where on Brun would you find Minotaurs, I believe X5 and the Milenian Empire are the only Mystara products that mentions a location for them (that being Hule and the Great Pass on the Surface and Milenia in the Hollow World). I also place them (at varying rates of occurrence) from the Immortals Arm to the Black Mountains, Graakhalia, Thyatis (for the games, from which some have escaped), as well as Alphatia and the Isle of Dawn (thanks to those wizards).

What is a Mystaran Minotaurs favored class?

Most likely warrior or maybe barbarian.

Mystaran Minotaurs have a bit of a twist on them though; Quoting from the Orc's Head Peninsula "Enduks are winged minotaurs, the only "true" minotaurs according to their history and legends (others are cursed versions that lost their wings when they turned to evil)."
#4
zombiegleemax
Mar 06, 2005 3:33:52
... Thyatis (for the games, from which some have escaped) ...

I used to have some Minotaur slaves at Thyatian mansions, where they were (ab)used by wealthy Thyatian ladies for sexual pleasures.
#5
Hugin
Mar 06, 2005 14:22:33 :heehee :evillaugh
#6
katana_one
Mar 06, 2005 18:01:57
I used to have some Minotaur slaves at Thyatian mansions, where they were (ab)used by wealthy Thyatian ladies for sexual pleasures.

Excuse me while I go and scrub my brain with bleach now …
#7
zombiegleemax
Mar 06, 2005 23:23:36
Excuse me while I go and scrub my brain with bleach now …

Apologies. :embarrass
(I guess I was influenced at the time from reading something about the bull being an emblem of sexual virility in Early Modern Europe.)
#8
culture20
Mar 07, 2005 18:08:34
Mystaran Minotaurs have a bit of a twist on them though; Quoting from the Orc's Head Peninsula "Enduks are winged minotaurs, the only "true" minotaurs according to their history and legends (others are cursed versions that lost their wings when they turned to evil)."

Enduks are Lawful Good; they favor Fighters and Clerics (2E AD&D unlimited advancement in cleric). In OD&D, I'd model them off of paladins. Their Culture is a mix of Mayan, Incan, and Aztec, with a little Bull-flavor. They revere Idu (Ixion).

Other Minotaurs are thought of as cursed humans; they have no race or culture of their own.
#9
agathokles
Mar 08, 2005 2:01:13
Enduks are Lawful Good; they favor Fighters and Clerics (2E AD&D unlimited advancement in cleric). In OD&D, I'd model them off of paladins. Their Culture is a mix of Mayan, Incan, and Aztec, with a little Bull-flavor. They revere Idu (Ixion).
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Note that Enduk (and Nimmurian/Manscorpion) culture/language is actually modeled on mesopotamian civilizations (specifically, Nimmur is modeled on Assyria, and the Enduks are more Sumerian or Babylonian).
#10
culture20
Mar 08, 2005 19:29:11 I learn something new every day. :embarrass
#11
zombiegleemax
Mar 09, 2005 3:30:12 I recall reading a very good article on the Vaults about the likely history of Minotaurs as cursed Enduks and their spreading on Mystara.
The article was written by Giulio Caroletti (Iulius Scaevola) and I strongly recommend you to read it, it's a nice take...

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 the_bus_driver Mar 05, 2005 16:40:41	I found a thread on Minotaurs about a year old, but it never answered some questions I have. The search function won't work for me, it just keeps asking me to login again... What alignment to Minotaurs tend to be? Where would Minotaurs on the continent of Brun be like? What is a Mystaran Minotaurs favored class? Any help some one can give me would be appreciated.
#2 zombiegleemax Mar 05, 2005 17:34:29	Hmmm If I cannot find any info I usually make it up myself. Most minotaurs are magically created. Wether they can reproduce by themselves is up to whoever runs the campaign I guess. I would make them semi intelligent, just enough to follow a masters commands but not enough to overthrow him easily. I know is old skool D&D Minotaurs were liek keepers of treasure and stuff but that makes no sense. Out in the wild they would be dirt poor and probably live in a small clan. As for some of the D&D specifics I can't help you there, I don't touch the stuff :D
#3 Hugin Mar 06, 2005 0:16:57	What alignment to Minotaurs tend to be? In OD&D they were Chaotic, the 3.5 SRD says "usually chaotic evil". Where would Minotaurs on the continent of Brun be like? If you're asking where on Brun would you find Minotaurs, I believe X5 and the Milenian Empire are the only Mystara products that mentions a location for them (that being Hule and the Great Pass on the Surface and Milenia in the Hollow World). I also place them (at varying rates of occurrence) from the Immortals Arm to the Black Mountains, Graakhalia, Thyatis (for the games, from which some have escaped), as well as Alphatia and the Isle of Dawn (thanks to those wizards). What is a Mystaran Minotaurs favored class? Most likely warrior or maybe barbarian. Mystaran Minotaurs have a bit of a twist on them though; Quoting from the Orc's Head Peninsula "Enduks are winged minotaurs, the only "true" minotaurs according to their history and legends (others are cursed versions that lost their wings when they turned to evil)."
#4 zombiegleemax Mar 06, 2005 3:33:52	... Thyatis (for the games, from which some have escaped) ... I used to have some Minotaur slaves at Thyatian mansions, where they were (ab)used by wealthy Thyatian ladies for sexual pleasures.
#5 Hugin Mar 06, 2005 14:22:33	:heehee :evillaugh
#6 katana_one Mar 06, 2005 18:01:57	I used to have some Minotaur slaves at Thyatian mansions, where they were (ab)used by wealthy Thyatian ladies for sexual pleasures. Excuse me while I go and scrub my brain with bleach now …
#7 zombiegleemax Mar 06, 2005 23:23:36	Excuse me while I go and scrub my brain with bleach now … Apologies. :embarrass (I guess I was influenced at the time from reading something about the bull being an emblem of sexual virility in Early Modern Europe.)
#8 culture20 Mar 07, 2005 18:08:34	Mystaran Minotaurs have a bit of a twist on them though; Quoting from the Orc's Head Peninsula "Enduks are winged minotaurs, the only "true" minotaurs according to their history and legends (others are cursed versions that lost their wings when they turned to evil)." Enduks are Lawful Good; they favor Fighters and Clerics (2E AD&D unlimited advancement in cleric). In OD&D, I'd model them off of paladins. Their Culture is a mix of Mayan, Incan, and Aztec, with a little Bull-flavor. They revere Idu (Ixion). Other Minotaurs are thought of as cursed humans; they have no race or culture of their own.
#9 agathokles Mar 08, 2005 2:01:13	Enduks are Lawful Good; they favor Fighters and Clerics (2E AD&D unlimited advancement in cleric). In OD&D, I'd model them off of paladins. Their Culture is a mix of Mayan, Incan, and Aztec, with a little Bull-flavor. They revere Idu (Ixion). . Note that Enduk (and Nimmurian/Manscorpion) culture/language is actually modeled on mesopotamian civilizations (specifically, Nimmur is modeled on Assyria, and the Enduks are more Sumerian or Babylonian).
#10 culture20 Mar 08, 2005 19:29:11	I learn something new every day. :embarrass
#11 zombiegleemax Mar 09, 2005 3:30:12	I recall reading a very good article on the Vaults about the likely history of Minotaurs as cursed Enduks and their spreading on Mystara. The article was written by Giulio Caroletti (Iulius Scaevola) and I strongly recommend you to read it, it's a nice take...