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{{flavour|The Minotaurs are yet another species of hybrids - Human bodies with bovine heads. They delve into the Dungeon because of their instinctive love of twisting passageways.

Minotaurs are extremely good at all forms of physical combat, but are awful at using any type of magic. They can wear all armour except for some headgear. When in close combat, Minotaurs tend to reflexively headbutt those who dare attack them.}}

==Innate Abilities==
* [[Horns]] 2: Minotaurs get a secondary melee attack from their horns, but cannot wear [[helmet]]s.
* Minotaurs instinctively counterattack foes in melee with a [[auxiliary attack|headbutt]] whenever (5× [[STR]] + 7 × [[DEX]] > 1d(600))

Minotaurs have a base [[Strength]] of 12, [[Intelligence]] of 5 and [[Dexterity]] of 5 (before Background modifiers). They have -1 to their base [[magic points]].

==Preferred Backgrounds==
*'''Warriors:''' [[Fighter]], [[Gladiator]], [[Monk]], [[Hunter]]
*'''Zealots:''' [[Abyssal Knight]], [[Berserker]]

==Level Bonuses==
* +1 [[strength]] or [[dexterity]] (equal chance) every 4th level.
* 10% more [[HP]] than average.
* +3 [[willpower]] per level.

==Starting Skills and Equipment ==
Minotaurs start with the skills and equipment listed for their background, with these exceptions:
* Any [[helmet]] is replaced with a [[hat]].

==Difficulty of Play==
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Minotaurs are an easy species to play because of their incredible versatility in melee combat. They are equally excellent in all melee weapons, and nearly as competent at range. They are also very durable, thanks to high HP and a good [[Armour skill]] aptitude. Minotaurs are thus a great choice for players who want a powerful "monstrous" species, but don't want to sacrifice weapon versatility or armour as [[ogre]]s and [[troll]]s do.

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==Strategy==
Tough, strong, and at home with all weapons, minotaurs are born for melee and ranged-combat backgrounds alike. Being feeble at magic, however, they need to milk the religious side of the game to round themselves out. They particularly excel as Berserkers, as [[Trog]]'s religion emphasizes all of a Minotaur's strong points, and only [[troll]]s suffer less from a ban on magic. Nor do any of Trog's powers actually require the Invocations skill, leaving more experience to devote to combat skills.

Picking Fighter, Gladiator, or Hunter will provide you with a good start for making the journey to the [[Temple]] (or to a lucky early [[altar]]). Minotaurs do well under [[Okawaru]] ([[Heroism]], [[Finesse]], equipment gifts), [[Makhleb]] (demonic summons, recovery from killing, elemental blasts), or even [[the Shining One]] (powerful summons, defensive buffs, and abilities useful against [[demon]]ic and [[undead]] foes. Besides, you probably weren't going to be sneaking around anyway).

For reference: a Minotaur Monk will have a chance of 26.5% to counterattack at the start of the game, a MiWz will have a chance of 18.5%. Should you reach 40 in Str and Dex your chance will be about 80%.

==History==
*In [[0.17]], headbutt auxiliary attacks no longer apply a small stun.

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