Minotaur (monster)

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minotaur H
HP	39 - 104
HD	13
XP	1761
Speed	10
AC	5
EV	7
Will	52
Attack1	35 (hit: plain)
Attack2	20 (gore: plain)
Resistances	None
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	land
Intelligence	Normal
Uses	Weapons & armour
Holiness	Natural
Size	Medium
Type	minotaur, minotaur
Flags	Fighter Warm-blooded Speaks

A large muscular human with the head of a bull. It makes its home in secluded labyrinths.

Useful Info

Minotaurs are moderately powerful creatures which guard the center of every Labyrinth, protecting their treasure horde and preventing escape. They can be dangerous in melee, countering attacks with vicious headbutts, but they lack any other special abilities. If you see one outside of a Labyrinth, it's probably a shapeshifter.

Variant Minotaur

You can find a minotaur monk while exploring certain vaults. In spite of their background, they aren't much deadlier than the standard version. They tend to guard several magical armours.

A particularly adventurous and agile minotaur, capable of tearing apart the unwary with naught but its bare hands.

Tips & Tricks

• It's usually pretty obvious when you're about to come across the minotaur, as the center of the Labyrinth is pretty easy to spot.
• Minotaurs hit hard, but aren't very durable, and the fact that they're usually asleep when you find them will give you a chance to get in some early damage, particularly if you're trained in Stabbing.
• Be sure to examine them before the fight to know just how heavy a hitter they're going to be. A bare-handed minotaur is much less of a threat than one wielding an obvious artifact executioner's axe.
• If you buff yourself beforehand or use your most powerful spells, you shouldn't have too much trouble taking the minotaur down. Just be careful about using powerful Fire Magic or Ice Magic against it; it may be guarding rare potions and scrolls, which can be destroyed by careless use of fire and freezing clouds.