Editing Baphitaur

'''Baphitaurs''' are a [[planetouched]] race created by [[Baphomet]], who oversaw unholy breeding experiments between [[human]]s and [[minotaur]]s, both with each other and with the bovine demons known as ghour and goristros. The result was a race of distinctly bovine-featured [[tiefling]]s, one intimately associated with the [[Demon Prince]] of Beasts.

In terms of appearance, these tall, broad humanoids are comparable in size and build to the mightiest of [[orc]] warriors. Their faces resemble their minotaur relatives; bovine bestial muzzles with bull-like ears, short but sharp horns, and shaggy manes of hair. They sport human-like feet with claws instead of bovine hooves, and have long, almost rat-like tails.

Baphitaurs appear in the 3.5 "[[Underdark]]" sourcebook for the [[Forgotten Realms]] setting.

==PC Stats==
::Str +4, Dex +2, Con +2, Cha -2
::Medium
::Outsider (Native)
::Base speed 30 feet
::Darkvision 60 feet
::Resistance 5 to Cold, Electricity and Fire
::Scent
::Darkness 1/day at the ''higher'' of Caster Level 3rd or Baphitaur's character level.
::Rage as per a 1st level Barbarian 1/day
::Powerful Charge: When charging into battle, a baphitaur can make a single Gore attack that inflicts 2d6+3 damage.
::Natural Cunning: A baphitaur is immune to Maze spells, cannot become lost, and is never caught flat footed.
::+2 racial bonus on Listen, Search and Spot checks.
::[[Favored Class]]: [[Barbarian]]
::[[Level Adjustment]]: +3

==Baphitaurs vs. Tieflings==
Statwise, you might be wondering if baphitaurs are worth taking over their [[tiefling]] cousins? Well, let's take a look... in comparison to the Baphitaur's stats above, tieflings get:
::+2 Dexterity, +2 Intelligence, -2 Charisma
::Medium
::Outsider (Native)
::Base Speed 30 feet
::Darkvision 60 feet
::Resistance 5 to Cold, Electricity and Fire
::Darkness 1/day, with Caster Level equal to Character Level
::+2 racial bonus on Bluff and Hide checks.
::[[Favored Class]]: Rogue
::[[Level Adjustment]]: +1

So, in exchange for those extra +2 "fake" levels, swapping the hiding skill bonuses for perception ones, and switching the Int bonus to a Con bonus, your baphitaur is gaining +4 Strength, the Scent trait, a Charging Gore attack, a free basic [[Barbarian]] rage ability, immunity to maze spells, the ability to always know where they are, and immunity to being caught flat-footed.

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