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| A <strike><font color="#CC0C36">minotaur</font></strike> is a half-[[human|man]], half-bull. Unfortunately for the woman giving birth to the thing, the head is taurine, giving the monster huge horns.
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| This creature originates in Greek mythology, which is pretty fucked up. The first <strike><font color="#CC0C36">minotaur</font></strike> was born to Pasiphae, the wife of a king of Crete named Minos. She had taken a fancy to a white bull that the king liked more than her. Apparently, she liked the bull more than she liked the king as well. After the <strike><font color="#CC0C36">minotaur</font></strike> was born, it was kept in a labyrinth so that ordinary people wouldn't have to look at it. This might seem like a pretty raw deal for the <strike><font color="#CC0C36">minotaur</font></strike>, but on the other hand the Cretans sacrificed virgins to it every year.
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| As a result of this story, <strike><font color="#CC0C36">minotaurs</font></strike> are associated with labyrinths and mazes of all kinds. For example, in 4e they enjoy puzzles and feel at home in twisting, turning passages. Whenever <strike><font color="#CC0C36">minotaurs</font></strike> build towns or cities, the roads are always arranged in the most confusing way possible. To the locals, this makes perfect sense. To adventurers, it's a fucking pain. To GMs, it's an easy way to take up an hour or two of the party's time after they breeze through your perfectly designed challenge in 5 minutes and you have nothing left this session.
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