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savatage 03-27-08, 11:18 AM	I'm going to play a minotaur in a upcoming campaign. I have the stats and all but my question is.. I know they have a +2 adj. so I will gain a level at 3rd level correct? Now do I get bonus feats and skill modifiers like everyone else when I hit the right level? And what about skill points??
ArochanoX 03-27-08, 03:05 PM	For the most basic info, check out Dungeon Master's Guide pg. 172-174 Monsters as Characters. It has some talk of effective character level, racial hit dice and level adjustments. Minotaur here has 6 racial hit dice and +2 level adjustment. So a minotaur player character would be comparable to a 8th level character. (Minotaur's effective character level is 8.) So a minotaur would fit well into a party of 8th level characters. Those 6 HD grant the minotaur 3 feats (HD 1, 3, and 6), but they do not grant ability score bonus at level 4 as it is already factored in to Minotaur's ability score modifiers (when minotaur character get's it 2nd class level at effective character level 10, he would gain an ability score boost because it's HD is then 8). Ability score modifiers and all racial abilities of a minotaur can be found from Monster Manual pg. 189.
Tordak 03-27-08, 05:16 PM	Altough not as strong and big, the minotaur from Dragonlance Campaing Setting has no racial it dice and no level adjustment, perhaps you can convince your DM to let you use that instead (with possibly a little twist or 2 if the one in your DM's world are not seafarer and all).
ciaran 03-28-08, 07:59 AM	I let a guy I DM'd play the Minotaur from Savage Species. He liked it. It takes the 6 racial HD and the +2 LA and stretched out all of the bonuses over eight levels. We started at 6 so he was a bit shy of taking a class level. I told his to increase his height and weight as he advanced. :D Teenage Minotaurs... Sheesh.
darksamuari 03-28-08, 08:44 PM	Teenage Minotaurs... Sheesh. I know! Like a bull in a china shop...