Minotaur

The Minotaur is not a natural species. The only true Minotaur was Tiberius Telus, an unborn human transformed when Olga Varanov cursed her child to kill his father and every Telus after him. He emerged with the head of a bull, a man's body, titanic strength, and a curse that produced red mana.

Tiberius lived for nearly three centuries beneath Telus Island. He spoke, negotiated, wrote journals, studied divination, and built a labyrinth around himself. A Minotaur form therefore has human intelligence and functional hands; it is neither an animal nor a Psychic creature.

Its first profile becomes available with Summon or Polymorph Level 8. It remains Large at both levels.

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Minotaur (Polymorph & Summon Template)

Choose a known profile whose listed level is no higher than the level of Summon or Polymorph actually cast. Generate its body from the locked Spell DC; see Magical Creature Templates.

Combat Profile

Characteristic	Level 8	Level 10
Size	Large	Large
STR multiplier	×2.00	×3.00
DEX multiplier	×0.90	×1.30
HP per STR	80	160
Attacks	8	10
Spell Actions	3	4
General Actions	6	7
Dedicated Dodges	2	3
Reach	10 ft	10 ft
DR	32	64

The Minotaur uses the standard Ground Speed generated by DEX. Its hands can wield weapons, open doors, carry prisoners, and perform fine work. Summon creates no weapon for it, and equipment carried before Polymorph remains hidden. It must use its natural attacks or find equipment after appearing.

Physical Attacks

Attack	Level 8	Level 10
Fist	4d8 + STR	6d8 + STR
Gore	4d10 + STR	6d10 + STR

A Fist can replace its damage with a grapple attempt. The Minotaur's strength is not limited by its Large frame; Tiberius could tear limbs free, break powerful barriers through impact, and push a Huge boulder.

Charge. After moving at least its full Ground Speed in a straight line, the Minotaur's first Gore attack deals double damage, once per round.

Red-Mana Racial Spells

The curse within the body produces red mana and carries a small Arcane spell tradition. These spells require neither speech nor gesture when cast by a Minotaur. The Minotaur can cast any version of a scaling spell up to the one shown.

Racial spell	Level 8	Level 10
Wall Passage	4	4
Hurl Rock	7	9
Gravity Crush	7	10
Create Pit	8	10
Teleport	8	10

Wall Passage. The Minotaur spends the spell's normal casting actions but consumes no spell slot. This free use belongs to the cursed body and applies to a natural, summoned, or polymorphed Minotaur.

A summoned Minotaur uses the innate spell-slot reserve granted by Summon for its other racial spells. A Level 10 summon knows Gravity Crush Level 10, but begins without a Level 10 slot unless its creator gives it one during casting. Spell Conduit can provide further slots afterward.

A creature using Polymorph learns these racial spells but gains no second reserve. Every spell other than Wall Passage spends one of the transformed creature's real spell slots. The racial spell remains Arcane regardless of the mana color converted from that reserve.

Mind and the Labyrinth

A summoned Minotaur has human intelligence and can speak, reason, negotiate, read, and follow complex instructions. It begins with the fresh consciousness described by Summon: it does not inherit Tiberius's memories, hatred, or command to kill the Telus. A caster using Polymorph retains their own mind.

The labyrinth beneath Telus was Tiberius's life's work, not a structure produced automatically by this template. Its repairing walls required his concentration, and its enchantments against flight and teleportation ended when he died. A Minotaur with enough time, knowledge, spell slots, and material can attempt similar work.