How does a PC play a minotaur?

[tennyson]

Hi Everyone,

We're starting a new campaign soon and throwing around some ideas. One of the PCs wants to play a minotaur. I know that this race will level much slower than a core race, but I'm a little confused.

If a character is ECL 4, does that mean for every 4 levels of XP, he gains 1 level?

Additionally, where can I find something that will detail how to create a minotaur character?

Thanks!

 

[CRGreathouse]

Hi Everyone,

We're starting a new campaign soon and throwing around some ideas. One of the PCs wants to play a minotaur. I know that this race will level much slower than a core race, but I'm a little confused.

If a character is ECL 4, does that mean for every 4 levels of XP, he gains 1 level?

Additionally, where can I find something that will detail how to create a minotaur character?

Thanks!

Savage Species details the rules for playing monsters as characters. If the character is ECL 4, he's effectively a 4th-level character (with 6,000 to 9,999 XP). When he gains a total of 10,000 XP, he gains a new level.

I think minotaurs are much more than ECL 4, though.

 

[Yeoman]

Re: Re: How does a PC play a minotaur?

I think minotaurs are much more than ECL 4, though.

They are ECL 8.

 

[Jeremy]

As luck would have it, there is an article on how to play Minotaurs on the official website here. It's an excerpt from Savage Species, the book that handles non-core race PC's.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/dx20030202ex

 

[Maitre Du Donjon]

Re: Re: Re: How does a PC play a minotaur?

They are ECL 8.

Indeed. Do NOT mix Challenge Rating (CR) and Effective Character Level (ECL).

One thing to add to CRGreathouse's post is that your Minotaur PC will be a 1st level character until he gets 36,000XP, at which moment he'll become 2nd level. He'll reach 3rd level at 45,000XP, 4th at 55,000XP, etc.

Maitre D

 

[tennyson]

Re: Re: Re: Re: How does a PC play a minotaur?

Indeed. Do NOT mix Challenge Rating (CR) and Effective Character Level (ECL).

One thing to add to CRGreathouse's post is that your Minotaur PC will be a 1st level character until he gets 36,000XP, at which moment he'll become 2nd level. He'll reach 3rd level at 45,000XP, 4th at 55,000XP, etc.

Maitre D

That's what I was looking for. I'm going to check out that article right now as well. Now just one more question:

Do you think these rules will change for 3.5? I don't want to give the PC the link you posted and have him start creating a character if it will be over/under balanced in the new version.

Thanks for all of your help!

 

[paulewaug]

dragonlance minotaurs

You could also check out the
Minotaurs of Krynn
and see which one you is more suited to your game.

I think that using Both makes things interesting.

The Krynnish are obviously more advanced/evolved
and the MM version is more bestial.

IF you have access to the Feral (?) template from SS then you can widen the division even more, and/or present "throwbacks"

This also allows you to have Minotaurs with hooves and those with feet!