Minotaur, The 7 (21)

Godforsaken

The most famous minotaur is the minotaur, the singular beast from which all lesser minotaur myths descend. The product of a god-cursed union between human and bull, the minotaur is monstrous, and only the flesh of people can nourish it. It is usually lost in a labyrinth created to contain it. But it occasionally gets free to hunt the wider world before the labyrinth pulls it back. Some demigods claim to have slain the minotaur, but the minotaur always returns.

Motive: Hungers for flesh

Environment: Usually in mythological labyrinths, but sometimes metaphorical ones (Other)

Health: 33

Damage: 10 points

Armor: 3

Movement: Short

Modifications: Breaking through barriers as level 9

Combat: The minotaur attacks by goring foes on its horns, inflicting 10 points of damage on a successful attack. If the minotaur charges a short distance, it can attack as part of the same action and inflict an additional moderate wound (5 points).

The minotaur is trapped by the labyrinth, but also part of it. Whenever a character attacks the minotaur, they must succeed on an Intellect defense task or be claimed by the labyrinth themselves until they can escape with a successful difficulty 7 Intellect task. Those claimed by the labyrinth seem to disappear and find themselves wandering a dark maze. Once a character successfully escapes, they are no longer subject to being claimed by the labyrinth for several days.

If killed, the minotaur's body is claimed by the labyrinth. Thirty-three days later, the minotaur is resuscitated.

Interactions: The minotaur can speak, but usually chooses not to. It is belligerent and cruel, and always hungry.

Uses: The minotaur has escaped the labyrinth and now wanders the narrow streets of a metropolis, treating the winding alleys and twisting roads as its new maze.

GM Intrusion: The minotaur smashes into the wall, causing a section of the tunnel or hallway to collapse on the character(s), inflicting 10 points of damage and trapping them until they can escape the rubble