Questions tagged [centaur]
For questions primarily about centaurs as player races or monsters in RPGs. Centaurs are creatures originating from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a horse.
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Does an Arcane Armor replace the legs of the Centaur?
If I was playing a Centaur and I lost my leg would the Artificer Armorer's Arcane Armor replace it while I'm wearing it?
Arcane Armor states:
It also expands to cover your entire body, although you ...
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Does the ranger feature Land's Stride negate the movement debuff from the centaur's Equine Build trait?
The second part of the centaur's Equine Build racial trait says (MP:MotM, p. 9):
In addition, any climb that requires hands and feet is especially difficult for you because of your equine legs. When ...
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How quickly can a Thylean Centaur climb?
I'm playing the Thylean Centaur race (from the third-party Odyssey of the Dragonlords module), which has the following trait:
Quadrapedal Stride. Climbing or maneuvering in tight spaces is considered ...
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Would a centaur benefit from snowshoes?
I'm getting ready to run Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden and one of my players is going to be a centaur. Reading over the rules about travel, I see the talk of snowshoes and I have to wonder if ...
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Can a Centaur player character carry a Medium-sized creature?
The Centaur race published in the Mythic Odysseys of Theros and Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica books is considered size Medium. However, due to the Equine Build trait, it counts as one size larger ...
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Is the Midgard Heroes Handbook Centaur race considered as Medium, or Large, for the purpose of grappling and shoving?
In the "Midgard Heroes Handbook" from the Kobold Press, there is a playable character race, the Centaur (not to be confused with the somewhat different Centaur published in Guildmaster's ...
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Can a Centaur wear and benefit from magical boots, slippers, and other non-horseshoe footwear?
It seems agreed upon that Centaur player characters (from Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica & Mythic Odysseys of Theros) can wear, and benefit from, the magic items horseshoes of speed and horseshoes ...
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What mounts are Centaurs capable of using?
While it is understood that a centaur could be used as a mount under certain conditions, such is in this question, I am asking whether or not a Centaur is capable of using a mount for itself. Is there ...
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Is a Centaur PC considered an animal when calculating carrying capacity for vehicles?
Is a Centaur PC considered an animal when calculating carrying capacity for vehicles?
I'm pretty sure I know the answer, but I wanted to double check.
Mounts and Vehicles. An animal pulling a ...
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How does the Athlete feat affect the Centaur playable race?
The Athlete feat (PHB, p. 165) has a point that says:
climbing doesn't halve your speed.
The Centaur's Equine Build trait (GGtR, p. 16) says:
any climb that uses both hands and feet is ...
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What kind of anatomy does a centaur have?
My friend showed me a D&D meme about centaurs (see below). This got me wondering if centaurs also having two sets of lungs, two livers, two hearts (like a Time Lord?), and so on, or if centaurs ...
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Which centaur is more 'official'?
I've got a player in my campaign and she's an equestrian, so naturally she likes centaur characters! She wished to use the centaur character race from Unearthed Arcana (UA), but I realize that there ...
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Does a centaur PC also count as being mounted?
One of our characters created a centaur Eagle totem barbarian (level 3) - which I thought was a good idea. But to duck and weave in tight spaces, she'd need high AC, so she came up with a character ...
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How do the rules work for a centaur being a mount?
In most places online I have found that centaurs act as a mount.
Though I can't find text that directly confirms this in Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica I tend to agree.
However this raises 2 ...
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What would happen if a Centaur Oath of the Ancients Paladin used Turn the Faithless?
Centaurs have the Fey trait (Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica, pg. 16):
Fey. Your creature type is fey, rather than humanoid.
Since Centaurs are Fey, if a Centaur was also a Oath of the Ancients ...
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