Centaurs (Action)
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Attributes and Schticks
Body: 8-12
Mind: 4-8
Reflexes: 4-10
Move: 9
Description
Appearance
Centaurs are half-horse, half-men, with the hindquarters of horses and the forequarters of men. They are unusually handsome in their equine parts, but often coarse and ungraceful in their human part, though some are as charming and beautiful as any human.
Role
Their tastes, appetites and desires are much more human than horse, though they still have a craving for running free under open skies. Centaurs are rarely city-dwellers, preferring to roam the wild plains of the countryside. They make excellent warriors and herdsmen, messengers and scouts. They can master the crafts needed of nomads quite readily, but detest crafts that require a permanent shop or heavy equipment.
Politics
Centaurs live on great plains, and outsider know little about their home except that it is huge and has many tribes of centaurs living in it. Few caravans enter more than the fringe of Centaur lands, and most pay tolls to centaur tribes.
Integration
Most lands has seen few centaurs, and these are still curiosities and find employment quite readily as guardsmen, couriers or bodyguards, especially if they master the nuisances of civilization.
Family
Centaurs live in monogamous families, tough polygamy is tolerated in times of war. Centaur females are busy tending herds and foals and have little time for war; most casualties tend to be men. Foals are cared for communally, but lineage is considered important and a young centaur is expected to honor and remember his parents and ancestors.