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Hulking behemoths of muscle, fur, and horns, one would not be faulted for thinking these folk to be dangerous beasts to be feared, but under the layers of strength and shag and keratin is the soul of an artist and storyteller. Literally written into being by their tribemates, Minos' are destined to travel out into the world, and record the story of their life, before returning to their hometown to pass on and leave a story for their progeny.

As such, a Minos' most prized possession is their storybook, which contains a recollection of their life so far. Each Minos' soul is actually contained in their storybook, and as such, those that loose their book are often wracked with guilt and sorrow, dying not long after if their book is not found or restored. For this reason, a Minos will guard it's storybook with it's life, and for someone to be trusted with the responsibility of safeguarding a storybook for a Minos is the same to them as literally placing their life in that person's care.

Attributes

Ability Score Increase. When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1.

Age. Minos' mature and age at about the same rate as humans do.

Creature Type. You are a Humanoid with a sub-type of Minos.

Size. You are Medium.

Land Speed. You can move 30 feet at haste while grounded.

Horns. You can make a Horns attack, which is a melee weapon attack with the heavy property and with which you are proficient. It deals 2d4+Str piercing damage on a hit. You do not need a free hand to make this attack.

Goring Rush. Immediately after you take the Dash action on your turn and move at least 20 feet, you can make one melee attack with your Horns as a bonus action. If the attack hits, you may knock the target prone so long as it is no more than one size larger than you.

Loremaster. You have proficiency in the History skill and with Calligrapher's Tools. Additionally, You can accurately recall anything you've heard or read in the last week (this recollection is not accurate enough to remember spells or magically granted skill proficiencies), are immune to the effects of the Modify Memory spell, and cannot be magically made to forget things.

Powerful Build. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Storybook. Your soul is bound to your storybook, which is a small object capable of mass storage and that contains the story of your life so far (it's specific appearance is free for you to determine). A creature bearing your Storybook can cast a spell with a range of touch as though you were right next to them. For every 24 consecutive hours you spend 500 feet or farther from your storybook, you gain one level of exhaustion. These levels of exhaustion cannot be removed until the storybook is back in your possession. If you have your storybook on your person, you can transfer your story from your storybook to another object that meets the requirements at a rate of one day per year of life transferred, with your soul transferred to the new object once the process is complete. Once you've transferred your story to the new object, the previous one becomes blank.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Bovarian and one other common language of your choice. Bovarian is the language of Minos' and is magically adjacent to the 'languages' 'spoken' by cows, oxen, goats, sheep, bison, antelope, and buffalo. Any being that learns the language can communicate simple ideas and concepts to these creatures and creatures like them, though said creatures do not have any special ability to respond.

Channeling Legends

Channel Legend. As a bonus action, you or an ally bearing your storybook can channel the power of one of history's legends into your storybook and grant you a measure of that legend's power, picking one of the options from the following list. This feature can be used a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

• Enhanced Awareness. For the next hour, you have advantage on Perception and Investigation checks.
• Immovable Object. For the next minute, when you are subjected to forced movement, you can chose to not be moved if you are conscious.
• Night Stalker. For the next hour, you have Darkvision with a range of 30 feet.
• Undying Avatar. You may expend one hit die, roll it, and regain an amount of HP equal to the number rolled plus your constitution modifier.
• Unstoppable Force. Until the end of your next turn, Your land-speed is increased by 10, difficult terrain does not cost you additional movement, and you deal twice the damage to structures and objects.
• Silvered Tongue. For the next hour, you have advantage on Charisma skill checks.

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