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Tauric Creatures

As with Dragons, Tauric creatures dives into a large amount of different sub-species that covers the main ones. That's not to say there aren't other species that are excluded, just that these listed species here are the ones that everyone sees once in a while and mostly in Europe. We're not quite diving into Asian, African, or American animals

Tauric creatures are beings with the torso and upper extremities of a human replace the neck and head of a quadruped animal. Common Tuarics include centaur (horse), equtaur (donkey), beataur (feline), canitaur (canine), piscitaur (fish; AKA mermaid), aquitaur (bird), minotaur (bull), and lacertaur (reptile; includes dragons). These beings are tightly knitted family creatures that usually stay in one area of their territory despite having a large area to live in. Families are generally extended to aunts, uncles, and cousins and include the elderly. Distant relations are hazy although it isn't unheard of for a group of centaurs or equtaurs to share the same territory as the pair are already similarly related.
Minotaurs and aquitaurs are the only exception to the Tauric list. Minotaurs have the head and lower body of a bull and the torso and arms of a human, giving them a very tall and rugged, fur-covered appearance. Aquitaurs have the head and lower body of a bird and the torso of a human. The main portion of their arms resemble human arms but are the foremost structure of their wings and are feathered with two extra digits that are separate from the four other spines that form the extended wing.
Each species resides in its own lands and cannot shape-shift between a humanoid form and their half-humanoid form.
Most tauric creatures share features on their humanoid portion that resemble certain features of their animal portion, for example, a dragon lacertaur may have horns on its head and spikes protruding from the spine, from shoulder to shoulder to hip to tail. A beataur or canitaur will have short fur covering their humanoid parts and ears similar to the animal they are half of.
These creatures come in all different shapes and sizes depending on the species they are. Within each Tauric species, basic animalistic species separate each set of creatures into further subsections. An example would be tiger beataur and lion beataur.

Most Common Tauric Creatures

Serotaur	Herbivore (horse, donkey, deer, cow, etc.)	Common names for serotaurs include centaur and equtaur which divide the horse and donkey, keeping those two separate from the other four legged animals that share similar qualities with their species. While they are not recognized as official race titles, they are recognized as specific groups within the entire serotaur field.

Beatuar	Feline

Canitaur	Canine

Piscitaur	Fish (Mermaid)

Acquitaur	Bird	While most Tauric creatures share few features in the upper torso, acquitaurs have winged arms and beaks. Their face, chest, and back have small, barely noticable feathers around the edges where the wing or legs start. Their feet are clawed talons with three front digits and one rear one, much like the birds of prey. Size and coloration of each acquitaur vary between species, but unlike most other tauric species, these creatures don't care about sub species as much and are as integrated with each other as they are around the world. As a group of them can be mixed and matched to suit certain areas, they have a strict inner government that allows them to coexist with each varying version of themselves, allowing their tight-knit clans to create the larger group, encompassing all acquitaurs. They do not like other species as much, but will allow basic courtesy to those they don't know and greet good friends like one of their own. Enemies are treated harshly and dealt with severely.

Lacertaur	Reptile, Dragon

Minotaur	Special

Return to True Form Species

Nymian Taurians

Just get some information down, then we can "combine" things. It's easier to have half a page separated top and bottom rather than side by side right now. Once things are all filled in and we can't add anymore information (or anything substantial, anyways) I can rearrange the page to give each of us the left and right. C:

2009-12-04 [xido]: Interesting that someone else has some input on here... I will help a little when I can. ;) I have others too. :D Great progress!
-will

2009-12-05 [Lin Star]: Wow. o.o Um...sorry if this sounds rude, I really don't mean it that way, but have we met before?

2009-12-06 [xido]: I guess it's possible, since we both live in Michigan, but probably not.... Unless the username xidoraven sounds familiar - in which case, yes. I use the same username everywhere online.

In any case, I helped put together the original content on this page, and was using it to help supplement the work I am doing on a RPG campaign setting called Nym. It's just nice to see things change every once in a while as I have my attention elsewhere.... Trying to put together a campaign setting publication.... It's a lot of work though. ;)
-will

2009-12-07 [Lin Star]: Well, the page was blank when I found it, so...>,>
But that's not to say it wasn't wiped clean. :/
I'm sure we can work something out. I'm interested in getting it completed though. I honestly didn't think anyone else had thought up "Tauric Creatures" as well, to be honest.
I've been thinking these things up out of my head and with research on respective animals, but it's been a while since I've added anything to it.

2009-12-08 [xido]: Ah, I was confusing myself - it was empty. I hadn't posted anything up yet. See Centaur and Centaur Races for the work I had been doing - centaur races has some of the information I considered posting on here at some point. D&D has a creature template known as 'Tauric Creature' which combines any two creatures that are (one) bipedal humanoids and (two) quadrupedal creatures - I was working on that basis. ;)

2009-12-08 [Lin Star]: Wow. So it wasn't just me. lol But no biggie. And it's fine, really. I looked over your stuff and it's pretty awesome. Did you make your maps yourself?

2009-12-11 [xido]: Oh yeah - I am creating a whole campaign setting, hopefully for an eventual publication for D&D / 3.5 edition d20 RPGs. The tauric creatures (Taurians) have their own land - the southern portion of the western continent (shared with the minotaurs, who claim the northern portion of the same continent).

Great minds think alike. ;) I added in the password for this page so I can get to it next time. My internet is being slow and crappy right now, so nothing I can do for it just yet.

It might be a good idea to separate our creations in such a way that it shows them both but without confusing others by having them all together in the same list. My tauric creatures are known as 'Nymian Taurians', and are created using a template found in the 'Monster Manual II' by Wizards of the Coast, which allows you to combine any two creatures where one is a bipedal humanoid and the other is a quadrupedal beast of some form - and I enhanced it in such a way to make giant/dragon taurs, which are the rulers and sentries of the Taurians of Nym. Sounds like you have something similar with your Lacertaur... How big would say those are (height, length, weight)? Mine are pretty darn big - like the size of a mature adult dragon with a half a giant on top (like whipped cream and a cherry). ;) lol

I will go add you on Yahoo IM right now. ;)
-will

2009-12-12 [Lin Star]: I haven't quite gotten that far. lol I'll let you know. And I know of a way to post things up there without much problem. C: It might be weird to read, but it'll be separated for each of our uses. C:

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