NPC

Minotaur

Main

Minotaur

Knows the labyrinth exceptionally well and attacks intruders. Can aid the bugbears in exchange for one human slave every three days of service, whom he eats. This hostile bargain is source content, not an assumed party hireling contract.

Primary location: 45 — The Minotaur

Original statistics: Minotaur. The linked existing block remains the counted encounter source.

Source inventory and valuables

Source: B2, caves:45, PDF page(s) 25. Role titles retained; no personal names or unstated mechanics invented. Original encounter narrative retained.

Minotaur

Original Basic D&D statistics — B2

Armor Class (descending)	4
Hit Dice	6
Hit Points	35
Attacks	1 or 2
Damage	4-9 or 1-6/1-6
Movement per round	40’
Save As	F 6
Morale	12

Source notes

Wears chain mail and carries a spear +1. First attacks with the spear for 1d6+3; on the next round uses gore and bite for 1–6 each. It may use the spear or horns and bite, not both.

Source stat line

AC 4, HD 6, hp 35, #AT 1 or 2, D 4-9 or 1-6/1-6, MV (40’), Save F 6, ML 12

Source: 45 — The Minotaur; Original B2 statistics 1. Unlisted statistics have not been invented.