From:	Loki <loki@*******.com>
Subject:	Re: [SR2] Names (a late comment)
Date:	Mon, 09 Sep 1996 11:56:43 -0700

Ubiquitous wrote:
>
> At 03:58 AM 9/9/96 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >>We had a minotaur from East Coast named Jersey...fond of wearing a black
> >>and white patterned long coat of the appropriate design...
>
> Which is?
>
> You don't mean "Gernsey", do you? *grin*

He was making a play on words twice...one for being from New Jersey, and
two a Jersey cow (ergo the cow print long coat, and a bull-like head).

> >Ok, stupid question time... I've been playing for about 3 years, read
> >almost every source book and novel. Now, I've seen this reference I think
> >two other times. What is a minotaur in Shadowrun? I don't remember them
> >from anywhere... I know what they are in other games, but what are they
> >from in Shadowrun?
>
> It's in the Paranormal Guide to European Critters, I think. It's basically what
> they call Trolls in Greece. For the record, the brit word for "Ork"
> is "Ogre".



Mintotaur and Ogre aren't just "names" for trolls and orks, they're
diffreent expressions of the meta-types. Minotaur being shorter and
stockier than trolls with heads that resemble a bull's and not nearly as
many knobs and bumps on they're skin. Ogre's are shorter and stockier
than their ork cousins, with little body hair and not nearly as many
skin blemishes as well. The game stats however remain the same for
both...


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