#Equitaur

[bugpysforge]

Ursaluna inherited leadership of her circle in her senior years and was given fresh strength by the Blood Moon's arcane enchantments.

Race: Equitaur Class: Sorcerer Subclass: Lunar Magic Origin Location: Founja Jungle Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

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[ranharrafantasy]

Bryant wanted to go all out for this year's renaissance festival. Last year he went with friends who made fun of him for dressing up, but this year, he was going by himself so he could avoid the negativity of his friends and maybe even make some new ones.

 While searching online, to his disbelief he found an equitaur potion that also came with high-quality renaissance armor. At first he thought it was a hoax but after reading the 4 other reviews he decided to pay the high cost just in case it turned out to be true...

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[malkgayvian]

snake tail :3

[what-the-floofin]

So how do baby taurs work for the equitaurs and cervitaurs in your stuff?

Oh that's a good one actually - lots to talk about! Too much for one post, but gotta start somewhere. Enjoy some messy micro scribbles peppered throughout. They were originally very very tiny so, pardon blurriness.

I've got my Taurs running overall pretty similar to equine cycles and gestations - meaning they are what you call 'long-day triggered' by the spring and summer seasons.

(Though they do cycle throughout the year, just at slower rates and less consistently over cooler seasons)

This goes for the cervitaurs too - rather than using the shorter gestation of their deer alikes - as they and their foals are a bit bigger and more complex to deal with. Which also goes to suggest that twins/multiples are not a frequent occurrence for cervitaurs in comparison to actual deer, and inherently poses as much danger as it does for equines instead. Possible, but high risk and incredibly demanding.

So, you're looking at an 11 month gestation on average, and typically starting in a mid-spring to late-summer window. Which places most taurs at being born early-spring to mid-summer. It's most uncommon to be winter born, but not weird tbh.

Foals are super awkward, there's no getting around that, and in the first year they have a ridiculous growth rate when compared to other sentient creatures of similar lifespans.

These things are weeds - the difference from one day old to three months old is phenomenal alone. They are, however, cooked a little further along than what you'd be comparing to for a newborn human. They're able to support themselves enough to avoid outright injury (think like a 3-4 month old baby), but gaining actual control of all those limbs takes a bit more time. The equine half however would be a touch undercooked for a horse. Just physically, in size. No worries about comparative internal developments, that's all good and ready to go.

So they're typically gonna spend shy of their first month feeding and sleeping, practicing rolling up, sitting and limb coordination to build strength for self-standing. If mama has places to be, that baby is getting carried.

I also absolutely subscribe to the idea of arms being naturally held close to torso prior to having balance and coordination. It would support them a lot! Then it becomes a self-soothing gesture seen in the anxious, and an instinctive positional response when badly startled. Tuck in!

By three months you can expect them to be racing on their little stilt legs - albeit still with the occasional wobble and spill. And wowee did that happen fast when you think about it.

While the zoomies are a lot, they're balanced out by the fact that so much oncoming growth means foals crash nap very frequently. These buggers sleep a lot. It's go hard and sleep hard on endless rotation. Play, snack, nap, rinse and repeat.

This accelerated growth races away throughout their first year, and then drops right back into something a bit more reasonable - at least when you're considering it from the human perspective!

Yet in comparison to how they first started out, it's practically snail paced.

I'm meaning, you look at the size of a 3 month old horse foal, and that's the closest comparison to a 2 year old taur foal in body. Every 'horse foal month' thereafter starts guiding the next 'taur foal year' visual until you hit that yearling horse look for a taur when they're 10-11 years old. Then by that point, they've reached most of their full leg length, and the next 10 years is focused on finishing the bulking out of their frame.

(click to enlarge I hope) - Featuring my lass Thalo here haha

By rule of thumb I just have both equid and humanoid aspects grow in relative balance to each other, lanky stages and all. From the human perspective, the humanoid half grows crazy fast at first and then becomes comparatively similar. From the horse perspective, the equine half is crazy slow and always is. It would also give credit to having a higher physical durability than their animal counterparts. More time was spent growing!

It's worth noting that a lot of perceived 'weirdness' only comes from trying to compare them purely 1 to 1 with either horse, deer or human kids. Taurs are their own thing though! And nature's most consistent attitude is to Find What Works and Do it. No matter how wack, if it works it's used.

So, a rapid starting growth tapered into a much slower rate once they're stabilised and running was just the path that worked best for this Taur survival. Keep it simple!

There's always more to cover, but this is chunky enough for now. Whew!

[mostlymonstrous]

[mat2modblog]

I got the full Matser Gundam set so I could make a gundam based on Rarity lol.

[times-chu]

One of the funniest things to me is when people joke about the "horse centaur" thing.

"Imagine a centaur but the front is also a horse!! Haha!!" they say. A lot of the time, they include this picture:

That's a funny concept!! A real goofy mental image. Downright silly!!

Or it would be, if "taur" style designs of many species hadn't been popular in the furry community for ages.

If you're not getting what I'm saying here,, its a warning. Horse taurs have been a thing for a LONG-ASS time. And YES they look absurd.

[farsight-the-char]

In my DnD/Fantasy setting, each race has a clear “Origin”.

Human, Dwarves, Orcs, and LIzardfolk evolved naturally. Humans and Dwarves from apes, Orcs from Bears, Lizardmen from Crocodiles.

Elves, Tieflings (and related), Goliaths, Halflings, and a few others were natural but had Gods “ascend” them.

Dragonkind (True Dragons, Dragonborn, Kobalds, and related) were created by the Earth Goddess Gaia to serve as her true Protectors and Keepers of Natural Order. 

Centaurs, Merfolk, Ogres, Equitaurs, Oni, and a few others were created by other Gods to serve their interests on Earth.

Fairies, Demons, Angels, Elementals, and Giants are divine beings that

Golem, Goblins, Trolls, and Gnomes were created by different Mortals.

[thepioden]

Hullo. I was wondering if you remember what all the cervitaurs and equitaurs were in centaurstuck? Because I love it, and the art for it, and I would like to try some accurate fanart for it. I never get tired of reading and rereading that verse.

Gonna tag @everlind here, too, especially for our horses!

First of all can I just say that I am THRILLED AND FLATTERED that you want to draw art for our goofy centaurverse! I love it very much, too. Thank you so much for your enthusiasm :D :D :D The Cervitaurs were mostly of my engineering, while the Equitaurs are Eve’s, so I am maybe probably forgetting a whole bunch of horse breeds >.>

For the Cervitaurs:

Megidos are Soay SheepNitrams are Wild Water BuffaloCaptors are Four-Horned AntelopeVantases are White-Tailed DeerLeijons are TamarawMaryams are Pronghorn AntelopePyropes are KlipspringersSerkets are Axis DeerZahhaks are Giant ElandsMakaras are Greater KuduAmporas are ImpalasPeixes are Oryx

BONUS: Calliope is a Ball PythonCaliborn is a Fer-de-Lance

For Hors:Jane is a Connemara Pony or a Welsh Pony, I think? DunDirk: Don’t remember the breed, but he was a Gray.Jake: some Chonk of a draft horse. Belgian, maybe? Black?Roxy: Arabian? Chestnut, but blondeJohn: Groningen, black, I remember this because I looked up so many of these.Dave: Akhal-Teke, cremello, upsetting and skinnyJade: also draft horse, but less Chonk than Jake. Black.Rose: also don’t remember the breed, Strilondes, man, but a Gray, in the sense that a white horse is technically Gray.I don’t remember what the Carapacians were at all, whoops >.>

I have Sample Horses somewhere in my google docs that I can probably dig up if you give me a bit! Eve, plz confirm/deny the above.

[hop-a-lot]

What have in my mind is he still remains a horse (it made him iconic so he has zero choices), either being an equitaur or a furry horse, but I prefer equitaur because it's much closer to the canonical setting for Foaly

furry mood kicked in

[bugpysforge]

Zebstrika is a temperamentally unpredictable and violent individual. When he is moving at full gallop, he can release thunderclaps faster than the speed of lightning.

Race: Equitaur Class: Barbarian Subclass: Path of the Wild Magic Location: Hau'oli Emergency Services Alignment: Neutral Good

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[malkgayvian]

donk witcher with paws and long tail now

[dragonlorddurison]

XII is called an equitaur among furries

Hmmm...

Centaur + Minotaur offspring phenotype variation...?

Coming soon to a blog near you!

[cryptidscorner]

I think theyre called Equitaurs???

okay but centaurs.., with horse heads,

[bugpysforge]

In the marshes of the jungle, Ursaluna assembles with her circle beneath the lunar light. She assists with managing the peat on the lush jungle floor and can move through swamp water with great ease.

Race: Equitaur Class: Druid Subclass: Circle of the Moon Location: Founja Jungle Alignment: Lawful Neutral

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