半人马Centaur
区域：琼达斯、谷地、巨谷、至高森林、泰萨尔
种族专长：没有，但半人马可以获得奋力冲刺和践踏专长（忽略先决条件），并将其应用于自己的近战攻击。
种族生命骰：4d8
等级调整：+3
Regions: Chondalwood, Dalelands, Great Dale, High Forest, Tethyr.
Racial Feats: None, but centaurs can acquire the Spirited Charge and Trample feats (ignoring the prerequisites) and apply the benefits to their own melee attacks.
Racial Hit Dice: 4d8
Level Adjustment: +3
半人马是很了不起的动物。从腰部以上看，它们就像肌肉发达的人形。它们尖尖的耳朵表明它们曾经是精灵的亲戚。然而，从腰部以下，它们都有马的身体。半人马的类人皮肤通常在阳光下晒成古铜色。他们马的皮毛在颜色和图案上有很大的不同，就像任何传统的马一样。许多不同种类的生物似乎是两种或两种以上其他物种的集合体，但其中很少有像半人马那样英俊、高贵、善于表达。
Centaurs are magnificent creatures. From the waist up, they appear like well-muscled humanoids. Their pointed ears suggest they were once related to elves. From the waist down, however, they have the bodies of horses. The centaur’s humanoid skin is usually bronzed from many hours in the sun. Their equine coats vary greatly in color and pattern, just as much as any traditional horse. Many different species of creatures appear to be conglomerations of two or more other species, but few of these are as handsome, noble, and articulate as the centaurs.
半人马通常是可敬和蔼的人。他们喜欢忠于自己的种族，但他们不害怕与其他种族的人交往。大多数半人马的主要目的是与他们的森林家园和谐相处。他们没有受过教育，但很少有人在森林的道路上比他们更聪明。他们更关心的是他们所居住的荒野，而不是某个人曾经在一本腐朽的旧书中所写的东西。
Centaurs are usually honorable and affable people. They prefer to stick to their own kind, but they are not afraid to socialize with those from other races. The main aim of most centaurs is to live in harmony with their forest homes. They are uneducated, but few are wiser than they in the ways of the woods. They care far more for the wilds in which they live than for what someone might have once written in some moldering old book.
半人马成熟得早，寿命短但很快乐。就像马一样，它们从出生起就能走路，尽管一开始是用颤抖的蹄子。他们只在两年内被认为是儿童，在这之后的三年内是青少年。半人马一旦长到五岁，就被认为是完全的成年人。半人马的平均寿命约为40岁，尽管有些半人马已经到了60岁高龄。
Centaurs mature early and live short but happy lives. Like horses, they can walk from birth, albeit on shaky hooves at first. They are considered children for only two years, after which they are adolescents for another three. Once they reach five years of age, centaurs are considered full adults. On average, centaurs live around 40 years, although some have been known to reach the ripe old age of 60.
从胸部到臀部，成年的半人马有六到八英尺长。从前蹄到冠，它们有七到八英尺高。半人马的体重在950到1200磅之间。
From their chests to the back of their rumps, full-grown centaurs measure six to eight feet long. From their front hooves to their crowns, they are seven to eight feet tall. Centaurs weigh anywhere from 950 to 1,200 pounds.
半人马和半兽人有着相同的寿命和年龄。
Centaurs have the same life expectancy and age categories as half-orcs.
历史History
在人类的传说中，半人马是野精灵和野马之间疯狂杂交的产物，但野精灵和半人马都对这种说法感到愤怒。（野马对此事没有特别的看法。）就半人马而言，他们一直住在托瑞尔，照料着他们赖以生存的森林。
Human legend has it that the centaurs are the result of some mad cross between a wild elf and a wild mustang, but both the wild elves and the centaurs take umbrage at this suggestion. (The mustangs have no particular opinions on the matter.) As far as the centaurs are concerned, they have always been on Toril, caretakers of the forest in which they make their homes.
这些年来，半人马的领地逐渐缩小，估计他们的数量也在减少。根据半人马神话，费伦的森林里曾经有很多半人马部落。直到“文明”种族的入侵，半人马才被迫撤退到越来越小的范围内。
The centaurs’ territory has been slowly dwindling over the years, and presumably their numbers as well. According to centaur myth, the forests of Faerun once ran thick with great tribes of centaurs. It is only since the encroachment of the “civilized” races that the centaurs have been forced to retreat into smaller and smaller ranges.
性格Outlook
半人马视自己为森林的高贵守护者。他们是森林的王族。正因为如此，他们感到应该保护自己的家园，并有责任保护与他们共享空间的生物。
Centaurs see themselves as the noble guardians of the forest. They are the royalty of the woods. Because of this, they feel protective of their homes and responsible for the defense of the creatures with which they share their space.
雄性半人马几乎把醒着的所有时间都花在打猎或在他们的土地上巡逻上，时刻警惕着任何可能侵犯他们领土并对森林造成伤害的外人。如果半人马认为他们的“客人”只是出于无知或粗心，他们就会直面陌生人，警告他们改变自己的行为方式。但是，如果半人马看到这些人对他们的人民或森林进行恶意攻击，这些高贵的生物就会毫无预兆、毫无怜悯地发动攻击。
Male centaurs spend almost all their waking hours either hunting or out patrolling their lands, keeping their sharp eyes peeled for any outsiders who might be encroaching on their territory and doing the forest harm. If the centaurs believe that their “guests” are acting out of simple ignorance or carelessness, they confront the strangers and deliver them a warning to change their ways. But if the centaurs see these people acting maliciously against their people or the forest, the noble creatures attack without warning and without mercy.
大多数开始冒险的半人马都是年轻的母马或种马，它们在安定下来之前会在生活中寻找一些冒险的机会。也许他们希望在自己的部落之外找到配偶。有时，失去配偶或家人的半人马会四处游荡，以分散他们的悲伤。
Most centaurs who take up adventuring are young mares or stallions looking for a bit of adventure in their lives before they settle down. Perhaps they’re hoping to find a mate from a tribe other than their own. Sometimes, centaurs who lose their spouses or families take up wandering about the world to distract them from their grief.
半人马角色CENTAUR CHARACTERS
半人马最喜欢的职业是游侠。他们住的地方离陆地很近，所以成为这个职业很容易。然而，在他们的部落中几乎有同样多的吟游诗人和德鲁伊。半人马几乎和喜欢他们的森林一样喜欢他们的音乐。
A centaur’s favored class is ranger. Their closeness to the lands in which they live makes taking up this class an easy choice. However, there are nearly as many bards and druids in their tribes. Centaurs enjoy their music almost as much as their woods.
进阶职业：半人马可以成为魔弓手，属于通常为精灵和半身人保留的进阶职业。他们没有自己的特殊进阶职业。
Prestige Classes: Centaurs can become arcane archers, members of a prestige class normally reserved for elves and halfelves. They do not have any special prestige classes of their own.
半人马社会Centaur Society
半人马可能是猎人，但母马实际上是部落的主人，用耕种的农产品来补充当地的食物供应。他们还通过贸易把一些不太常见的商品带入他们的社区。他们用从怪物或愚蠢到挑战他们的人身上掠夺来的财富来支付。他们不喜欢和人类交易，因为半人马认为他们基本上不值得信任。然而，他们自由地与精灵打交道，主要是为了精灵的食物和葡萄酒。
Centaur stallions may be hunters, but the mares actually run the tribe and supplement the local food supply with cultivated produce. They also bring some less common goods into their communities through trade. They pay with treasure stripped from the monsters or people who have been foolish enough to challenge them. They don’t care to trade with humans, as centaurs consider them basically untrustworthy. They deal freely with elves, however, mostly for elven foods and wines.
半人马体型庞大，吃喝无度。不幸的是，他们是出了名的酒鬼，在过度放纵的时候，他们会变得意气用事。非半人马应该注意到，虽然半人马通常有很好的幽默感，但他们对自己的生理很敏感。他们对任何有关马的笑话都直接生气。（“你知道，马不会给我们讲人类的笑话，它们也不会问是否可以爬上我们的背”）虽然半人马可以在需要的时候载大多数类人一程，而且往往愿意在需要的时候提供这种帮助，但当被要求提供这种服务时，他们会感到被冒犯。它们是高贵而聪明的动物，不是负重的野兽，它们对任何人都很敏感即使只是被影射。
Centaurs are massive creatures, and they eat and drink a lot. Unfortunately, they are notoriously wild drunks, given to highspirited rampages when overindulging. Noncentaurs should note that although centaurs have generally wonderful senses of humor, they are sensitive about their physiology. They take direct offense at any horse jokes. (“The horses don’t tell us human jokes, you know. Nor do they ask if they can climb on our backs!”) While centaurs can give most humanoids a ride in times of need—and are often willing to offer such assistance when it’s needed—they are offended when asked to perform this service. They are noble and intelligent creatures, not beasts of burden, and they are touchy about anyone even insinuating otherwise.
半人马婚配是终生的。半人马一旦向对方许下承诺，即使其中一人死亡，他们也始终是忠诚的。离婚在半人马中几乎不存在。
Centaurs mate for life. Once they promise themselves to each other, centaurs are always faithful, even should one of the pair die. Divorce is unknown among these people.
年轻的半人马被鼓励自由玩耍，他们主要是通过在森林中奔跑来玩耍，森林是他们的家园。随着半人马的成长，他们逐渐被要求分担越来越多的部落责任。当一个半人马五岁时，她正式成为一个成年人，部落会举办一个大型聚会来庆祝。几英里内的半人马都会跑来吃、喝并比赛。
Young centaurs are encouraged to play freely, and they mostly do so by running wild through the forests that make up their homes. As centaurs grow up, they are gradually asked to share more and more of the tribe’s duties. When a centaur reaches the age of five, she officially becomes an adult, and the tribe hosts a large party to celebrate. Centaurs gallop in from miles around to eat, drink, and race.
随着半人马年龄的增长，它们速度开始减慢。最后，当轮到它们死去的时候，它们会潜入树林，安静地、秘密地死去，把自己的身体献给森林里的生物去吃，就像它们在自己的生命中吃掉了那么多这样的生物一样。
As centaurs get older, they start to slow down. Eventually, when it’s their turn to die, they drift off into the woods and expire peacefully and privately, offering their bodies up for the creatures of the forest to consume, just as they have consumed so many such creatures during their own lives.
在部落之外，大多数半人马独自工作，对自己处理大多数情况的能力充满信心。他们通常很乐意加入一队冒险家，特别是如果其中有精灵的话。他们知道他们没有受过文明的教育，并且总是乐于接受别人的帮助来处理这种情况。
Outside the tribe, most centaurs work alone, confident in their ability to handle most situations. They are often happy to join up with a band of adventurers, especially if there are any elves in it. They know that they are unschooled in the ways of civilization and are always happy to be given a hand dealing with such situations.
语言和文字Language and Literacy
半人马之间说着木族语，大多数已经学会了与任何可能侵犯他们领土边界的人交谈。在那之后，那些倾向于学习另一种语言的半人马通常会学习精灵语，这样他们就可以很容易地与他们最喜欢的非半人马种族进行交易。他们也可以学习兽人语或龙语，这样他们可以适当地威胁他们最痛恨的敌人。
Centaurs speak Sylvan among themselves, and most have learned enough Common to be able to converse with any who might impinge on the borders of their territory. After that, those centaurs inclined to pick up another tongue usually learn Elven so that they can easily trade with their favorite non-centaur people. They might also learn Orc or Draconian so they can properly threaten their most hated foes.
半人马没有读写能力，除了那些拥有野蛮人以外职业的玩家半人马角色。
Centaurs are illiterate, except for those with player character classes other than barbarian.
能力与种族特征Abilities and Racial Features
半人马有以下种族特征:
•+8力量，+4敏捷，+4体质，-2智力，+2感知。半人马和普通的马一样强壮、快速、健康。虽然他们可能没有很多正式的知识，但他们在野外的实践经验对他们很有帮助。
•大型：作为大型生物，半人马在攻击骰和护甲等级上受到-1的体型惩罚。他们面对隐藏检查还遭受-4体型惩罚。然而，他们可以使用比人类更大的武器，并且他们的解除和携带限制是中型角色的两倍。
•半人马的面宽有10英尺长，触及5英尺。
半人马的陆地速度是50英尺。
•黑暗视力可达60英尺。
•熟练使用各种简单武器，长剑、重枪、复合弓。
•+2天然护甲。
•巨大的类人生命骰：半人马有4d8种族生命骰。半人马角色在第一次巨大的类人生命骰中获得最大生命值，并正常地掷出另一个类人生命骰。她从职业级别掷出所有生命骰，并且在她的第一个职业级别生命骰上不会自动获得最大生命值。半人马的怪物类人生命骰还提供+4基础攻击加值和强韧+1、反射 +4和意志 +4的豁免投掷。有职业等级的半人马会增加他们的职业攻击加值，并将加值保存到种族攻击加值和保存中。
•巨大的人形技能：半人马的巨大的人形生命骰授予她的技能点等于(2 + Int调整值,最低1)×7。这些技能点的职业技能是隐藏、倾听、无声移动、定位和生存。半人马在他的第一个职业等级不获得技能点×4。
•怪物类人专长：半人马的怪物类人生命骰授予她2个专长。一个典型的半人马选择武器专注（蹄）和改进的天然护甲。拥有职业等级的半人马可以根据他的总生命骰数获得专长，如引言中的表2所示。
•天然攻击：半人马可以进行2次蹄击，每次造成1d6点伤害，外加半人马的力量加值。半人马可以在普通攻击加值时用手中的武器攻击，并以二级攻击的形式进行2次蹄击（攻击骰减5，伤害骰加1/2力量）。
•母语:通用语、木族语、本地语言。额外语言:按地区划分。
适合职业：游侠。
•等级调整:+3。由于她的种族HD，加上她的体型和非凡的身体能力，半人马的有效角色等级是7 +她的职业等级。因此，一个三级半人马游侠的ECL值为10。有关更多信息，请参见引言中的表1。
Centaurs have the following racial traits:
• +8 Strength, +4 Dexterity, +4 Constitution, –2 Intelligence, +2 Wisdom. Centaurs are literally as strong, fast, and healthy as the proverbial horse. While they may not have a great deal of formal knowledge, their practical experience in the wild serves them well.
• Large: As large creatures, centaurs suffer a –1 size penalty on attack rolls and Armor Class. They also suffer a –4 size penalty on Hide checks. However, they can use larger weapons than humans can, and their lifting and carrying limits are twice those of Medium-size characters.
• Centaur face is 10 feet, with a reach of 5 feet.
• Centaur land speed is 50 feet.
• Darkvision up to 60 feet.
• Proficient with all simple weapons, the longsword, the heavy lance, and the composite longbow.
• +2 natural armor.
• Monstrous Humanoid Hit Dice: A centaur has 4d8 racial Hit Dice. A centaur character receives the maximum hit points for her first monstrous humanoid Hit Die, and rolls her other monstrous humanoid Hit Dice normally. She rolls all Hit Dice from class levels and does not automatically get maximum hit points on her first class level Hit Die. A centaur’s monstrous humanoid Hit Dice also provide a +4 base attack bonus and saving throws of Fort +1, Ref +4, and Will +4. Centaurs with class levels add their class attack bonus and save bonuses to their racial attack bonus and saves.
• Monstrous Humanoid Skills: A centaur’s monstrous humanoid Hit Dice grant her skill points equal to (2 + Int modifier, minimum 1) ×7. Class skills for these skill points are Hide, Listen, Move Silently, Spot, and Survival. A centaur does not get the ×4 multiplier for skill points acquired from her first class level.
• Monstrous Humanoid Feats: A centaur’s monstrous humanoid Hit Dice grant her 2 feats. A typical centaur chooses Weapon Focus (hoof) and Improved Natural Armor. A centaur with class levels gains feats based on his total Hit Dice, as shown on Table 2 in the Introduction.
• Natural Attacks: A centaur may make 2 hoof attacks, each dealing 1d6 points of damage plus the centaur’s Strength bonus. A centaur can attack with a weapon in her hands at her normal attack bonus, and make 2 hoof attacks as secondary attacks (–5 penalty on the attack roll, and half Strength bonus on the damage roll).
• Automatic Languages: Common, Sylvan, home region. Bonus Languages: By region.
• Favored Class: Ranger.
• Level Adjustment: +3. Due to her racial HD, plus her size and phenomenal physical ability, a centaur has an effective character level of 7 plus her class levels. Thus, a 3rd-level centaur ranger would have an ECL of 10. See Table 1 in the Introduction for more information.
半人马魔法和知识Centaur Magic and Lore
半人马没有专属于他们种族的特殊法术。半人马奥术施法者更喜欢塑能和变化系法术，因为它们可以同时影响入侵者和天气，这是半人马一生中经常担心的两件事。
Centaurs have no special spells exclusive to their race. Centaur arcane spellcasters prefer evocation and transmutation spells, since these allow them to affect both intruders and the weather, two constant worries in any centaur’s life.
半人马魔法物品CENTAUR MAGIC ITEMS
半人马经常可以使用为马准备的魔法物品。例如，他们可以直接受益于速度之马蹄铁和西风之马蹄铁。他们也可能会在他们的前蹄或后蹄上使用魔法靴子或鞋子（虽然物品会随着半人马的蹄而改变，但它们看起来很奇怪）。半人马可以像其他人形一样在手臂上戴手套和类似的物品。半人马虽然多了一双四肢，但仍然只能穿一双靴子，戴一副手套，等等。
Centaurs can often make use of magic items intended for horses. For instance, they can directly benefit from horseshoes of speed and horseshoes of the zephyr. They may also use magical boots or shoes on their front or rear pair of hooves (while the items do alter to fit the centaurs’ hooves, they look strange). Centaurs may wear gloves and similar items on their arms like any other humanoid. A centaur is still limited to one pair of boots, one pair of gloves, and so on, despite having an extra pair of limbs.
半人马不能穿戴人形盔甲，但可以穿戴魔法护甲。护甲的价格是同类人形护甲的四倍，但可以用普通价格制作魔法或杰作部分。例如，1个饰钉皮革护甲的魔法部分的价格为1000金币，杰作价格为150金币，饰钉皮革护甲普通价格的4倍为100金币，总共1250金币。
Centaurs cannot wear humanoid armor, but may wear magical barding. Barding costs four times as much as humanoid armor of the same type, but can be made magical or masterwork at the normal cost. For example, +1 studded leather barding costs 1,000 gp for the magic portion of the item, 150 gp for the masterwork price, and 100 gp for four times the normal cost of studded leather armor, for a total of 1,250 gp.
半人马神祗Centaur Deities
半人马并不十分虔诚。他们的宗教领袖大多是德鲁伊教团员，他们也担任部落领袖。当半人马选择守护神时，几乎总是西凡纳斯。他们与橡树之父一样，热爱幽深的森林和费伦的参天大树。与西凡纳斯一样，他们也不怕面对那些想要破坏森林的人。半人马很少选择精灵神系的成员作为守护神，比如安格芮丝，瑞里芬·莱勒菲，或者索罗诺尔·杉岚德瑞。
Centaurs are not terribly devout. Most of their religious leaders are druids, who also serve as the tribal leaders. When centaurs choose a patron deity, it is almost invariably Silvanus. They share the Oak Father’s love for the deep forests and mighty trees of Faerun and, like Silvanus, are not afraid to confront those who would injure the forests. Less often, centaurs choose members of the elven pantheon as patrons, such as Angharradh, Rillifane Rallathil, or Solonor Thelandira.
与其他种族关系Relations with Other Races
半人马不介意与精灵共享领土。事实上，这两个种族甚至可以说彼此是友好的。然而，半人马并不把其他种族看得这么重。他们容忍半身人和侏儒，因为他们很少对半人马构成威胁，并且以对自然的深刻而持久的尊重而闻名。半人马根本不关心人类或矮人：当这些人闯入半人马的家时，他们会被礼貌而有力地要求离开。
In fact, the two races can even be said to be friendly with each other. However, centaurs do not hold other races in such high regard. They tolerate halflings and gnomes, who are rarely a threat to the centaurs and are well known for their deep and abiding respect for nature. Centaurs don’t care for humans or dwarves at all; when such people intrude upon a centaur’s home, they are asked to leave, politely but forcefully.
半人马对待半兽人、狗头人、哥布林十分冷漠。大多数半人马甚至不会考虑与这些种族谈判，一看到他们就会攻击。
Orcs, kobolds, and goblinoids, have earned an especially cold place in a centaur’s heart. Most centaurs would not even consider parleying with these races, and attack them on sight.
半人马装备Centaur Equipment
半人马更喜欢使用大棍，重枪和强大的复合长弓。他们还穿着特殊的半人马护甲，这是一套标准的人形盔甲和标准马甲的结合。它的价格是普通中型盔甲的四倍，重量是普通盔甲的两倍。
Centaurs prefer to use greatclubs, heavy lances, and mighty composite longbows. They also wear specialized centaur barding that is a combination of a standard suit of humanoid armor and standard barding. This costs four times what a Medium-size suit of normal armor costs, and it weighs twice as much.
中等或重型的马甲可以将半人马的速度降低到35英尺。当使用重型马甲时，半人马只能以正常速度的三倍，而不是四倍移动。移除或穿戴半人马护甲的时间是移除或穿戴普通类人护甲时间的5倍。详见《玩家手册》第105页表7-6:穿戴盔甲。
Medium or heavy barding reduces a centaur’s speed to 35 ft. When wearing heavy barding, a centaur can only move triple its normal rate instead of quadruple when using the Run action. Removing or donning centaur barding takes five times as long as removing or donning normal humanoid armor. See Table 7–6: Donning Armor on page 105 of the Player’s Handbook for details.
动物和宠物ANIMALS AND PETS
半人马不饲养家畜作为食物或驮畜。他们对各种森林动物都很友好，但他们一般不养宠物。
Centaurs do not raise domestic animals for food or as beasts of burden. They are friendly with all sorts of woodland animals, but they generally do not keep pets.