Being a fantasy race, the biology of centaurs are of very little interest to me. On the other hand, their culture/psychology is very interesting to me.  I made them an optional PC race in my old "FtA!GN!" sourcebook, and there I had them be all full of weird religious/social taboos related to the "two-footed races".

Quote from: RPGPundit;988775Being a fantasy race, the biology of centaurs are of very little interest to me

You're a fantasy race? I'm going to guess gnome.

Quote from: Dumarest;988811You're a fantasy race? I'm going to guess gnome.

And now we start the "Guess which fantasy race RPGPundit is" ...

Clearly not a centaur.

I did include centaurs as a race of mutant horses in my Metamorphosis Alpha campaign. They had a human torso and arms where the neck is on a horse, with a horse's head. The human parts were covered in hair like the rest of the creature.

They had little use for most material culture, aside from weapons and armour to defend themselves.  They were nomadic grazers, with a social structure akin to herds of wild horses.

Pundit's love of pipe tobacco clearly marks him as a Hobbit.

Quote from: DavetheLost;989008Pundit's love of pipe tobacco clearly marks him as a Hobbit.

Short tempered, self centered, and venomous?  Pundy, do you have scales, wings, and a hoard? (j/k)

As far as the origin and biology of centaurs goes, it depends on the campaign.

In my Cthulvian campaign, all the chimerae are Children of Yhdra/Shub-Niggurath.  Generally, a human who sips on Shubby Milk trades points of INT and Comeliness for Charisma and sexual prowess.  For ex, somebody who wanted to be a binge drinker, a fast runner, and "hung like a horse" sprouted four legs.  Only eating and drinking for pleasure, not need, was a standard side benefit.

Hadn't thought about the poop question.  In Varley's books, they dropped horse biscuits.  The problem was they weren't potty trained.  They'd just lift their tail and let it drop, only realizing afterwards what a faux pas they had done.  I figure with an equine gut, they would drop horse biscuits rather than human dung.  Hmnnn...about minotaurs and cow pies...

Or another fantasy race: successful RPG writer. He said elsewhere he makes money from his games.

Quote from: Dumarest;989018Or another fantasy race: successful RPG writer. He said elsewhere he makes money from his games.

Oh come on!  Unless you are talking about virtual money in Farmville, you're being sillier than Biscuit!

Quote from: Dumarest;989018Or another fantasy race: successful RPG writer. He said elsewhere he makes money from his games.

It's not as hard as it looks, if you have discipline, decent writing skills and some creative talent. I'm far from the only one making money. And I'd reckon there are certainly others (either through putting more effort in or by making more fashionable products) who are making more money than I am.