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Centaurs are creatures found in the Mojave Wasteland.

Background
Centaurs were created by the Master. The creation process involved tossing a varied mix of humans, dogs, and other types of animals into an Forced Evolutionary Virus (FEV) nutrient vat to be infected by the virus, and then see what mutant chimera emerged as the virus produced rapid and unpredictable mutations. As a result, centaurs can differ quite radically in physical appearance from one another. However, all known centaurs are somewhat humanoid in appearance.

Characteristics
In this type of centaur, only the human-like head remains, and the feelers on the back are replaced by 3 long, tentacle-like tongues. Unlike its two-headed "cousins", this kind of centaur uses a ranged attack: a high-arcing, slow-moving saliva projectile that can carry lethal doses of radiation. Oddly enough, it is capable of igniting lingering gas vapors as well. In close quarters it utilizes a long, three-pronged tongue to whip and slash at any intruders. Though it doesn't cause much physical damage, it inflicts a lot of radiation damage. When killed, they sometimes drop centaur blood.

Centaur


The most common variant found in the wastelands, the centaur on its own can prove very little threat due to its slow speed. However, being the more commonly found variants it is often not encountered on its own.

Evolved centaur


As the name suggests, they are a bigger and stronger variant of a centaur. having been exposed to much more radiation than regular centaurs, they have significantly more muscle mass as well as thick clusters of tumors growing from their backs. Though they are slow, they are much tougher and inflict more damage with their toxic spit and whipping tongues than regular centaurs, and are often accompanied by several other centaurs, or Nightkin.

Giant evolved centaur


An even bigger variety of the evolved centaur, the giant evolved centaur is the largest and most dangerous variation of centaur to be discovered to date. They are often surrounded by several evolved centaurs as well as a super mutant master.