Drake, sounds cool, but you'll have to ask Dmessenger about what you start with(I'm just a player, not the GM).
User, It's actually up to the GM when I turn into a minotaur, I thought it will be logical that the transformation takes place the minute I arrive to the fantasy world, but it's only my opinion. Anyway I don't think there is a point to stall much because it doesn't give me a tremendous amount of power (basically the same if a minotaur would come out of the forest and join you) and we will need some muscle at the beginning because everyone is not developed yet, so it might be a good idea to have a minotaur in the group from day one(of course the GM might think differently)..