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Unicorns

There are two main types of unicorn in Enkantria. The white unicorns embody light, life, kindness, health, and the day. Black unicorns exemplify mysteriousness, loyalty, strength, purpose, and the night. White unicorns guard beautiful, natural places touched neither by god or man. An enchanted forest, sacred valley, or magical cave are all places you could find a white unicorn. Black unicorns, on the other hand, are stalwart guardians of important or dangerous artifacts and locations. Usually in service to a god, but sometimes taking up the duty themselves, you could find a black unicorn guarding a lich's tomb, magic weapon, or destructive well of magic.

Other species of unicorn exist, but the black and white unicorns are the most common.

 

Unicorn Gods

  Passion: Passion, goddess of white unicorns, has a scarlet mane, tail, and horn. She's a goddess of kindness, light, fury, and fire. It is said that she has her own sacred grove deep in the wilds, where nature and life are protected.   Midnight: God of black unicorns, Midnight has a violet mane, tail, and horn, and has powerful psychic abilities. He is a god of courage, loyalty, might, and duty. It is said that he guards an artifact of ancient and tremendous power beyond civilized lands.

Basic Information

Biological Traits

The different species of unicorn have different traits.   White Unicorn: White unicorn have white fur and manes that are either white or gold. Their horns appear to be made of pearl. Their innate magic consists of healing and protective wards, and some even gain levels in cleric. They can live as long as a typical elf (750 years) but unfortunately often die sooner as a result of creatures killing them for their horns. These unicorns have the same lair effects and stats as those in the monster manual, and are the archetypal unicorn.   Black Unicorn: Black unicorn have black fur and manes and black horns. Perhaps the fiercest unicorns, black unicorns have no magic of their own, normally being warriors. However, their horns are magic-absorbing, allowing them to divert spells back at their enemies or counter them completely. Like dragons, black unicorns live until they are killed. A black unicorn's tactics for defending its territory are noticeably more brutal and efficient than a white unicorn's. The area around a black unicorn's lair may include any of the following effects:
  • Trees reach out to snare and trip evil creatures passing through the area.
  • Creatures native to the unicorn's domain have an easier time hiding; they have advantage on all Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide.
  • Bright light becomes dim light, and dim light becomes darkness.
  • When an evil-aligned creature casts a spell or uses a magical effect that deals damage to a good, neutral, or unaligned creature, that spell does the minimum damage possible for the spell or effect.
  Blessed of Passion: On rare occasions, a white unicorn is born with a bright scarlet mane and tale. These unicorns are blessed by the white unicorn goddess Passion, and they have the special ability to innately cast fire spells. They are careful to use this power responsibly, but on rare occasions, they will turn evil, consume themselves in their own flames, and transform into a Nightmare.   Warrior of Midnight: Similar to the Blessed of Passion, sometimes a black unicorn will be born blessed by Midnight the black unicorn god. They have vibrant violet manes and tails, as well as innate psionics. Black unicorns rarely turn because of their strong sense of duty, but those who do tend to go rogue rather than turn to outright chaotic violence.   Dawn Breaker: Yfther, God of The Sun, has a very special kind of unicorn in his service exclusively. These unicorns look like black unicorns with hooves, manes, tails, and horns of radiant gold. Almost like a paladin, these unicorns have radiant power in their horn strikes. They live They're used as steeds in Yfther's army, wander the earth, or are given to mortal heroes as steeds if they impress Yfther enough.   Grey Unicorn: Normally, white and black unicorns have no inclination, desire, or reason to mate. On the rare chance they do for some reason, the result is a grey unicorn. These odd wanderers aren't bound by any purpose or duty, and despite their rarity are more often interacted with by humanoids than black unicorns. They can live as long as 1200 years, and they often make companions with kind or heroic humanoids. They are fairly weak, however, losing almost all their magic and divinity in their parents' odd union.

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