Gray Unicorn

A serene gray unicorn whose body throws every blow straight back at the attacker, a lesson most predators only need to learn once.

Setting: Dragon Magazine · Sources: Dragon190

Appearance

Coat, horn and eyes are all shades of gray, earning it the nickname graycorn.

Combat

For these masters of neutrality, a field around the body returns every point of physical damage to whoever is touching the unicorn. Predators usually try once and then leave them alone. Clever foes use missiles instead, but the unicorn may teleport beside them and charge. It rarely fights back unless the same attacker strikes more than once or keeps shooting.

Habitat and Society

Herds consist of a single stallion with several mares. The only riders they accept are passive, strictly neutral women druids of human or demihuman stock.

Ecology

They graze subtropical grasslands. Carved and enchanted, a horn becomes a ring of spell turning; it can also go into potions of invulnerability.

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Related: Alicorn [Unicorn] · Bay Unicorn · Black Unicorn · Black Unicorn [Forgotten Realms] · Brown Unicorn · Cunnequine [Unicorn] · Faerie Unicorn · Palomino Unicorn · Pinto Unicorn · Sea Unicorn · Shadow Unicorn · Unicorn

Statistics

Climate/TerrainSubtropical/Grasslands
FrequencyRare
OrganizationHerd
Activity CycleDay
DietHerbivore
IntelligenceAverage (8-10)
TreasureNil
AlignmentNeutral
No. Appearing1-10
Armor Class2
Movement18
Hit Dice3+4
THAC017
No. of Attacks3
Damage/Attack1-6/1-6/1-10
Special AttacksSee below
Special DefensesSee below
Magic Resistance10%
SizeL
MoraleElite (13-14)
XP Value1,400