06-06-2019, 09:01 AM
The few times I've used unicorns were strictly as NPC's that had a quest (ala the Forest Master from Dragonlance), or as a healer who the party visited in order for their hurt ally (or NPC) could be healed by touching the horn of a unicorn or allowing the unicorn's tears to fall on them. I don't recall ever using them much as an encounter for someone to fight and thankfully the player's were either awed by the beast's beauty (or maybe just worried they would be punished) that they never tried anything so dastardly as kill the unicorn and take the horn. I think one character had the idea, but he was given (in-character) angry look by the party's Paladin (for obvious reasons) and actually the party Rogue who pragmatically noted that the unicorn was providing free healing!