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Emperor Falserin will marry in a month and a gift is in order - the adventurer´s are hired to bring in the city the fabled unicorn to augment the prestige of emperor´s zoo. By chance, rumors of sighting of this fabled beast have resurfaced in a deep forest near a small village…
Armed with the knowledge that only a virgin can tame the unicorn, the party can go on… the reward should be truly exceptional.
In the village the sightings are confirmed in an ancient glade/stone circle, villagers are really sympathetic and helpful, but will not wander too deep in the forest.
First problem - Find a virgin (young daughter of the villager who shelters the adventurer´s is one and she falls in love with one of the party - seduced by the prospect of extraordianaly life of adventure as opposed to the boring one in the village.
Second problem - There is a band of orcs, sighted by villagers that established a camp in ancient ruins nearby - villagers believe they are hunting the unicorn.
Third problem - Virgin must be alone or watched from a safe distance so that the unicorn comes to her - he can be easily afraid. The unicorn will come only at night.
Fourth problem - The unicorn is not one, but a Ki-Lin (Rolemaster term) - undistinguishable from a unicorn, except for an evil sparkle in the eyes, but thouroughly evil. The orcs are not hunting the unicorn but worshipping the Ki-Lin. Any virgin wanting to tame a Ki-Lin meets with a rather gruesome death.
“Classic” story flow would be as follows - the party finds the village, hopefully finds the virgin, protects the glade and the unicorn from orcs to find the horrible truth… Then it is up to them - follow the Ki-lin to avenge the girl, wipe the orcs who will not let Ki-Lin be killed easily, explain all this to the villagers and face their employer explaining that they could really not bring back the unicorn alive (maybe a trophy on the wall?)
August 29, 2003, 18:34
Ki-Lin? Don't you mean Ki-Rin? The noble celestial unicorn creature of Chinese mythology?
August 30, 2003, 1:25
August 30, 2003, 6:44
August 30, 2003, 15:13
I saw a similar, but less subtle, version of the bad unicorn in Earthdawn. I think they were black, flesh eating, and had saw teeth on their horn.
August 31, 2003, 16:37
September 1, 2003, 0:04
September 3, 2003, 9:08
And what will the heroes (and players) think? Will they assume the GM wanted to brand them as killers, as some further plot twist they need to solve? Or was the girl not so pure after all? The Evil Unicorn could actually claim this, if asked. "Fine, let's get another virgin..." I can well imagine some groups could do this.
September 5, 2003, 7:10
September 5, 2003, 7:15
Could the beast stay masked, and unveil its true bloodthirsty identity when it is shown to the Emperor and his bride? It may need a way out of its cage, but if it charmed one member of the party...
September 11, 2003, 6:35
If possible, this is the next large scale adventure for my players... Now I can only hope they do not read this comment here...
September 8, 2005, 22:48
September 9, 2005, 8:58
A agree with manfred – would be much more interesting if the fake unicorn had a plan of its’ own (and you’re right fillip, this would be a different story) – doesn’t have to have anything to do with the upcoming royal wedding (loads of confusion)
Pretty good idea – 4/5
September 9, 2005, 19:11