Unicorn

Celestial · Large

Unicorn
A unicorn, woodcut after Conrad Gessner's Historiae animalium, 16th century · Conrad Gessner, Historiae animalium (woodcut after Gessner), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

A white horned horse that guards sacred woods and heals the worthy with a touch of its horn. It shows itself only to the pure of heart, and poachers who hunt it are cursed by the forest.

Danger
A threat to the unwary
How it is met
Alone, by day
Challenge
5
SRD 5.2.1 stat blocks
Unicorn
Pathfinder Second Edition
Unicorn (level 3, Monster Core)

Hear it

Where it is met

Blessed Temperate Forest, Blessed Alpine Meadow, Blessed Grassland, Blessed Mediterranean Scrub, Blessed Savanna, Blessed Hot Desert, Blessed Sandy Shore, Blessed Estuary, Blessed Cave, Enchanted Temperate Forest

Also: Feywild

Gives

Unicorn Horn Powder

Stat blocks (D&D 5e)

Unicorn

Large Celestial, Lawful Good

AC 12 · Initiative +8 (18)

HP 97 (13d10 + 26)

Speed 50 ft.

StrDexConIntWisCha
18 (+4), save +414 (+2), save +215 (+2), save +211 (+0), save +017 (+3), save +316 (+3), save +3

Immunities Poison; Charmed, Paralyzed, Poisoned

Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 13

Languages Celestial, Elvish, Sylvan; telepathy 120 ft.

CR 5 (XP 1,800; PB +3)

Traits

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the unicorn fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Magic Resistance. The unicorn has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Actions

Multiattack. The unicorn makes one Hooves attack and one Radiant Horn attack.

Hooves. Melee Attack Roll: +7 , reach 5 ft. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) Bludgeoning damage.

Radiant Horn. Melee Attack Roll: +7 , reach 5 ft. Hit: 9 (1d10 + 4) Radiant damage.

Spellcasting. The unicorn casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
At Will: Detect Evil and Good, Druidcraft
1/Day Each: Calm Emotions, Dispel Evil and Good, Entangle, Pass without Trace, Word of Recall

Bonus Actions

Unicorn’s Blessing (3/Day). The unicorn touches another creature with its horn and casts Cure Wounds or Lesser Restoration on that creature, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.

Legendary Actions

Legendary Action Uses: 3. Immediately after another creature’s turn, the unicorn can expend a use to take one of the following actions. The unicorn regains all expended uses at the start of each of its turns.

Charging Horn. The unicorn moves up to half its Speed without provoking Opportunity Attacks, and it makes one Radiant Horn attack.

Shimmering Shield. The unicorn targets itself or one creature it can see within 60 feet of itself. The target gains 10 (3d6) Temporary Hit Points, and its AC increases by 2 until the end of the unicorn’s next turn. The unicorn can’t take this action again until the start of its next turn.
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