Ki-lin
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Imagine a creature with the head of a dragon, the mane of a lion, the body of a stag and the tail of an ox. Add a solitary horn upon its forehead and the form of the ki-lin is complete. Sightings of this magical and dangerous beast are very rare and thus trophy hunters are said to pay a high price for the horn of the legendary beast.
Hunting strategies
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Other information
Ki-lin are rare and can only be summoned under certain conditions. One known condition is monastic liches summoning them "under duress." They can also be summoned by Sheruvian monks. Although the horns are not exceptionally valuable at furriers, they are highly sought after by players. Ki-lin are considered extraplanar beings for system purposes in GemStone IV.
A Sheruvian monk gestures arcanely. Suddenly, a rift appears in the air in front of you! Snorting and stamping, a ki-lin thunders through the rift into the room!
A ki-lin directs its pent-up magical energies at [name]!
CS: +84 - TD: +99 + CvA: +12 + d100: +97 - -5 == +99
Warded off!
The ki-lin looks a little dubious about its situation. The ki-lin gallops down.
A ki-lin gallops in.
A ki-lin tries to bite [name]!
AS: +205 vs DS: +313 with AvD: +34 + d100 roll: +51 = -23
A clean miss.
A ki-lin snorts and paws the ground impatiently.
(Note: Numbers may not be current, old log from GemStone III era.)
Behind The Scenes
Ki-lin were malevolent creatures of sea and ice in Rolemaster, who would pretend to be unicorns to defile virgins. They supposedly had the power to teleport themselves, and were symbolically important because they were creatures of darkness who would never "ally with Demons or evil lords." In principle, it would have been "impossible" to summon them for aid in this way, which was apparently intentional.
They were actually given the description of Ki-rin, benevolent aerial creatures, who would reside high up in the air and rarely come down to earth. This may have been intentional as well, being even more impossible. Ki-lin proper resembled greyhounds with a stag's head, and were creatures of absolute freedom. It is not clear that either of them would have originally been considered extra-planar beings, unless the ki-lin teleportation powers were planar like some of Uthex's minions. Interestingly, harbingers were supposed to ride black unicorns, but those of Sheru used nightmare steeds.
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