This event may occur while exploring forest provinces and is the only way to hire a unicorn.
Event Description
While exploring a province, the hero has found a glade with a grazing unicorn.
Options and Consequences
- Pass By.
- (nothing happens)
- Kill the unicorn (enter battle with the unicorn)
- Try to tame the unicorn.
This option gives the hero a chance to acquire the unicorn in his army. The hero must have a free slot for a Tier 3 unit. Chance to tame is 30/(100-Diplomacy*10), 30% without diplomacy, up to 60% with Diplomacy level 5. Player Karma also affects the chance: with positive karma the chance is 100%, that or the chance is zero with non-positive karma (Not sure which. Needs testing).- If successful, gain a level 0-5 Unicorn.
- If failure,
- As soon as the hero takes a couple of steps towards the unicorn, it rushes into the forest and vanishes from sight. (50% chance)
- The unicorn attacks (50% chance) (+2 , for some reason)
- Try to catch the unicorn (50% chance, -1 ).
- If successful,
- Sell it to the monstrologists. (+200 , -3 )
- Sell it to alchemists. (+25 , -4 )
- Light a bonfire and roast it for our soldiers. (Morale of non-neutral units change by 8-14. Change is positive for evil units and negative for good units. In addition, -5 .)
- Let it go.
- If failure,
- Unicorn attacks with a 30% chance (+2 )
- Runs away with a 70% chance.
- If successful,