KI-RIN

Lawful Good Large Monster (10-ft, 1,200-lbs)

FREQUENCY: Very rare

NO. APPEARING: 1

SURPRISE: 33%

SENSES infravision

ARMOR CLASS: 5

MOVE: 24" — fly 48" (Class B)

HIT DICE: 12 (hp 54)

% IN LAIR: 5%

TREASURE TYPE: I, S, T

THAC0: 9

MELEE: 2 hooves (2d4 each) and horn (3d6 + 3)

SPECIAL ATTACKS: magic horn, psionics, spell-like abilities - Hits As: +4

SPECIAL DEFENSES: none

MAGIC RESISTANCE: 145%

INTELLIGENCE: Supra-genius (19-20)

MORALE: +60%

SAVES: Poison 7, Petrify 7, Wand 5, Breath 8, Spell 6

LANGUAGES: Ki-rin, telepathy

PSIONIC ABILITY: 130 + 1d70 — Attack/Defense: all/all

LEVEL: IX (XP 8,500 + 16 per hp)

The coat of the ki-rin is luminous gold, much as a sunrise on a clear day. Its mane and tail are darker gold. Its horn and hooves are golden pink. Its eyes are violet.

The ki-rin are a race of aerial creatures whose hooves rarely touch the earth, for they dwell amongst the clouds and behind the winds.

The attack of a ki-rin can take the form of two powerful hoof-blows and a thrust with a magically sharp (+3) horn much resembling that of a unicorn. The ki-rin can also attack in other ways.

Ki-rin are able to employ spells of all levels at 18th level quality, 9 of the 1st, 8 of the 2nd, 7 of the 3rd, 6 of the 4th, 5 of the 5th, 4 of the 6th, 3 of the 7th, 2 of the 8th, and 1 of the 9th during any given day.

Campaign Rule. These creatures cast spells as spell-like abilities and do not require spell books, keeping available spells in their mind. Otherwise they conform to magic-users with regard to spells acquisition, spell choice and spell preparation.

Ki-rin can, once per day, do each of the following:

— create nutritious food for 2-24 persons,

— create drinkable beverages for 2-24 persons,

— create soft goods or wooden items (up to 32 cubic feet of the former, 18 cubic feet of the latter) which are permanent,

— create metal items of relatively short life span (gold which lasts 2-5 days to adamantite which lasts but 1 hour) of up to 2,000 gold pieces weight,

— create an illusion with audial, visual, and olfactory components which lasts without concentration until magicaly dispelled or touched in disbelief,

— assume gaseous form,

— wind walk,

— call lightning, and

— summon weather.

They also command 4 major and 6 minior psionic disciplines, operating at ninth level of mastery in all.

When a ki-rin conjures things of the sky or which involve air, the creature or magic is at twice normal strength, including hit points and damage inflicted.

Ki-rin speak their own tongue, but with their special telepathic speaking ability they are able to converse with virtually any living thing.

Females are never encountered, and ki-rin are always solitary.

They sometimes aid humans if properly abjured or the need to combat Evil is great.

They sometimes travel the astral and ethereal planes.

(The skin of this creature is worth 25,000 gold pieces if it is perfectly intact.)

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