Gargoyle (creature)

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Gargoyle

skill	7-10
stamina	7-11
Habitat	Caves, Dungeons, Ruins
Number Encountered	1-2
Type	Monster
Reaction	Hostile
Intelligence	Average-Low

For other uses of Gargoyle, see Gargoyle

Gargoyles were the malicious offspring of the terrible Black Gargoyle who fought on the side of Evil during the First Battle.

Description[]

Since the demise of the Black Gargoyle and the cessation of breeding with other races, Gargoyles had become fairly standardised in form. Roughly humanoid in shape, with bestial heads brimming with fangs and horns, and clawed hands and feet, they possessed a pair of large leathery wings and a point-tipped tail.^[1]

They were coloured a mottled grey which looked exactly like stone, enabling them to appear as statues or blend into stony surfaces if motionless.^[1]

Origins and Distribution[]

Originally, they were the product of breeding with a multitude of races, but now they bred solely with each other.

Today, gargoyles could be found in all sorts of places, from ancient ruins to bustling cities, though it was rare that more than two or three would inhabit the same basic locality.

They were occasionally used by wizards and warlocks as powerful guards, but this could backfire, as gargoyles are rumoured to pay ultimate fealty - in both service and treasure - to the Demon Prince Vradna, who was known to possess a legion of a thousand of the beasts!^[2]^[3]

Special Abilities[]

Flyinggargoyles — *Two gargoyles in flight.*

The hide of a Gargoyle was so tough that it simply could not be penetrated by normal weaponry, so that only magical weapons could injure it, although it could apparently be harmed or even killed should it strike stone at high speed.^[4]

They would retreat from fire. This was presumed to be because of the battle that raged between the Black Gargoyle and Kilanirax, which left behind a racial trauma.^[5] Like all stone-based creatures, they were susceptible to hogweed essence, which burned into their bodies, killing them.^[6]

Gargoyles were skilled flyers and possessed an unrivalled ability to remain motionless for long periods of time. This enabled them to play their favourite trick on victims: standing motionless on a plinth and pretending to be a statue. This worked most of the time.^[1]

Further Information in Canon[]

More information can be found at:^Source^[7]
Out of the Pit (Large) (pg55-56#*, pg126)
Blacksand! (pg142)
The Warrior's Way (para117#*, para429)
The Citadel of Chaos (para62, para87, para101#, para304*, para305)
Seas of Blood (para53*, para88, para114, para129, para165)
Demons of the Deep (para146, para269, para339)
Sword of the Samurai (para76)
Creature of Havoc (para198)
Midnight Rogue (paraCover*, para48, para73, para125, para175, para180, para225#*, para226, para232, para263, para319, para340, para365, para389, para395#)
Chasms of Malice (para78#, para83, para364*)
Daggers of Darkness (para249, para259#, para260*, para390)
Vault of the Vampire (para43, para90*, para191)
Fangs of Fury (para271)
Dead of Night (para98, para206, para312)
Tower of Destruction (para381)
Moonrunner (para241, para262, para389)
Siege of Sardath (para135, para139, para354, para391)
Return to Firetop Mountain (para171)
Island of the Undead (paraCover*, para50, para82, para132, para165, para328)
Knights of Doom (para230, para363#)
Revenge of the Vampire (para49, para147#, para341, para351)
Howl of the Werewolf (para83, para154, para324)
Demonstealer (pg95)
Kharé - Cityport of Traps (para73, para122*, para148, para205)
The Crown of Kings (para411)
Titan - The Fighting Fantasy World'(Large) (pg26, pg29)
Titan - The Fighting Fantasy World'(Small) (pg44*, pg52)
Warlock Issue 2 (pg4#, pg5)