Gargoyle

Gargoyle (CR 9)

Lawful Evil - Medium - Humanoid

Lore:	Know (Local)
17		35
Basic DC		Full DC

Initiative

14

Perception:
24	+14
Passive	Active

Ambush:

6+

on a d20

Senses:

• Standard Senses
• Darkvision 60 ft.
• Tremorsense 60 ft.
• SPECIAL: See notes about senses below.

Movement Types:

• Walk 30 ft.

Defense

AC

27

Man Def

26

Monster Health
178	89	14
Hit Points	Bloodied	Hit Dice

Saving Throws
Fort:	+11
Refl:	+6
Will:	+6

Strong Against:

• DR 9/-

• ER 14/-

While in Stoney form:

• DR 18/-
• ER 28/-
• Fast Healing 18

• Immune (no effect): Torpid, Benumbed, and Petrified

Weak Against:

Offense

Size:	Medium
5 ft.		5 ft.
Space		Reach

To-Hit

+16

Man Off

+14

Action

0

Points

Standard Attack (Melee):

• 1x Stoney Bite +16 (3d10+11/x2)
  as crushing (physical, common)

Full Attack (Melee):

• 1x Stoney Bite +16 (2d10+12/x2)
  as crushing (physical, common)
• 2x Stoney Claws +16 (2d6+5/x2)
  as slashing (physical, common)

Standard Attack (Ranged):

Full Attack (Ranged):

Siege Damage: Not siege capable

Statistics

21

STR

17

DEX

17

CON

5

INT

17

WIS

17

CHA

Skills:

• Knowledge (Religion): 14
• Perception: 14
• Stealth: 18
• All other skills: 9 (no ranks)

Languages: Terran, Issshh, Common

Feats:

Special Abilities

Stoney Form (Su) Standard Action

As a standard action, a gargoyle may transform itself into a stone statue. Its appearance changes to become that of a statue, which may or may not match its appearance as a gargoyle. In areas where there is other statuary, a gargoyle may, if unobserved, roll a Stealth Check and take 20 on the die, in order to conceal itself. While in Stoney Form, the gargoyle's DR and ER increases to DR 18/- and ER 28/- and it gains Fast Healing 18. It loses use of all senses except tremorsense and may not take any action other than dropping Stoney Form, which is a swift action.

Avalanche Attack (Ex) Move Action 1/Enc

Once per encounter as a move action, while animate, the Gargoyle may fly up to its Fly speed and make a Stoney Claw attack (+15 2d6+4x2 as slashing (physical, common)) at any point along that flight. The Gargoyle's movement must end adjacent to the selected target. This ability does not provoke attacks of opportunity. If the Avalanche Attack hits, the attacked foe is knocked Prone.

Gargoyle

Gargoyles are a strange class of humanoids that are widely but thinly distributed. Gargoyles are nearly ubiquitous, and come in a dizzying variety of tribes, which are called wings.

Gargoyles are secretive and have amazing stealth abilities, and as a result no one really knows how widely distributed they are, or even how many of them there are.

Of the various monstrous humanoids, Gargoyles are perhaps the most alien. Their motives are strange to most races. Their penchant for freezing themselves and waiting for days, weeks, months, or even years and decades, is a behavior that is nearly incomprehensible to other races, but Gargoyles treat it as an obsessive pastime.

Combat Tactics

Gargoyles are opportunists and incredibly good at ambushing their victims. If they have not been set as guardians, a gargoyle will be perfectly content to let a strong foe go by without troubling it. In their Stoney Form they have a maximum Stealth roll to hide themselves, so it is quite possible for a Wing of Gargoyles to remain hidden for a very long time, especially since they tend to 'statue up' in places where it's difficult to get a good, close look at them.

If they are hungry, or merely want some excitement, Gargoyles will swoop to the attack. They will animate themselves using a swift action, use Avalanche Attack to close into melee, and then start attacking. Aside from this admittedly devastating surprise strike, Gargoyles are not very good tacticians and if presented with a strong foe will seek to flee, break line of sight, and use their Stoney Form ability to hide.

If the Gargoyles have been compelled as guardians, they attack as before but will fight to destruction without hesitation.

Out of Combat

Some sages claim that Gargoyles are the greatest natural ciphers and philosophers in existence, despite their weirdly low Intelligence. These sages claim that Gargoyles are actually transcendent geniuses, but so alien they have trouble interacting with other intelligent creatures.

Of course, just as many sages claim that those sages are ridiculous crackpots, and getting a Gargoyle to clarify the matter has proved completely impossible....

Rewards

XP: 6,400

Treasure: Sellable Goods worth 5,125 gp.

Weight: 90 lbs.     Volume: 3.6 cu. ft.

Optional Treasure Rules: Roll a d20 on Table 1 below once per encounter (NOT per creature). Any items discovered are in addition to the normal treasure for the encounter.

Table 1: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 10	Nothing Found
11 - 14	1 Languid Remnant (tier 1)
15 - 17	1 Pale Remnant (tier 2)
18 - 19	1 Bright Remnant (tier 3)
20	Roll on Table 2
###	Nothing to see here!
###	Or here. Move along.

Table 2: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 5	3 Languid Remnants (tier 1)
6 - 10	3 Pale Remnants (tier 2)
11 - 14	1 Intense Remnant (tier 4)
15 - 17	1 Blazing Remnant (tier 5)
18 - 19	1 Vital Remnant (tier 6)
20	Roll on Table 3
###	Or here. Move along.

Table 3: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 5	3 Bright Remnants (tier 3)
6 - 8	3 Intense Remnants (tier 4)
9 - 11	3 Blazing Remnants (tier 5)
12 - 14	3 Vital Remnants (tier 6)
15 - 17	1 Prime Remnant (tier 7)
18 - 19	1 Mythic Remnant (tier 8)
20	1 Empyrean Remnant (tier 9)