While most of the gargoyles are cruel, they tend to follow orders and commands very well, inclining them to stray towards lawful alignments. They do not age, however due to being made of stone may eventually erode and weather into nothingness.Īlignment. Gargoyles are all created mature, able to serve and fight the moment they come into existence. Your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Intelligence score increases by 1.Īge. Your gargoyle has the following racial traits.Ībility Score Increase. Male Names: Brudodd, Dodar, Drum, Gan, Rhem, Zaakįemale Names: Balamm, Ghulo, Rehn, Rheldra, Vuklo, Zei They do not possess any sort of surname, however gargoyles that share the same name typically have a fierce rivalry, aiming to prove who truly deserves their name. Gargoyle names come from their native tongue of terran, full of harsh syllables and sounds reminiscent of harsh common languages, such as orcish or dwarvish. Gargoyles have the patience and fortitude of stone, and will serve even the cruelest master for years without complaint. Powerful spellcasters can also easily enlist gargoyle guardians to keep watch over their gates and walls. Gargoyles sometimes serve demons for their propensity for wanton chaos and destruction. They enjoy simple tasks such as guarding a master's home, torturing and killing interlopers, and anything else that involves minimum effort and maximum pain and carnage. Gargoyles are easily inspired by the cunning of an intelligent master. A gargoyle might alleviate the tedium of its watch by catching and tormenting birds or rodents, but its long wait only increases its craving for harming sentient creatures. Although such sculptures are only decorative, real gargoyles can hide among them to ambush unsuspecting victims. Statues carved into the likenesses of gargoyles appear in the architecture of countless cultures to frighten away trespassers. Able to maintain this state for years, a gargoyle makes an ideal sentry.
They haunt city rooftops, perching vulture-like among the high stone arches and buttresses of castles and cathedrals, and they can hold themselves so still that they appear inanimate. Gargoyles cling to rocky cliffs and mountains, or roost on ledges in underground caves. A gargoyle lurks among masonry and ruins, as still as any stone sculpture, and delights in the terror it creates when it breaks from its suspended pose, as well as the pain it inflicts on its victims. The inanimate gargoyles that perch atop great buildings are inspired by these malevolent creatures of elemental earth that resemble grotesque, fiendish statues. Ulysses Lincoln, human cleric Animate Stone "They move, I know it! I see them at night, they're like a murder of crows, just larger and made of stone!"
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