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{{Flavour|When standard gargoyles are created, they're animated from intimidating, carved stone figures and serve as immensely armoured and resilient, if structurally fragile, guardians for their positions. Rarely, gargoyles are prepared for their animation, smithed from impressively lightweight metal into solid winged statues with nasty speed, strength, and weaponized breath. These gargoyles ruthlessly crush intruders.}}
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{{Flavour|A rare type of gargoyle, constructed from a solid steel statue and imbued with vicious strength, speed, and weaponized breath.
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“Their innumerable sculptures of demons and dragons assumed a lugubrious aspect. The restless light of the flame made them move to the eye. There were griffins which had the air of laughing, gargoyles which one fancied one heard yelping, salamanders which puffed at the fire, tarasques which sneezed in the smoke. And among the monsters thus roused from their sleep of stone by this flame, by this noise, there was one who walked about, and who was seen, from time to time, to pass across the glowing face of the pile, like a bat in front of a candle.”<br>
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-Victor Hugo, _The Hunchback of Notre-Dame_, 10, ch. IV. 1831.<br>
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Revision as of 18:54, 8 April 2014

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For a list of all gargoyles, see list of constructs.

war gargoyle 9War gargoyle.png
HP 36-68
HD 13
XP 1452
Speed 14
AC 22
EV 4
Will 104
Attack1 30 (hit: plain)


Resistances rF+, rC+,
rElec, rPois+++,
rN+++, rTorm,
rRot+++, rDrown,
rWater
Vulnerabilities None
Habitat Land
Intelligence High
Uses Starting equipment
Open doors
Holiness Non-living
Size Medium
Type gargoyle, war gargoyle
Flags Artificial
Fake spells
Fighter
Flying
See invisible
Silence immune
A rare type of gargoyle, constructed from a solid steel statue and imbued with vicious strength, speed, and weaponized breath.

“Their innumerable sculptures of demons and dragons assumed a lugubrious aspect. The restless light of the flame made them move to the eye. There were griffins which had the air of laughing, gargoyles which one fancied one heard yelping, salamanders which puffed at the fire, tarasques which sneezed in the smoke. And among the monsters thus roused from their sleep of stone by this flame, by this noise, there was one who walked about, and who was seen, from time to time, to pass across the glowing face of the pile, like a bat in front of a candle.”
-Victor Hugo, _The Hunchback of Notre-Dame_, 10, ch. IV. 1831.
trans. Isabel F. Hapgood

Useful Info

War gargoyles are significantly deadlier than any of their gargoyle brethren. With more life, AC, and resistances, they can handle abuse slightly better. More importantly, however, they are capable of blasting you at range with deadly shrapnel. War gargoyles are found in the Iron City of Dis.

Spells

Spell set
Slot1 Metal Splinters (3d27)
Slot2 Metal Splinters (3d27)
Slot3 none
Slot4 Metal Splinters (3d27)
Slot5 Metal Splinters (3d27)
Slot6 none

Tips & Tricks

By the time you face war gargoyles, you'll likely have no difficulty getting through their defenses and taking them down, at least in comparison to the other threats you'll be facing. That being said, their breath attacks can deal surprising amounts of damage, especially if you let too many of them catch you in the open at once. Take cover when possible.

History

War gargoyles will be added in 0.14.