Gargoyle
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A cross between ordinary stone gargoyles and living beings, Gargoyles are hideous humanoids with an affinity to rock.
Contents
Innate Abilities
- Resistances: petrification resistance, trample resistance, one level of life protection, and one level of cold resistance
- Auxiliary attacks: one level of claws, one level of fangs, and two levels of talons
- Slow Metabolism 1
Preferred backgrounds
Gargoyles are recommended for the following backgrounds:
- Warriors: Monk, Hunter, Assassin
- Adventurers: Artificer
- Zealots: Healer
- Warrior-mages: Skald, Transmuter, Warper, Arcane Marksman, Enchanter
- Mages: Wizard, Conjurer, Summoner, Fire Elementalist, Ice Elementalist, Earth Elementalist, Venom Mage
Due to their artificial nature, gargoyles are prohibited from becoming Death Knights.
Level bonuses
- Gargoyles get a Strength or Intelligence (equal chance) increase every 4 levels starting at level 4.
- Gargoyles have 10% more HP than average.
- Gargoyles have average MP.
- Gargoyles gain 3 magic resistance per level.
Starting skills and equipment
Gargoyles receive the skills and equipment listed for their background and a potion of restore abilities.
Difficulty of Play
| Simple • Intermediate • Advanced |
Skill aptitudes
The higher the value, the better the aptitude.
| Skill | Aptitude | Skill | Aptitude | Skill | Aptitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack | Miscellaneous | Magic | |||
| Fighting | 1 | Armour | -2 | Spellcasting | -1 |
| Short Blades | -1 | Dodging | -1 | Conjurations | 1 |
| Long Blades | -1 | Stealth | 2 | Hexes | -1 |
| Axes | -1 | Stabbing | N/A | Charms | -2 |
| Maces & Flails | 1 | Shields | -2 | Summonings | -1 |
| Polearms | -1 | Traps | -1 | Necromancy | -3 |
| Staves | 1 | Translocations | -1 | ||
| Unarmed Combat | 1 | Transmutation | -1 | ||
| Fire Magic | -1 | ||||
| Throwing | 0 | Ice Magic | 1 | Invocations | 1 |
| Slings | -1 | Air Magic | -3 | Evocations | 0 |
| Bows | 0 | Earth Magic | 3 | ||
| Crossbows | 0 | Poison Magic | 0 | Experience | 0 |
History
Gargoyles will be added in 0.13.
