An argument against this theory is that the chimera can also interbreed in this manner with the hydra, which may more likely be a naturally occurring beast.Įlminster's Ecologies notes that the forest deities of Cormanthor have imbued the gorgons there with a curse that they turn to stone in water.
The chimera is speculated in that article to be a creature made by human experimentation, but it also says that the truth of that is lost to the mists of time. This suggests the possibility that the chimera and gorgon may be very distantly related. They produce offspring naturally, so we know they can at least exist in the wild, although whether the original gorgon came from is evidently unknown even to the Sage of Shadowdale.Īccording to Ecology of the Chimera (Dragon #94), a gorgon can mate with a chimera to produce a sterile mule called the gorgimera. This suggests that they may be naturally occurring magical beasts. A gorgon once killed Elminster's dog.Īccording to that article, the information of which is attributed to an adventurer named Djaril Phylapur, gorgons hunt in pairs. 212 DR, where the people knew it by the name "stone bull". It existed as a wild creature in Faerun at least as far back as Elminster's youth, c. The Ecology of the Gorgon (Dragon Magazine #97) describes Elminster's knowledge of the gorgon, whose petrifying breath even that archmage fears. Gary Gygax claimed to have taken the creature from a medieval bestiary. Unlike many D&D creatures, the bull-like gorgon was not invented from scratch by a writer, and as a result was not given a solid creation myth up front. When a four-armed gargoyle has the upper hand in battle, it often draws out the conflict as long as it can in order to deal as much pain and suffering as it can on its foes.They were already a species inhabiting the wilderness in ancient times across many worlds, and even the sages do not remember their origins. They have a great fondness for inflicting pain on their foes. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage.Ī powerful gargoyle similar to its kin, but having four arms rather than two.įour-armed gargoyles, like their brethren, often stand perched indefinitely without moving in an attempt to surprise their opponents. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. The gargoyle makes four attacks: one with its bite, two with its claws, and one gore. While the gargoyle remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from an inanimate statue. Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10 Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons not made of adamantineĬondition Immunities exhaustion, petrified, poisoned
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