The head of this sinisterly carved statue of a devil slowly scans its surroundings, every motion making the faint sound of stone grinding upon stone.
XP 4,800 DEFENSE
AC 22, touch 11, flat-footed 20 (+2 Dex, +11 natural, –1 size) OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft. (poor) STATISTICS
Str 22, Dex 14, Con —, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 1 SPECIAL ABILITIESFreeze (Ex)A gargoyle guardian can hold itself so still that it appears to be a statue. A gargoyle guardian that uses freeze can take 20 on Stealth checks to hide in plain sight as a stone statue. Snatch (Ex)A gargoyle guardian can start a grapple when it hits with both claw attacks, as though it had the grab ability. If it grapples a creature of size Medium or smaller, it squeezes each round for automatic claw damage with a successful grapple check. A gargoyle guardian can fly while holding a creature that weighs 350 pounds or less. It cannot throw creatures it is carrying, but can drop them as a free action. | Variant
Gargoyle Sentry (+0 CR): These gargoyle guardians are created with eyes of citrine linked to a 1-foot diameter orb of the same stone. The orb always displays what the gargoyle guardian sees, though without the construct’s darkvision or low-light vision. If the gargoyle sentry is destroyed, its eyes and the linked orb shatter into worthless dust. Construction
CL 10th; Price 30,000 gp; 50,000 gp (sentry) DescriptionA gargoyle guardian’s body is made from 1,000 pounds of dense stone—typically of the colors and designs of the structure or memorial it is meant to guard—and treated with 1,000 gp worth of rare minerals and precious filigree. Construction RequirementsCraft Construct, animate objects, stone shape, geas/quest; Cost 15,000 gp; 25,000 gp (sentry) |
