Gargoyle (Dungeons & Dragons)

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In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the gargoyle is a grotesque winged monstrous humanoid creature, with a horned head and a stony hide.

A gargoyle is usually chaotic evil. A gargoyle has the ability to hold itself so still that it appears to be a statue.

[edit] Variants

The marine gargoyle is known as the kapoacinth.

The margoyle, or marlgoyle, is a more horrid form of gargoyle.

[edit] References

• Baichtal, John. "The Dragon's Bestiary: Four Guardian Gargoyles" Dragon #223 (TSR, 1995).
• Cook, David, et al. Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (TSR, 1989).
• Gygax, Gary. Monster Manual (TSR, 1977).
• Stewart, Doug, ed. Monstrous Manual (TSR, 1994).
• Williams, Skip, Jonathan Tweet, and Monte Cook. Monster Manual (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).