Are gargoyles made of stone? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Are gargoyles made of stone? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Doug McCrae
09-18-04, 03:01 PM Or are they flesh and blood that looks like it? Could they be raised as skeletons/zombies?
obrysii
09-18-04, 03:10 PM well. They're subject to sneak attacks...so flesh and blood. They just look all stony.
Gez
09-18-04, 03:16 PM They have the Earth subtype, so they're mineral. Earth and stone. As Obrysii pointed out, they have an anatomy.

So they have a mineral anatomy. Maybe they're a lifeform based on silicium, rather than on carbon (yeah, I know it doesn't really make sense, but at the D&D level of science, it does). A heart of quartz, and dust-thin sand flowing in its veins... Something like that.
Glimm
09-18-04, 03:54 PM I would say that gargoyles are flesh and blood, but they have a particularly strong tie to the earth element. Other creatures with elemental subtypes, dragons for instance, are flesh and blood, so I don't see any reason why gargoyles should not be. They do, however, look stony and could even have a semi-mineral skin, sort of like a carapace.
Doug McCrae
09-18-04, 06:12 PM It's weird that they don't have to eat, sleep or breath though, if they are flesh and blood. Must be magic, eh?
The Happy Gank
09-18-04, 08:58 PM It's weird that they don't have to eat, sleep or breath though, if they are flesh and blood. Must be magic, eh?

Gargoyles are magical creatures, at least according to the Version 3.0 rules. Therefore, their existence is not necessarily tied to the nature of the world (which would explain why they don't have to eat, sleep, breath, etc.). It is indicated that gargoyles will kill and eat other beings for nothing else than the fondness of hurting others.
Count Arioch the 28th
09-18-04, 09:08 PM I never really liked the 3E treatment of Gargoyles.

In my game, they're constructs, and have the alignment of their creators.
headlessfriar
09-18-04, 11:32 PM Originally (in basic rules, before 1st edition) D&D gargoyles were constructs. They have since drifted into living beings. If basic monsters such as gargoyles are being reinvented every edition, then nothing is stopping you from making them the way you think makes the most sense.
Kojiro James
09-18-04, 11:39 PM In all the info I've read, they're flesh and blood with a stony appearance. The earth subtype could be explained that they have some sort affinity with it. After all, fire breathing dragons aren't actually made out of fire, now are they?

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Doug McCrae 09-18-04, 03:01 PM	Or are they flesh and blood that looks like it? Could they be raised as skeletons/zombies?
obrysii 09-18-04, 03:10 PM	well. They're subject to sneak attacks...so flesh and blood. They just look all stony.
Gez 09-18-04, 03:16 PM	They have the Earth subtype, so they're mineral. Earth and stone. As Obrysii pointed out, they have an anatomy. So they have a mineral anatomy. Maybe they're a lifeform based on silicium, rather than on carbon (yeah, I know it doesn't really make sense, but at the D&D level of science, it does). A heart of quartz, and dust-thin sand flowing in its veins... Something like that.
Glimm 09-18-04, 03:54 PM	I would say that gargoyles are flesh and blood, but they have a particularly strong tie to the earth element. Other creatures with elemental subtypes, dragons for instance, are flesh and blood, so I don't see any reason why gargoyles should not be. They do, however, look stony and could even have a semi-mineral skin, sort of like a carapace.
Doug McCrae 09-18-04, 06:12 PM	It's weird that they don't have to eat, sleep or breath though, if they are flesh and blood. Must be magic, eh?
The Happy Gank 09-18-04, 08:58 PM	It's weird that they don't have to eat, sleep or breath though, if they are flesh and blood. Must be magic, eh? Gargoyles are magical creatures, at least according to the Version 3.0 rules. Therefore, their existence is not necessarily tied to the nature of the world (which would explain why they don't have to eat, sleep, breath, etc.). It is indicated that gargoyles will kill and eat other beings for nothing else than the fondness of hurting others.
Count Arioch the 28th 09-18-04, 09:08 PM	I never really liked the 3E treatment of Gargoyles. In my game, they're constructs, and have the alignment of their creators.
headlessfriar 09-18-04, 11:32 PM	Originally (in basic rules, before 1st edition) D&D gargoyles were constructs. They have since drifted into living beings. If basic monsters such as gargoyles are being reinvented every edition, then nothing is stopping you from making them the way you think makes the most sense.
Kojiro James 09-18-04, 11:39 PM	In all the info I've read, they're flesh and blood with a stony appearance. The earth subtype could be explained that they have some sort affinity with it. After all, fire breathing dragons aren't actually made out of fire, now are they?