Gargoyle - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: adjust the stoning res part, medusa thing isn't gonna be as relevant

2026-01-24T04:38:03Z

adjust the stoning res part, medusa thing isn't gonna be as relevant

Umbire the Phantom: details

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details

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ copyedit

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‎Strategy: copyedit

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ pothole

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‎Strategy: pothole

Umbire the Phantom: /* UnNetHack */ pothole

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‎UnNetHack: pothole

Umbire the Phantom: copyedit and update

2026-01-21T07:15:15Z

copyedit and update

Umbire the Phantom: /* Origin */ word choice

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‎Origin: word choice

Umbire the Phantom: /* SLASH'EM */ copyedit

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‎SLASH'EM: copyedit

Umbire the Phantom: *dnh

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*dnh

Umbire the Phantom: FCU pass

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 A gargoyle has two [[claw attack]]s and a [[bite attack]]. Gargoyles possess [[stoning resistance]], and are one of the few monster types with the property that is neither [[acidic]] nor capable of [[stoning]] other monsters on their own.
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|071d79dce2ad5b8ade17c4dedf6b57c18b273a59}}, {{commit|e96d4ea9efb1cf19b2ac150c1e71e350086a8c82}} and {{commit|05cf948007db95d080268068d876e1ef612d465a}}, eating a gargoyle or other stoning-resistant monster can grant temporary stoning resistance for 3-18 turns&mdash;these resistances will not expire while the hero is eating something that causes stoning until that meal is finished.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|071d79dce2ad5b8ade17c4dedf6b57c18b273a59}} and {{commit|e96d4ea9efb1cf19b2ac150c1e71e350086a8c82}}, eating a gargoyle or other stoning-resistant monster can grant temporary stoning resistance for 3-18 turns&mdash;these resistances will not expire while the hero is eating something that causes stoning until that meal is finished.}}
 ==Generation==

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 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
-In [[SLASH'EM]], gargoyles are the only "stony" monsters that are immune to the rays of a [[wand of digging]] or the {{+ of|dig}} spell, unlike other stony monsters such as the closely-related [[statue gargoyle]]. Tame gargoyles also have a chance of turning [[traitor]].
+In [[SLASH'EM]], gargoyles are immune to the rays of a [[wand of digging]] or the {{+ of|dig}} spell, unlike other "stony" monsters such as the closely-related [[statue gargoyle]]. Tame gargoyles also have a chance of turning [[traitor]].
 [[Doppelganger (starting race)|Doppelganger]]s that reach experience level 6 can reliably #[[youpoly]] into gargoyles to take advantage of their innate strength and stoning resistance.
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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], gargoyles can appear among the court of a [[vampire lord]] or [[Vampire lady (dNetHack)|vampire lady]]-ruled [[Throne room#dNetHack|throne room]]. Gargoyles can appear as [[Prisoner (dNetHack)|prisoners]] in a throne room.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], gargoyles can appear among the court of a [[vampire lord]] or [[Vampire lady (dNetHack)|vampire lady]]-ruled [[Throne room#dNetHack|throne room]]. Gargoyles can also appear as random [[Prisoner (dNetHack)|prisoners]] in throne rooms.
 ===Hack'EM===
-In [[Hack'EM]], gargoyles are made vulnerable to digging rays like other stony monsters, in contrast to SLASH'EM.
+In [[Hack'EM]], gargoyles are made vulnerable to digging rays and have their HP halved like other stony monsters, in contrast to SLASH'EM.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 ==Strategy==
-A gargoyle can hit fairly hard with its bite and two claw attacks, and has a natural [[AC]] of -4, which may result in death for adventurers who fail to take it seriously. They are somewhat slow at 10 [[speed]], however, and have absolutely no [[Magic resistance (monster)|magic resistance]], making them very vulnerable to wands and spells if the [[hero]] can successfully land them.
+A gargoyle can hit fairly hard with its bite and two claw attacks, and has a natural [[AC]] of -4, which may result in death for adventurers who fail to take a gargoyle encounter seriously and cut the monster down quickly. They are somewhat slow at 10 [[speed]], however, and have absolutely no [[Magic resistance (monster)|magic resistance]], making them very vulnerable to magical items if the [[hero]] can successfully hit them.
 As a [[pet]] and [[polyself]] form, gargoyles are somewhat decent: they are strong, breathless and [[inediate]], their immunity to stoning makes dispatching [[cockatrice]]s easy for them, and they are capable of wearing all armor.

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 A gargoyle can hit fairly hard with its bite and two claw attacks, and has a natural [[AC]] of -4, which may result in death for adventurers who fail to take it seriously. They are somewhat slow at 10 [[speed]], however, and have absolutely no [[Magic resistance (monster)|magic resistance]], making them very vulnerable to wands and spells if the [[hero]] can successfully land them.
-As a pet and [[polyself]] form, gargoyles are somewhat decent: they are strong, breathless and [[inediate]], their immunity to stoning makes dispatching [[cockatrice]]s easy for them, and they are capable of wearing all armor.
+As a [[pet]] and [[polyself]] form, gargoyles are somewhat decent: they are strong, breathless and [[inediate]], their immunity to stoning makes dispatching [[cockatrice]]s easy for them, and they are capable of wearing all armor.
 {{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|8d2407f}}, monsters can gain extrinsics from eating corpses, allowing a gargoyle to gain poison resistance from eating a cockatrice corpse or tin.}}

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 ===UnNetHack===
-In [[UnNetHack]], chatting to a tame gargoyle will cause it to ask "if you've seen Elisa Maza"&mdash;this is a reference to the popular Disney animated series ''[[wikipedia:Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]''.
+In [[UnNetHack]], [[chatting]] to a tame gargoyle will cause it to ask "if you've seen Elisa Maza"&mdash;this is a reference to the popular Disney animated series ''[[wikipedia:Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]''.
 ===dNetHack===

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   |frequency=2
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=Claw 2d6, claw 2d6, bite 2d4
+  |attacks=[[Claw attack|Claw]] 2d6 [[Physical damage|physical]], claw 2d6 physical, [[Bite attack|bite]] 2d4 physical
   |weight=1000
   |nutr=200
   |size=Medium
-  |resistances=Stoning
+  |resistances=[[stoning resistance]]
   |resistances conveyed=None
   |attributes={{attributes|A gargoyle|humanoid=1|thick=1|breathless=1|hostile=1|strong=1}}
-  |reference=[[monst.c#line397]]
+  |reference=[https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/blob/NetHack-3.6.7_Released/src/monst.c#L401 NetHack 3.6.7 - src/monst.c, line 401]
 }}
-A '''gargoyle''', {{monsym|gargoyle}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The gargoyle is a [[strong]] and [[thick-skinned]] [[humanoid]] monster that is [[unbreathing]], and is part of the [[Gremlin (monster class)|gremlin]] [[monster class]].
+A gargoyle has two [[claw attack]]s and a [[bite attack]]. Gargoyles possess [[stoning resistance]], and are one of the few monster types with the property that is neither [[acidic]] nor capable of [[stoning]] other monsters on their own.
-Gargoyles have two claw attacks and a bite attack, and possess [[stoning resistance]] - they are one of the few monsters with the property that is neither [[acidic]] nor capable of [[stoning]] other monsters on their own.
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|071d79dce2ad5b8ade17c4dedf6b57c18b273a59}}, {{commit|e96d4ea9efb1cf19b2ac150c1e71e350086a8c82}} and {{commit|05cf948007db95d080268068d876e1ef612d465a}}, eating a gargoyle or other stoning-resistant monster can grant temporary stoning resistance for 3-18 turns&mdash;these resistances will not expire while the hero is eating something that causes stoning until that meal is finished.}}
 ==Generation==
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 ==Strategy==
-A gargoyle can hit fairly hard with its bite and two claw attacks, and has a natural [[AC]] of -4, which may result in death for adventurers who fail to take it seriously. They are somewhat slow at 10 speed, however, and have absolutely no [[Magic resistance (monster)|magic resistance]], making them very vulnerable to wands and spells if the [[hero]] can successfully land them.
+A gargoyle can hit fairly hard with its bite and two claw attacks, and has a natural [[AC]] of -4, which may result in death for adventurers who fail to take it seriously. They are somewhat slow at 10 [[speed]], however, and have absolutely no [[Magic resistance (monster)|magic resistance]], making them very vulnerable to wands and spells if the [[hero]] can successfully land them.
-As a pet and [[polyself]] form, gargoyles are somewhat decent - they are [[strong]], [[breathless]] and [[inediate]], their immunity to stoning makes dispatching [[cockatrice]]s easy, and they are capable of wearing all armor.
+As a pet and [[polyself]] form, gargoyles are somewhat decent: they are strong, breathless and [[inediate]], their immunity to stoning makes dispatching [[cockatrice]]s easy for them, and they are capable of wearing all armor.
 ==History==
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 {{Wikipedia|Gargoyle}}
 {{Wikipedia|Gargoyles (TV film)}}
-A gargoyle is a semi-decorative figure carved from stone and primarily associated with medieval and Gothic architecture, though the concept of animal-shaped water diversions existed centuries prior. The term originates from the French ''"gargouille"'', which in English roughly means "throat" or "gullet"; its root is the Latin ''"gar"'' ("to swallow"), associated with the gurgling sound of water. Gargoyles are used to divide the flow of rainwater and direct it away from the sides of a building - a trough is cut in the back of a gargoyle, and the rainwater typically exits through the open mouth, preventing it from eroding the mortar between masonry walls; such gargoyles are typically given elongated forms to achieve the desired distance from the wall, and may optionally be given wings as well.
+A gargoyle is a semi-decorative figure carved from stone and primarily associated with medieval and Gothic architecture, though the concept of animal-shaped water diversions existed centuries prior. The term originates from the French ''"gargouille"'', which in English roughly means "throat" or "gullet", and its root is the Latin ''"gar"'' ("to swallow"), associated with the gurgling sound of water. Gargoyles are used to divide the flow of rainwater and direct it away from the sides of a building&mdash;a trough is cut in the back of a gargoyle, and the rainwater typically exits through the open mouth, preventing it from eroding the mortar between masonry walls; such gargoyles are typically given elongated forms to achieve the desired distance from the wall, and may optionally be given wings as well.
-Mythical gargoyles are directly based on the carved stone figures, and have been conceived as animated statues or living statue-like being similar to golems; some works depict them as beings of demonic affinity, e.g. the 1972 television film ''[[wikipedia:Gargoyles (TV film)|Gargoyles]]'' that provides their [[encyclopedia]] entry, or else vessels for demonic possession, as in the popular 1984 movie ''[[wikipedia:Ghostbusters|Ghostbusters]]''. The concept of the gargoyle as a guardian partly derives from the French legend of a dragon-like monster called Gargouille (or Goji), which was subdued or captured by [[wikipedia:Romanus of Rouen|Romanus of Rouen]] with the aid of either a crucifix or a condemned man that acted as the sole volunteer. The monster was led back to Rouen and burned, with its head and neck preserved due to being tempered by the fire breath; the head was mounted on the walls of the newly built church as a ward for protection and scaring off evil spirits.
+Mythical gargoyles are directly based on the carved stone figures, and have been conceived as animated statues or living statue-like being similar to golems&mdash;some works depict them as beings of demonic affinity, e.g. the 1972 television film ''[[wikipedia:Gargoyles (TV film)|Gargoyles]]'' that provides their [[encyclopedia]] entry, or else vessels for demonic possession, as in the popular 1984 movie ''[[wikipedia:Ghostbusters|Ghostbusters]]''. The concept of the gargoyle as a guardian partly derives from the French legend of a dragon-like monster called Gargouille (or Goji), which was subdued or captured by [[wikipedia:Romanus of Rouen|Romanus of Rouen]] with the aid of either a crucifix or a condemned man that acted as the sole volunteer. The monster was led back to Rouen and burned, with its head and neck preserved due to being tempered by the fire breath, and the head was mounted on the walls of the newly built church as a ward for protection and scaring off evil spirits.
 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
-In [[SLASH'EM]], gargoyles are the only "stony" monsters immune to the rays from a [[wand of digging]] or the [[spell of dig]], unlike other stony monsters such as the closely-related [[statue gargoyle]]. Tame gargoyles also have a chance of turning [[traitor]].
+In [[SLASH'EM]], gargoyles are the only "stony" monsters that are immune to the rays of a [[wand of digging]] or the {{+ of|dig}} spell, unlike other stony monsters such as the closely-related [[statue gargoyle]]. Tame gargoyles also have a chance of turning [[traitor]].
 [[Doppelganger (starting race)|Doppelganger]]s that reach experience level 6 can reliably #[[youpoly]] into gargoyles to take advantage of their innate strength and stoning resistance.
 ===UnNetHack===
-In [[UnNetHack]], chatting to a tame gargoyle will cause it to ask "if you've seen Elisa Maza"; this is a reference to the popular Disney animated series [[wikipedia:Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]''.
+In [[UnNetHack]], chatting to a tame gargoyle will cause it to ask "if you've seen Elisa Maza"&mdash;this is a reference to the popular Disney animated series ''[[wikipedia:Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]''.
 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], gargoyles can appear among the court of a [[vampire lord]] or [[Vampire lady (dNetHack)|vampire lady]]-ruled [[Special room (dNetHack)#Throne room (throne occupied)|throne room]].
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], gargoyles can appear among the court of a [[vampire lord]] or [[Vampire lady (dNetHack)|vampire lady]]-ruled [[Throne room#dNetHack|throne room]]. Gargoyles can appear as [[Prisoner (dNetHack)|prisoners]] in a throne room.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==
-{{encyclopedia|<poem>
+{{encyclopedia|
 And so it came to pass that while Man ruled on Earth, the gargoyles waited, lurking, hidden from the light.  Reborn every 600 years in Man's reckoning of time, the gargoyles joined battle against Man to gain dominion over the Earth.
 In each coming, the gargoyles were nearly destroyed by Men who flourished in greater numbers.  Now it has been so many hundreds of years that it seems the ancient statues and paintings of gargoyles are just products of Man's imagination.  In this year, with Man's thoughts turned toward the many ills he has brought among himself, Man has forgotten his most ancient adversary, the gargoyles.
-{{right-align|[ Excerpt from the opening narration to the movie
+|[ Excerpt from the opening narration to the movie
-        _Gargoyles_, written by Stephen and Elinor Karpf ]}}
+''Gargoyles'', written by Stephen and Elinor Karpf ]
-</poem>}}
+}}
 ==References==

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 }}
-A '''gargoyle''', {{monsym|gargoyle}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a [[thick-skinned]] [[humanoid]] monster that is one of the few monsters to have [[stoning resistance]] that is neither [[acidic]] nor itself capable of stoning.
+A '''gargoyle''', {{monsym|gargoyle}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The gargoyle is a [[strong]] and [[thick-skinned]] [[humanoid]] monster that is [[unbreathing]], and is part of the [[Gremlin (monster class)|gremlin]] [[monster class]].
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|As of {{commit|071d79dce2ad5b8ade17c4dedf6b57c18b273a59}}, temporary stoning resistance can be granted by eating gargoyle corpses.}}
+Gargoyles have two claw attacks and a bite attack, and possess [[stoning resistance]] - they are one of the few monsters with the property that is neither [[acidic]] nor capable of [[stoning]] other monsters on their own.
 ==Generation==
-Gargoyles are somewhat uncommon, and will begin appearing around the middle of the dungeon. They can also hatch from {{frac|76|77}} of [[egg]]s [[Oviparous|laid by]] [[winged gargoyle]]s.{{refsrc|src/mon.c|3914|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} Gargoyles are not oviparous themselves, however, and cannot [[grow up]] into winged gargoyles.
+Randomly-generated gargoyles are always created hostile. {{frac|76|77}} of [[egg]]s [[Oviparous|laid by]] [[winged gargoyle]]s will hatch into gargoyles, though they are not oviparous and cannot [[grow up]] into winged gargoyles.{{refsrc|src/mon.c|3914|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 ==Strategy==
-A gargoyle can hit fairly hard with its bite and two claw attacks, and has a natural AC of -4, which may result in death for adventurers who fail to take it seriously. They are somewhat slow at 10 speed, however, and have absolutely no [[Magic resistance (monster)|magic resistance]], making them very vulnerable to wands and spells.
+A gargoyle can hit fairly hard with its bite and two claw attacks, and has a natural [[AC]] of -4, which may result in death for adventurers who fail to take it seriously. They are somewhat slow at 10 speed, however, and have absolutely no [[Magic resistance (monster)|magic resistance]], making them very vulnerable to wands and spells if the [[hero]] can successfully land them.
 As a pet and [[polyself]] form, gargoyles are somewhat decent - they are [[strong]], [[breathless]] and [[inediate]], their immunity to stoning makes dispatching [[cockatrice]]s easy, and they are capable of wearing all armor.
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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], gargoyles can appear among the court of a [[vampire lord]]-ruled [[Special room (dNetHack)#Throne room (throne occupied)|throne room]].
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], gargoyles can appear among the court of a [[vampire lord]]-ruled [[Special room (dNetHack)#Throne room (throne occupied)|throne room]].
 ==Encyclopedia entry==