Waterspout gargoyle - Revision history

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Cherokee Jack: Created redirect to Biodiversity page, for now

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   |size=Medium
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   |attributes={{attributes|A waterspout gargoyle|swim=1|humanoid=1|amphibious=1|thick=1|breathless=1|hostile=1|strong=1}}
   |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]

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 ==Generation==
-Randomly created waterspout gargoyles are always hostile.
+Randomly created waterspout gargoyles are always hostile. [[Statue]]s of waterspout gargoyles generated during level creation will have a [[fountain]] placed on their square, including [[statue trap]]s.
 ==Origin==
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 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.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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		+	\|name=waterspout gargoyle
		+	\|symbol={{blue\|g}}
		+	\|difficulty=12
		+	\|level=8
		+	\|experience=95
		+	\|speed=10
		+	\|AC=-4
		+	\|MR=0
		+	\|align=-10
		+	\|frequency=1
		+	\|genocidable=Yes
		+	\|attacks=[[Claw attack\|Claw]] 2d6 [[Physical damage\|physical]], claw 2d6 physical, [[Bite attack\|bite]] 2d4 physical, [[spit]] 0d0 [[rust]]
		+	\|weight=1100
		+	\|nutr=250
		+	\|size=Medium
		+	\|resistances=[[stoning resistance]]
		+	\|resistances conveyed=None
		+	\|attributes={{attributes\|A waterspout gargoyle\|swim=1\|humanoid=1\|amphibious=1\|thick=1\|breathless=1\|hostile=1\|strong=1}}
		+	\|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 '''waterspout gargoyle''', {{blue\|g}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in the [[biodiversity patch]] and [[SlashTHEM]]. The waterspout gargoyle is a [[Gremlin (monster class)\|gremlin-like]] monster that is a relative of the [[gargoyle]] and has the highest [[Monster difficulty\|difficulty]] of its [[monster class]]. Waterspout gargoyles are [[strong]] and [[thick-skinned]] like standard gargoyles, and are [[amphibious]] as well as [[unbreathing]].
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		+	A waterspout gargoyle has two [[claw attack]]s and a [[bite attack]], along with a [[spitting attack]] that shoots water (implemented as a form of "[[venom]]") at targets and can [[rust]] their worn [[armor]]—[[gremlin]]s hit by this attack will [[divide]], while [[iron golem]]s and other monsters that are vulnerable to water will take 1d6 damage; a [[hero]] [[polymorph]]ed into an iron golem will instead be forced back to their base form, or else [[Instant death\|dies instantly]] if they have [[unchanging]]. Waterspout gargoyles possess [[stoning resistance]].
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		+	==Generation==
		+	Randomly created waterspout gargoyles are always hostile.
		+
		+	==Origin==
		+	{{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", 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—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, and the head was mounted on the walls of the newly built church as a ward for protection and scaring off evil spirits.
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		+	==Encyclopedia entry==
		+	{{encyclopedia-redirect\|gargoyle}}
		+	{{stub}}
		+	{{variant-343}}
		+	[[Category:SlashTHEM monsters]]