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   |frequency=1
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=Claw 3d6 physical, claw 3d6 physical, bite 3d4 physical
+  |attacks=[[Claw attack|Claw]] 3d6 [[Physical damage|physical]], claw 3d6 physical, [[Bite attack|bite]] 3d4 physical
   |weight=1200
   |nutr=300
   |size=Medium
-  |resistances=Stoning
+  |resistances=[[stoning resistance]]
   |resistances conveyed=None
   |attributes={{attributes|A winged gargoyle|fly=1|humanoid=1|thick=1|breathless=1|oviparous=1|lord=1|hostile=1|strong=1|magic=1}}
-  |reference=[[monst.c#line403]]
+  |reference=[https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/blob/NetHack-3.6.7_Released/src/monst.c#L407 Net7Hack 3.6.7 - src/monst.c, line 401]
 }}
 A '''winged gargoyle''', {{monsym|winged gargoyle}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The winged gargoyle is a [[strong]], [[thick-skinned]] and [[oviparous]] [[humanoid]] that is a stronger version of the [[gargoyle]], and is considered a [[Lord (monster attribute)|lord]] to their kind. They are [[unbreathing]] and capable of [[flight]], and will seek out [[magical item]]s to pick up.
-Winged 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.
+A winged gargoyle has two [[claw attack]]s and a [[bite attack]]. Winged 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}}, eating a winged gargoyle [[corpse]] or [[tin]] grants temporary stoning resistance and cures stoning.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|071d79dce2ad5b8ade17c4dedf6b57c18b273a59}}, {{commit|e96d4ea9efb1cf19b2ac150c1e71e350086a8c82}} and {{commit|05cf948007db95d080268068d876e1ef612d465a}}, eating a winged 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==
-Winged gargoyles are even more rare than normal gargoyles, and will begin appearing once you are around the double-digits in dungeon depth and [[experience level]]. Their claw and bite attacks are stronger, and their slightly worse [[AC]] of -2 is more than offset by the higher damage and 15 [[speed]]. Wands and spells can be effective, especially if a [[hero]] lacks the speed, good weapons and/or AC to deal with one - like normal gargoyles, winged gargoyles lack [[Magic resistance (monster)|a magic resistance score]], but should still be taken down quickly; a [[wand of slow monster]] can bring them down to a similar speed level as their wing-less kin.
+Winged gargoyles are more rare than normal gargoyles, and will usually begin appearing once you are around the double-digits in dungeon depth and [[experience level]]. Their claw and bite attacks are stronger, and along with their 15 [[speed]] offset the monster's slightly worse [[AC]] of -2 compared to standard gargoyles. Like normal gargoyles, winged gargoyles lack [[Magic resistance (monster)|a magic resistance score]], but should still be taken down quickly&mdash;a [[wand of slow monster]] can bring them down to a similar speed level as their wing-less kin, and other wands and spells can be effective if the hero lacks their own speed, quality weapons and/or AC to deal with winged gargoyles.
-As a [[pet]] and polyform, while winged gargoyles are faster and generally stronger than normal gargoyles, their wings make them unable to wear body armor and limit their ability to obtain useful intrinsics and [[magic cancellation]]. Winged gargoyles are still quite useful in both regards, since they are strong, inediate and breathless, and their stoning resistance is valuable against monsters such as [[cockatrice]]s.
+As a [[pet]] and [[polymorph]] form, while winged gargoyles are faster and generally stronger than normal gargoyles, their wings make them unable to wear body armor and limit their ability to obtain useful intrinsics and [[magic cancellation]]. Winged gargoyles are still somewhat useful in both regards, since they are strong, inediate and breathless, and their stoning resistance is valuable against monsters such as [[cockatrice]]s.
 ==History==
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 {{Wikipedia|Gargoyle}}
 {{Wikipedia|Gargoyles (TV film)}}
-Gargoyles are semi-decorative figures carved from stone and primarily associated with medieval and Gothic architecture, though the concept of animal-shaped water diversions existed centuries prior. Gargoyles are specifically employed in order 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 and wings to achieve the desired distance from the wall.
+Gargoyles are semi-decorative figures carved from stone and primarily associated with medieval and Gothic architecture, though the concept of animal-shaped water diversions existed centuries prior. Gargoyles are specifically employed in order 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 and wings to achieve the desired distance from the wall.
 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 usually depicted as winged and are directly based on the carved stone figures - some fiction featuring them presents them as animated statues or living statue-like being similar to golems, while others depict them as beings of demonic affinity, e.g. the 1972 television film ''[[wikipedia:Gargoyles (TV film)|Gargoyles]]'' that provides their [[encyclopedia]] entry; still others consider them as vessels for demonic possession, as in the popular 1984 movie ''[[wikipedia:Ghostbusters|Ghostbusters]]''.
+Mythical gargoyles are usually depicted as winged and are directly based on the carved stone figures&mdash;some fiction featuring them presents them as animated statues or living statue-like being similar to golems, while others depict them as beings of demonic affinity, e.g. the 1972 television film ''[[wikipedia:Gargoyles (TV film)|Gargoyles]]'' that provides their [[encyclopedia]] entry; still others consider them as vessels for demonic possession, as in the popular 1984 movie ''[[wikipedia:Ghostbusters|Ghostbusters]]''.
 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
-In [[SLASH'EM]], a [[statue trap]] with a winged gargoyle [[statue]] is generated on the outskirts of [[Grund's Stronghold]] at level creation.
+In [[SLASH'EM]], a [[statue trap]] with a winged gargoyle [[statue]] is generated on the outskirts of [[Grund's Stronghold]] during level creation.
-[[Doppelganger (starting race)|Doppelgangers]] that reach [[experience level]] 9 can reliably #[[Doppelganger (starting_race)#Polyself|youpoly]] into winged gargoyles to take advantage of their innate strength and stoning resistance, as with normal gargoyles - choosing between the forms ultimately comes down to whether a hero values natural speed and higher damage versus body armor slots.
+Winged 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]].
 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], winged 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]], winged gargoyles can appear among the court of a [[vampire lord]] or [[Vampire lady (dNetHack)|vampire lady]]-ruled [[Throne room#dNetHack|throne room]]. Winged gargoyles can also appear as random [[Prisoner (dNetHack)|prisoners]] in throne rooms.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 ==Strategy==
-Winged gargoyles are even more rare than normal gargoyles, and will often begin appearing once you are around the double-digits in dungeon depth and [[experience level]]. Their claw and bite attacks are stronger, and their slightly worse [[AC]] of -2 is more than offset by the higher damage and 15 [[speed]]. Wands and spells can be effective, especially if a [[hero]] lacks the speed, good weapons and/or AC to deal with one - like normal gargoyles, winged gargoyles lack [[Magic resistance (monster)|a magic resistance score]], but should still be taken down quickly; a [[wand of slow monster]] can bring them down to a similar speed level as their wing-less kin.
+Winged gargoyles are even more rare than normal gargoyles, and will begin appearing once you are around the double-digits in dungeon depth and [[experience level]]. Their claw and bite attacks are stronger, and their slightly worse [[AC]] of -2 is more than offset by the higher damage and 15 [[speed]]. Wands and spells can be effective, especially if a [[hero]] lacks the speed, good weapons and/or AC to deal with one - like normal gargoyles, winged gargoyles lack [[Magic resistance (monster)|a magic resistance score]], but should still be taken down quickly; a [[wand of slow monster]] can bring them down to a similar speed level as their wing-less kin.
 As a [[pet]] and polyform, while winged gargoyles are faster and generally stronger than normal gargoyles, their wings make them unable to wear body armor and limit their ability to obtain useful intrinsics and [[magic cancellation]]. Winged gargoyles are still quite useful in both regards, since they are strong, inediate and breathless, and their stoning resistance is valuable against monsters such as [[cockatrice]]s.

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   |reference=[[monst.c#line403]]
 }}
-A '''winged gargoyle''', {{monsym|winged gargoyle}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The winged gargoyle is a [[strong]], [[thick-skinned]] and [[oviparous]] [[humanoid]] that is a stronger version of the [[gargoyle]], and is considered a [[M2_LORD|lord]] to their kind. They are [[unbreathing]] and capable of [[flight]], and will seek out [[magical item]]s to pick up.
+A '''winged gargoyle''', {{monsym|winged gargoyle}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The winged gargoyle is a [[strong]], [[thick-skinned]] and [[oviparous]] [[humanoid]] that is a stronger version of the [[gargoyle]], and is considered a [[Lord (monster attribute)|lord]] to their kind. They are [[unbreathing]] and capable of [[flight]], and will seek out [[magical item]]s to pick up.
 Winged 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.

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 Gargoyles are semi-decorative figures carved from stone and primarily associated with medieval and Gothic architecture, though the concept of animal-shaped water diversions existed centuries prior. Gargoyles are specifically employed in order 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 and wings to achieve the desired distance from the wall.
-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 is 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.
+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 usually depicted as winged and are directly based on the carved stone figures - some fiction featuring them presents them as animated statues or living statue-like being similar to golems, while others depict them as beings of demonic affinity, e.g. the 1972 television film ''[[wikipedia:Gargoyles (TV film)|Gargoyles]]'' that provides their [[encyclopedia]] entry; still others consider them as vessels for demonic possession, as in the popular 1984 movie ''[[wikipedia:Ghostbusters|Ghostbusters]]''.

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 Randomly generated winged gargoyles are always hostile. {{frac|77}} of [[egg]]s laid by winged gargoyles will hatch into winged gargoyles, with the rest hatching into gargoyles.{{refsrc|src/mon.c|3914|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-Hostile winged gargoyles be generated by the [[summon nasties]] monster spell cast by a hostile spellcaster that is either chaotic or in [[Gehennom]].{{refsrc|src/wizard.c|38|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+Hostile winged gargoyles may be generated by the [[summon nasties]] monster spell cast by a hostile spellcaster that is either chaotic or in [[Gehennom]].{{refsrc|src/wizard.c|38|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 ==Strategy==

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   |reference=[[monst.c#line403]]
 }}
-The '''winged gargoyle''', {{monsym|winged gargoyle}}, is a [[thick-skinned]] [[humanoid]] [[monster]] in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a stronger version of the [[gargoyle]], and is among the few monsters immune to [[stoning]] to be neither [[acidic]] nor capable of stoning other monsters.
+A '''winged gargoyle''', {{monsym|winged gargoyle}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. The winged gargoyle is a [[strong]], [[thick-skinned]] and [[oviparous]] [[humanoid]] that is a stronger version of the [[gargoyle]], and is considered a [[M2_LORD|lord]] to their kind. They are [[unbreathing]] and capable of [[flight]], and will seek out [[magical item]]s to pick up.
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|As of {{commit|071d79dce2ad5b8ade17c4dedf6b57c18b273a59}}, temporary stoning resistance can be granted by eating winged gargoyle corpses. You get the message '''You feel less concerned about becoming petrified.''' when you gain temporary stoning resistance and '''You no longer feel secure from petrification.''' when the temporary resistance expires.}}
+Winged 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==
-Winged gargoyles are even more rare than normal gargoyles, and will often begin appearing once you are around the double-digits in dungeon depth and [[experience level]]. Winged gargoyles are also [[oviparous]] - however, only {{frac|77}} of [[egg]]s laid by other [[gargoyles]] and winged gargoyles will hatch into winged gargoyles themselves.{{refsrc|src/mon.c|3914|version=NetHack 3.6.6}} Gargoyles cannot [[grow up]] into winged gargoyles.
+Randomly-generated winged gargoyles are always created hostile. {{frac|77}} of [[egg]]s laid by winged gargoyles will hatch into winged gargoyles, with the rest hatching into gargoyles.{{refsrc|src/mon.c|3914|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 ==Strategy==
-Winged gargoyles have two claw attacks and a bite like normal gargoyles, but gain an additional hitdie, and their slightly worse [[AC]] of -2 is more than offset by the higher damage and 15 [[speed]]. Wands and spells can be effective, especially if you lack the speed and good weapons or AC to deal with one - like normal gargoyles, winged gargoyles lack [[Magic resistance (monster)|a magic resistance score]], but should still be taken down quickly; a [[wand of slow monster]] can bring them down to a similar speed level as their wing-less kin.
+Winged gargoyles are even more rare than normal gargoyles, and will often begin appearing once you are around the double-digits in dungeon depth and [[experience level]]. Their claw and bite attacks are stronger, and their slightly worse [[AC]] of -2 is more than offset by the higher damage and 15 [[speed]]. Wands and spells can be effective, especially if a [[hero]] lacks the speed, good weapons and/or AC to deal with one - like normal gargoyles, winged gargoyles lack [[Magic resistance (monster)|a magic resistance score]], but should still be taken down quickly; a [[wand of slow monster]] can bring them down to a similar speed level as their wing-less kin.
-As a [[pet]] and polyform, while winged gargoyles are faster and generally stronger than normal gargoyles, their wings make them unable to wear body armor and limit their ability to obtain useful intrinsics and [[MC]]. Winged gargoyles are still quite useful in this regard, being [[strong]] and [[inediate]] as well as [[breathless]], and their stoning resistance is valuable against monsters such as [[cockatrice]]s.
+As a [[pet]] and polyform, while winged gargoyles are faster and generally stronger than normal gargoyles, their wings make them unable to wear body armor and limit their ability to obtain useful intrinsics and [[MC]]. Winged gargoyles are still quite useful in both regards, since they are strong, inediate and breathless, and their stoning resistance is valuable against monsters such as [[cockatrice]]s.
 ==History==
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 ==Variants==
 ===SLASH'EM===
-In [[SLASH'EM]], a [[statue trap]] with a winged gargoyle [[statue]] appears on the outskirts of [[Grund's Stronghold]].
+In [[SLASH'EM]], a [[statue trap]] with a winged gargoyle [[statue]] is generated on the outskirts of [[Grund's Stronghold]] at level creation.
 [[Doppelganger (starting race)|Doppelganger]]s that reach experience level 9 can reliably #[[Doppelganger (starting_race)#Polyself|youpoly]] into winged gargoyles to take advantage of their innate strength and stoning resistance, as with normal gargoyles - a decision between the forms ultimately comes down to whether you value natural speed and higher damage versus body armor slots.
 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], winged 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]], winged gargoyles can appear among the court of a [[vampire lord]]-ruled [[Special room (dNetHack)#Throne room (throne occupied)|throne room]].
 ==Encyclopedia entry==
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 ==References==
 <references/>
-{{nethack-366}}
+{{nethack-367}}
 [[Category:Monsters]]

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