Homebrew Gargoyle Species Details

Gargoyles

As their name suggests, gargoyles look just like large stone statues made to guard things. They hatch from hard stone eggs into a world apprehensive of their presence, but their natural brute strength and inhuman speed make them to be the strongest warriors on a battlefield, not to mention their powerful wings and fast maneuvering abilities while in the air. They are not a race who likes their abilities to be taken lightly. Gargoyle’s are loyal to their companions, like attentive guard dogs, making them some of the closest friends to have.

 

Statues Come to Life

Gargoyle’s have a fearsome appearance despite their gentle nature. Their skin is hard and grey with glazed eyes of a wide variety of colors and large horns twisting from their heads and spines. They stand erect on two feet at an average height of 7 ½ feet with large wings that span more than twice their height making it hard for them to fit in small spaces. Their heavy builds lead them to weigh over 300 pounds on average. With hands and feet similar to claws, they look comparable to demons and dragons. Their hard, cold faces don’t help them to look too friendly either.

Many gargoyles are believed to be related to dragons or be distant relatives of them due to their hard as stone skin, long tails, and large wings. Others believe gargoyles are actually statues that have been animated by a powerful magician to create an army which eventually became a large species spread across the world. Their origins are from so long ago that it is nearly impossible to tell, but there are plenty of theories.

 Poweful Forces

Gargoyles are not a force to reckon with. They are a powerful race shrouded with mysterious roots without much being known about them. Picking a fight with a gargoyle is essentially a death sentence with their natural strength and their high resistance to damage. Gargoyles are hesitant to accept help seeing they believe their strength is unmatched by no other, but sometimes they will cave and allow others to offer them their services. 

Gargoyles are always searching for ways to prove their humanity, so they’re a helpful race that never ceases to lend a helping hand. You can always count on them to be kind no matter how they may appear. It’s rather rare to find a gargoyle with ill intent. Many gargoyles will focus on one skill set to use in helping other people as their main purpose.

Being an independent race, gargoyles don’t rely on many others than the gods themselves. They tend to pray to gods that can help them in their journey for humanity.

 

Gargoyle Names

Gargoyle names are named after different minerals and precious stones. They tend to go by a different alias later in life instead of the name of a rock but many gargoyles see that as disrespectful to their family and will keep their given names.

 

Names: Adamite, Alexandrite, Alabaster, Andesite, Barite, Carnelian, Celestite, Diaspore, Ekanite, Feldspar, Garnet, Granite, Hubnerite, Jasper, Jet, Kyanite, Lapis, Malachite, Obsidian, Onyx, Opal, Proteus, Quartz, Rhodonite, Spinel, Topaz, Zincite

Gargoyle Traits

The Gargoyle traits manifest much differently than other creatures.

Ability score increase

Your strength score increases by 2, and your intelligence increases by 1.

 

Age

Gargoyles age slower in childhood than most races. At age 10 they attain the abilities of an average 5 year old human and reach adulthood at age 25. They can live to be up to 150 years old. 

 

Alignment

Gargoyles tend to lean more to the good side, most commonly found being lawful neutral or better. It’s uncommon to find bad gargoyles.

 

Size

Gargoyles are anywhere between 7 and 9 feet

Speed

Your base walking speed is 40, your base flying speed is 60.

Languages

You can read, speak, and write in common and speak and understand deep speech