# Gargoyle

> From the Curse of Strahd game wiki (it covers the whole game, spoilers included): https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/gargoyle.html. Unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy, not approved or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

> [!infobox]
> ![gargoyle](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/portraits/gargoyle.webp)
> **Type:** Medium elemental
> **Alignment:** chaotic evil
> **Challenge:** 2 (450 XP)
> **Armor Class:** 15
> **Hit Points:** 67 (9d8+27)
> **Speed:** 30 ft, fly 60 ft

## Stat block

A living statue that swoops down to claw at intruders.

| AC | HP | Speed | CR | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 67 (9d8+27) | 30 ft, fly 60 ft | 2 | 450 |

| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 (+2) | 11 (+0) | 16 (+3) | 6 (-2) | 11 (+0) | 7 (-2) |

- **Skills:** Stealth +4
- **Immune:** poison
- **Condition immunities:** exhaustion, petrified, poisoned
- **Senses:** darkvision 60 ft; passive Perception 10
- **Languages:** Primordial (Terran)

### Traits

- **Flyby.** Doesn't provoke Opportunity Attacks when it flies out of reach.

### Actions

- **Multiattack.** Two Claw attacks.
- **Claw.** A rake of stone claws.

## Where you meet it

- [The Amber Temple: the Doors](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-amber-temple-the-doors.md): *The colossus steps down off its plinth, and the ledge shakes. High on the facade, two stone shapes unfold…*
- [Castle Ravenloft, the Catacombs](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/castle-ravenloft-the-catacombs.md): *The winged figures at the corners of the slab unfold, stone grinding on stone, and drop to the floor.*
- [Castle Ravenloft, the Gates](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/castle-ravenloft-the-gates.md): *Stone creaks overhead. The gargoyles on the gatehouse unfold, stretch like cats, and drop into the courtyard.*
- [Castle Ravenloft, the Roofs](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/castle-ravenloft-the-roofs.md): *The carvings on the parapet turn their heads. Stone grinds on stone as wings unfold that were never meant to…*
- [The Tsolenka Pass](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-tsolenka-pass.md): [The Last Egg](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-last-egg.md) · *The stone birds come down on the shelf with a sound like a quarry falling, and the falconer lands among them,…*

On the road: [Amber Temple Road](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/world/random-encounters.md)