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'''Gorgon''' is a name that has been intermingled with numerous creatures including [[Medusa|medusae]] and winged creatures such as [[Manticore|manticores]] and [[Griffon|griffons]]. This is in part due to the use of the term by the Ancient Greeks, notably Hesiod, and [[Goblinish (race)|goblinish]] scholars who identified the "gorgon" as an enormous hybrid of a [[Cattle (wild)|Auroch]] bovine and a [[Hylochloerus|giant boar]], with characteristics of both. It is this latter creature that this page describes; Greek legends of the gorgon are rightly applied to medusae. The Asian gorgon dwells upon the vast grasslands and northern forests of central Asia, and is very rarely seen west of the Ural Mountains. | '''Gorgon''' is a name that has been intermingled with numerous creatures including [[Medusa|medusae]] and winged creatures such as [[Manticore|manticores]] and [[Griffon|griffons]]. This is in part due to the use of the term by the Ancient Greeks, notably Hesiod, and [[Goblinish (race)|goblinish]] scholars who identified the "gorgon" as an enormous hybrid of a [[Cattle (wild)|Auroch]] bovine and a [[Hylochloerus|giant boar]], with characteristics of both. It is this latter creature that this page describes; Greek legends of the gorgon are rightly applied to medusae. The Asian gorgon dwells upon the vast grasslands and northern forests of central Asia, and is very rarely seen west of the Ural Mountains. | ||
| − | The gorgon is a solitary beast upon the [[Prime Material (inner plane)|Prime Material]], having broken free of the plane of [[Tartarus (plane)|Tartarus]] or deliberately set loose. Expectedly, finding itself at some random place upon the boundless expanse of the taiga or the plain, the beast will wander for months or even years in the wilderness. Once it finds a settlement, however, the beast will rampage, | + | The gorgon is a solitary beast upon the [[Prime Material (inner plane)|Prime Material]], having broken free of the plane of [[Tartarus (plane)|Tartarus]] or deliberately set loose. Expectedly, finding itself at some random place upon the boundless expanse of the taiga or the plain, the beast will wander for months or even years in the wilderness. Once it finds a settlement, however, the beast will rampage, senselessly destroying all that it sees. This usually ends in a search for the beast and its destruction; the killing of gorgons has been cast as a central theme in many [[Goblin|goblin]] and [[Hobgoblin|hobgoblin]] myths and depictions of heroes. |
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Revision as of 04:08, 25 October 2020
| Species | beast |
| No. Appearing | 1–4 |
| Behaviour | solitary |
| Range | barrens, taiga, Tartarus |
| Size | 10 ft. at shoulder |
| Weight | 9,025 lbs. |
| Intelligence | 1 |
| Armour Class | 2 |
| Hit Dice | 8 |
| Action Points | 6 |
| Max. Stride | 20 |
| THAC0 | 14 |
| Hp/Die | d4+2d6 |
| Attack Forms | horn/horn |
| Damage | 3–30/3–30 |
| Special Attacks | breath weapon, charging, trampling |
Gorgon is a name that has been intermingled with numerous creatures including medusae and winged creatures such as manticores and griffons. This is in part due to the use of the term by the Ancient Greeks, notably Hesiod, and goblinish scholars who identified the "gorgon" as an enormous hybrid of a Auroch bovine and a giant boar, with characteristics of both. It is this latter creature that this page describes; Greek legends of the gorgon are rightly applied to medusae. The Asian gorgon dwells upon the vast grasslands and northern forests of central Asia, and is very rarely seen west of the Ural Mountains.
The gorgon is a solitary beast upon the Prime Material, having broken free of the plane of Tartarus or deliberately set loose. Expectedly, finding itself at some random place upon the boundless expanse of the taiga or the plain, the beast will wander for months or even years in the wilderness. Once it finds a settlement, however, the beast will rampage, senselessly destroying all that it sees. This usually ends in a search for the beast and its destruction; the killing of gorgons has been cast as a central theme in many goblin and hobgoblin myths and depictions of heroes.
Advantages
See Bestiary
