Editing Stone Gargoyle and Obsidian Gargoyle

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| name           = Stone Gargoyle
| faction        = Tower
| attack         = 6
| defense        = 6
| shots          = 
| damage         = 2–3
| health         = 16
| speed          = 6
| move           = Flying
| size           = 1
| growth         = 9 {{gl|Sculptor's Wings|(+4)}}
| aivalue        = 165
| fightvalue     = 150
| goldcost       = 130
| resource       = 
| rescost        = 
| abilities      = {{swh|{{gl|Bloodless}}|{{gl|Non-living}}}}. Flies.
}}{{CreatureNew
| name           = Obsidian Gargoyle
| faction        = Tower
| attack         = {{gt|7}}
| defense        = {{gt|7}}
| shots          = 
| damage         = 2–3
| health         = 16
| speed          = {{gt|9}}
| move           = Flying
| size           = 1
| growth         = 9 {{gl|Sculptor's Wings|(+4)}}
| aivalue        = 201
| fightvalue     = 155
| goldcost       = 160
| resource       = 
| rescost        = 
| abilities      = {{swh|{{gl|Bloodless}}|{{gl|Non-living}}}}. Flies.
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'''Stone Gargoyles and Obsidian Gargoyles''' are the second level creatures of [[Tower]]. They are recruited from the [[Parapet]]. Building the [[Sculptor's Wings]] increases gargoyles' growth by 4 per week.

''"Stone and Obsidian Gargoyles are demon-form statues animated for use as troops. They attack with raking claws."{{-}}<sup>[[Restoration of Erathia Manual Page 113|RoE manual]]''</sup>
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== Dwellings & Portraits ==
{{DwellingPortrait
| dwelling       = Parapet
| creature1      = Stone Gargoyle
| creature2      = Obsidian Gargoyle
}}
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== Heroes with a [[Specialty#Creature_specialties|specialty]] ==
*{{H|Piquedram|Alchemist}}

== Special Ability: Non-living (Bloodless{{-wh}}) ==
Though Stone and Obsidian Gargoyles are considered as [[non-living]], they are still affected by [[morale]] and [[mind spells]]. In [[Horn of the Abyss]]{{-wh}}, they are called "Bloodless" instead of [[non-living]].

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Their stats are considered to be pretty low for a level 2 unit, but they are usually used as cannon fodder to protect the [[Gremlin and Master Gremlin|gremlins]] in the early game anyway. Unfortunately, Gargoyles are immune to [[Resurrection]] and cannot be risen by [[Animate Dead]] as they aren't [[undead]].

Despite their average [[Attack]] and [[Defense]], only 2-3 [[damage]] and mediocre 16 [[health]] they are quite fast after upgrade, having [[Speed]] of 9. Obsidian Gargoyles can be used offensively to block enemy ranged troops or tie up melee stacks while your [[Master Gremlin]]s deal damage from distance.

[[Bless]] and [[Curse]] have drastic effect on Gargoyles as despite just 1 point of damage range with 2-3 it means 1/3rd average damage more or less. When cast with Advanced [[Water Magic]] or [[Fire Magic]], Bless almost doubles their damage (2,5 to 4), and Curse more than halves it (2,5 to 1).

The most important buff for Gargoyles should be [[Shield]] or [[Stone Skin]], as they are fragile but not particularly strong, so anything that helps them live and distract the enemy just a bit longer while your ranged stacks shoot at them is good.

[[Non-living]] nature means some of the most debilitating spells and abilities will not work against Gargoyles. This includes [[Vampire Lord|life drain]], [[Ghost Dragon|aging]], [[Zombie|disease]], [[Wyvern Monarch|poison]]. However they have [[morale]] and [[mind spell]]s still work on them.

Because they are relatively cheap, numerous, and fast, they make for good troops to overwhelm mainly ranged armies. They cannot keep up with real hard-hitters, though.

Against [[Necropolis]] army, they can be used to stop [[Power Lich]]es from shooting, denying them their powerful death cloud attack, or soak up [[Vampire Lord]]s retaliation, similarly to [[Stone Golem and Iron Golem|Golems]] - Vampire Lords are not healed by attacking non-living target. Keep in mind that Gargoyles are not nearly as tough as Golems and are not likely to survive long in melee against powerful stacks like Vampire Lords.
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{{creature 'see also'}}
* [[Comparison of Level 2 Creatures]]

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