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The Gargoyle spell.
« Thread Started on Sept 15, 2011, 8:51pm »

Seems like there is always more to be found in Supp II Temple of the Frog every time you look.

Today I noticed this: (room 3, page 41)
..."nine mounted gargoyles mounted as statues... which are released from thier temporal stasis if anyone enters the room without a Priest..."

"They will lurk about after thier duty is performed until a priest comes down to put them back in to thier imprisonment. This feat... and its procedure is outlined in a book found in the library."

Lost high level cleric spell "Bind Gargoyle" perhaps? Any ideas how this spell should work?

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Re: The Gargoyle spell.
« Reply #1 on Sept 15, 2011, 10:29pm »

Animate object?

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Re: The Gargoyle spell.
« Reply #2 on Sept 16, 2011, 7:52am »

Sept 15, 2011, 10:29pm, cooper wrote:

Animate object?

hmm. The description seems to be saying the gargoyles creatures have been ensorcled to in a state of non animation and are realeased from that state under specific conditions (intruders). Not so much that they are animated statues. <shrug>

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« Reply #3 on Sept 16, 2011, 9:17am »

Isn't there a 'temporal stasis' spell in ad&d? Like time stop, but reversed.

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Re: The Gargoyle spell.
« Reply #4 on Sept 16, 2011, 10:32am »

Maybe this is how Flesh to Stone works on Gargoyles?

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Re: The Gargoyle spell.
« Reply #5 on Sept 16, 2011, 11:15am »

Sept 16, 2011, 9:17am, cooper wrote:

Isn't there a 'temporal stasis' spell in ad&d? Like time stop, but reversed.

nice catch. PHB has a 9th level MU spell called temporal stasis.

No relation to TotF though. The MU spell creastes a similar frozen state, but to be undone a dispell magic must be cast or the spell reversed. It's MU and not clerical and doesn't dispell on a trigger as this spell does, but the AD&D spell could be reworked to fit, I think.

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Sept 16, 2011, 10:32am, havard wrote:

Maybe this is how Flesh to Stone works on Gargoyles?

That is a really interesting idea....

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Re: The Gargoyle spell.
« Reply #7 on Aug 24, 2012, 1:52pm »

Based only on what is written, I'd guess it was just a unique notation here without a detailed explanation as to how it works, and not a reference to a specific spell. It's an interesting idea for gargoyles though.

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Re: The Gargoyle spell.
« Reply #8 on Aug 25, 2012, 3:27pm »

Aug 24, 2012, 1:52pm, blackbarn wrote:

Yeah, don't think it was a spell ever written up in game terms, but there an idea of a spell here. I wrote one up based on the entry and put it in the Book of Elder Magic.

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