b'Gargoyle, Scrimshaw \n'b'  Family:   Gargoyle  \n'b'\n'b'  Medium   construct ,  chaotic evil  \n'b'  Armor Class  13  Hit Points  58 (9d8 + 18)  Speed  30 ft., fly 60 ft.\n'b' STATS STR: 12 (+1) DEX:  16 (+3)  CON:  14 (+2)  INT:  6 (-2)  WIS:  11 (+0)  CHA:  7 (-2)  \n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'  Damage Resistances  nonmagical weapons  Damage Immunities  sonic  Condition Immunities  paralysis, petrifaction, poison  Languages  Common, Terran  Skills   Stealth  +5  Senses   darkvision  60 ft.  Challenge  3 (700 XP) \n'b' Actions \n'b'\n'b'  Multiattack . The scrimshaw gargoyle bites once and attacks once with its claws. \n'b'  Bite .  Melee Weapon Attack : +5 to hit (reach 5 ft.; one creature).  Hit : 1d4 + 2 piercing damage. \n'b'  Claws .  Melee Weapon Attack : +5 to hit (reach 5 ft.; one creature).  Hit : 2d6 + 2 slashing damage. \n'b'  Shrieking Howl .  Area Attack : By tilting its head up and forcing air through its weathered bones, a scrimshaw gargoyle emits a high-pitched shriek. Creatures within 150 feet who hear the shriek must make a successful DC 12  Wisdom  saving throw or become  frightened  for 1d4 rounds. \n'b'\n'b' Special Traits \n'b'\n'b'  Stony Appearance . The gargoyle is indistinguishable from a statue and can\xe2\x80\x99t be detected as alive by any means while it remains motionless. \n'b'\n'b' About \n'b'  Environment  Urban  Organization  solitary, pair, or wing (3-12) \n'b' The eerie  humanoid -shaped creature is perched precariously on the edge of the building. The light from the full moon glints off its alabaster-colored body, revealing intricate etchings along the surface. As it surveys the land, the creature throws back its head and emits a piercing howl into the night. \n'b' The origin of these strangely carven sculptures is shrouded in the mystery of the past, but their existence is now well known through its entirety. Originally created as mere constructs lacking the status of truly living creatures, their exposure to eddies and currents of malevolent energy among the city\xe2\x80\x99s high places, over the years somehow granted the missing spark of life. \n'b' A scrimshaw gargoyle is meticulously crafted from painstakingly carved whale bones joined together at the joint articulations. However, these craftings were all completed centuries ago, and no new ones have been constructed in the long years since. The existing scrimshaw gargoyles are, therefore, all old, their whale bones weathered and discolored by time and climate. Though it is thought that thousands of these creatures existed upon the city\xe2\x80\x99s rooftops in the distant past, it has been estimated that fewer than 50 of them are now in existence, each of them recognizably distinct with their individual unique markings. \n'b' However, the thinking on this is beginning to change as in recent months several new specimens have been spotted upon the rooftops. These new gargoyles are clearly composed of parts cannibalized from previously destroyed gargoyles. Most believe the scrimshaw gargoyles, taken as a whole, are too dimwitted to produce new members of the species. Some contemplate a secret cabal of magical practitioners as responsible for this change; others theorize that certain scrimshaw gargoyles have advanced much farther in their power and understanding of magic and are somehow responsible. Whatever the cause, it appears that the scrimshaw gargoyle population is on the rise for the first time in living memory. \n'b' It is thought that the scrimshaw gargoyles\xe2\x80\x99 original progenitors built the creatures to serve as guardians. To this end, the horrific shriek the gargoyle emits probably originally served as an alarm. The gargoyle generates the sound through careful fluting of the bones around its mouth, and a supernatural means of passing air \xe2\x80\x93 even on still nights \xe2\x80\x93 through the narrow structure. As the gargoyle evolved from a simple guardian to a menace, however, its shriek also evolved. No longer a loud noise to alert those nearby, now the shrieking howl is capable of striking fear into the heart of the bravest man. \n'b' A scrimshaw gargoyle stands just over 5 feet tall and weighs a mere 80 pounds.'