And there is a sun roof

I like that. I like that a lot. But, also imagine a stone bull statue being dredged from a river, sold off to researchers, and then released in the museum because Dave ‘had to have’ his oculus.

@@RustyhairedAlp9575 everything was going fine with the light of the torches, until the priest cast his Light spell from the Sun sphere of magic, and the beast broke loose

I thought the same but it was a lake that the player party drains to reach a dungeon, revealing hundreds, and about 1/3 of them come to life immediately.

I actually like the ida of a city/village having a large statue in the center of the town-square that celebrates when the hero of the city/town defeated a rogue Gorgon. Unknown to the town the hero had tricked the Gorgon to chase him off a cliff leading to them plunging into the large lake below that the city/town sits upon. Then the group is tasked with cleaning the statue for the up incoming festival for the heroic act, which could lead to them having to find out how to get rid of the mud an grim on the Gorgon statue, and if they fail to stop the cleaning of the statue in time the Gorgon awakens in the middle of the city/town. Place in it that the group maybe is collecting things for the festival too like say some of the items/possessions of the hero, accounts of the actual event of the deed, and seeking out a mage to help clean the statue as just normal methods of cleaning it are not working. The group could go thru several levels prior to finding accounts of what happened, and that the statue had been found /dragged up from the lake after the hero's death, and then placed in the town center to commemorate the deed. Just imagine the look of the group as they figure out prior to the statue being cleaned what it is actually, or them arriving at the festival an seeing the Gorgon awaken in front of them with out warning an gaining full surprise on the group.

Thats actually a plot of my campaign, where when they return its just a petrifyed town xd

Stealing that

"oops"

Talk about a "trojan bull"! Imagine if it were a fishing village to boot. That bull will be in heaven.

gift that to the bbeg

*one week later* "Whao, this Minotaur statue is really life like! You guys think it's Dwarven craftsmanship?" :- Random Halfling

@@Humster he wouldn't have it any other way

Imagine that a group of low-level adventurers are tasked by an eccentric collector to retrieve a stone bull from a riverbed and fix it up for display. After herculean efforts to haul the bull out and clean it, it suddenly revives and goes to town on them.

One of the PCs sees the town's new statue and succeeds at a knowledge check. He pulls out his waterskin and pours water on the statue. He bends down, grabs some mud, and slaps it onto the statue. Everyone else is just, "The fuck are you doing?"

It comes from a book of monsters called a gorgon how it got misinterpreted I don't know and i think the origin is the history of four footed beasts

Probably a pun on goring, like the thing angry bulls do, and just to mess with everyone. Every new player knows what to expect when you say gorgon, but it's actually not.

It comes from the Cleric Edward Topsell’s Bestiary “The History of Four Footed Beasts” there are a lot of creatures and one of them is the Gorgon which is a scaled bull with wings and human hands, the funny thing is that the Gorgon actually breaths out toxic gas, and the Catoblepas was another metalic bull that actually has the stone breath, but these two and other mythological bulls are often mixed.

Probably for the same reason they called trolls ogres?

It comes from a bestiary written by Edward Topsell, the same with lamias as lion woman instead of snake woman

Yes they are grown, though they can never be regrown.

Not as badly as Putin broke Russia! Hey-o!

Agreed, it came out of left field and got me good

I know right? Lmao

Came to post this, kek

Phrases that I will use for at least the next few years.

Gorgon's are a race of snake people that can turn you to stone. This name does not make sense for this creature at all.

@@chrisnichols9014 An old bestiary from the middle ages reprinted in the 60s or something inspired this gorgon for Gygax and was based on the Catoblepas.

If there is, you could probably find it in Kara-Tur. And from the few things I read about the eastern empires like Shou Lung, they seem to be relativly close to ancient Asia in our world, so it is definitelly possible.

I was more like, "Tofu has iron in it?"

Feed it tofu flavored like fish and it'll love it!

me a 5e player: lolwut

Unfortunately, it would seem that only 1 of those spells is carried over to 5th edition at this point. and while Heat Metal is a bomb spell, it is not going to do enough damage by itself to take this thing down, only make it very. VERY. angry.

@@aaronloeffler5844 Will debuff it though.

Lol

came down to say that

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That's rude But still true

That was perfect

More like Ethiopian than Greek. The word is Greek though.

What about Gorgon Milk? I mean... they are cows...

yeeeeeeeeeeees please i LOVE those

If you're still looking for stuff on tieflings, go check out Arcaneforge videos, basically the same except they draw art while discussing the creatures or things

I'd imagine it would be something weird like: "The Gorgon's breath smells of bitter sulphur, and orange peels" The way i see it, if you can't find any information just make it up lol. Seems more fun than not.

If you'd Like To play, I've got a group starting up soon that has a spot for another player

@@sssargon8569 it's something that I may try but I'll put if off until later

When people think of the word gorgon, they think of a chick that can petrify you. Calling this bull thing a gorgon is just weird.

I assume you mean feats? But thank you, this painted a very funny picture in my mind, and I needed that.

@@derskalde4973 yes, and im glad you got a good chuckle out of this comment.

It comes from the Cleric Edward Topsell’s Bestiary “The History of Four Footed Beasts” there are a lot of creatures and one of them is the Gorgon which is a scaled bull with wings and human hands, the funny thing is that the Gorgon actually breaths out toxic gas, and the Catoblepas was another metalic bull that actually has the stone breath, but these two and other mythological bulls are often mixed.

@@Rulytasho Topsell actually has a little debate on whether the gorgon's breath or eyes are the source of the deadly poison, but seems to land on the idea of seeing its eyes to be the killer. Though he also mentions it's hair standing on end to be poisonous, though that might be because it uncovers its eyes.

More of an additive to the mortor than a paint, similar to how Romans used pig blood in their concrete to make it stronger