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Portrait of the Gorgon
Creature · Built-in

Gorgon

Medium Monstrosity, lawful evil

  • Boss difficulty
  • CR 6
  • Melee
  • Boss

One of the snake-haired sisters of the Greek myth, with bronze hands, whose face turns those who look at it to stone.

Statistics

Armor Class
14 (scales)
Hit Points
97 (13d8 + 39)
Speed
Walk 30 ft
Challenge
CR 6 · 2300 XP
Size
Medium — Takes one map cell: most people and wolves.
Skills
Deception +5, Perception +4, Stealth +5
Senses
Darkvision 60 ft
Languages
Common
STR12+1
DEX15+2
CON16+3
INT12+1
WIS13+1
CHA15+2

Attacks

Multiattack

Snake Hair, Bronze Hands × 2

Snake Hair Melee

+5 to hit · Reach 5 ft (1 map cell)

Damage: 1d4 + 2 piercing plus 2d6 poison

Bronze Hands Melee

+5 to hit · Reach 5 ft (1 map cell)

Damage: 2d6 + 2 slashing

Abilities

Stone Face Recharge 5–6

Anyone who meets its eyes feels their skin turn grey.

Range
30 ft
Saving throw
Constitution DC 13
On a failed save
Paralyzed for 1 minute as its flesh greys; the GM decides whether it becomes stone for good.
On a successful save
Looks away in time.
Conditions
Paralyzed

Mirror-Wary At will

GM guidance: fights by reflection with care: a hero who watches it only in a polished shield is safe from its face.

Defenses

Immunities
Poison

Environment & tags

Environments
Ruins, Coastal, Cave
Groups
Mythological Creatures, Cave / Underground
Tags
monstrosity, myth, snake, boss

Loot

Possible loot