Environment

Special abilities

Normal sight 20 | Aura vision 10 | Protection from spirits 1 | Legs 0

In ancient times the angry gods created the hideous beings of the Darkness, half women and half snakes, and released them into the world to punish disobedient mortals. People called them gorgons and they became the worst nightmare of all living things. When mortals begged for forgiveness, the gods bound the gorgons in the depths, where to this day they guard the passages between the True World and the Interface.

Instead of hair they have poisonous snakes, and their bodies are covered with green scales that only the mightiest consecrated or magic weapon can cut through. They feed on the souls of those they kill. They spend most of their time in lethargy, even for hundreds of years, waiting for someone to approach their lair.

Combat

A gorgon prefers to fight with a bow, whose arrows almost never miss. If it does not succeed with it, for example against an opponent in heavy armour or one protected against arrows, it reaches for its sword.

Gaze

The most terrible weapon of a gorgon is its gaze: whoever looks into its eyes turns to stone. It works up to medium range and it is neither a spell nor a curse, but an almost divine ability. A character who resists the gaze once can no longer be petrified by that gorgon.

The gaze can be avoided by fighting via a mirror or a polished shield, or blindfolded; both, however, greatly hinder the fighter, fighting blind even more so.

Blood

A gorgon's blood is a virulent poison that corrodes even a knight's armour and damages it with every splash. Whoever cuts a gorgon must be careful not to be hit by its blood.