Gorgon

Construct · Large

Gorgon
The catoblepas, the scaly bull whose gaze or breath kills, which Topsell also called the gorgon, engraving from Jan Jonston, 1657 · Jan Jonston, Catoblepas, Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus, engraving, 1657, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

A bull of iron plates that roams open hills and old ruins, and its breath turns flesh to stone. Shepherds read the danger from the field: a meadow scattered with stone sheep is its pasture.

Danger
Deadly
How it is met
Alone, by day
Challenge
5
SRD 5.2.1 stat blocks
Gorgon

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Where it is met

Grassland, Mediterranean Scrub

Also: Ruin

Gives

Gorgon Muzzle

Stat blocks (D&D 5e)

Gorgon

Large Construct, Unaligned

AC 19 · Initiative +0 (10)

HP 114 (12d10 + 48)

Speed 40 ft.

StrDexConIntWisCha
20 (+5), save +511 (+0), save +018 (+4), save +42 (−4), save −412 (+1), save +17 (−2), save −2

Skills Perception +7

Immunities Exhaustion, Petrified

Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 17

Languages None

CR 5 (XP 1,800; PB +3)

Actions

Gore. Melee Attack Roll: +8, reach 5 ft. Hit: 18 (2d12 + 5) Piercing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature and the gorgon moved 20+ feet straight toward it immediately before the hit, the target has the Prone condition.

Petrifying Breath (Recharge 5–6). Constitution Saving Throw: DC 15, each creature in a 30-foot Cone. First Failure: The target has the Restrained condition and repeats the save at the end of its next turn if it is still Restrained, ending the effect on itself on a success. Second Failure: The target has the Petrified condition instead of the Restrained condition.

Bonus Actions

Trample. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 16, one creature within 5 feet that has the Prone condition. Failure: 16 (2d10 + 5) Bludgeoning damage. Success: Half damage.

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