Gargoyle

Gargoyles in Heretic E1M1

Gargoyles and Fire Gargoyles are minor-level enemies from Heretic. Both varieties of Gargoyle are small, red, and have wings, allowing them to float and fly around the map.

Normal Gargoyles at close range slash at the player with their claws and can dive at the player from range to quickly close the distance. They have 40 Hit points.

Fire Gargoyles (sometimes called Gargoyle Leaders) instead of both the above attacks, throw small fireballs at the player. In groups they can gang up on the player with fireballs. Fire Gargoyles also have 80 Hit Points, the same as the regular Golem.

Some source ports refer to the Gargoyle as "Imp" or "Harpy".

Gargoyles appear on almost every level of Heretic; Fire Gargoyles first appear on The Gatehouse, while regular Gargoyles first appear on The Docks.

Data

Attributes ID # 66 (Regular Gargoyle decimal), 42 (Regular Gargoyle hex), 5 (Fire Gargoyle decimal and hex) Hit points 40 (regular), 80 (fire) Speed 10 Width 32 Height 36 Reaction time 8 Pain chance 200 (78.13%) Mass 50 Bits ? Bits list ?

Sprites & sounds Sprite name IMPX Alert sound IMPSIT Active sound IMPSIT Pain sound IMPPAI Death sound IMPDTH

Melee attack Damage 5-? Sound IMPAT1 Ranged attack Type Projectile Speed 10 Damage 1-8 Width 16 Height 8 Sprite name FX10 Sound IMPAT2 (Spawn)