Fantasy NPC: Crabgrass And Bindweed

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Crabgrass And Bindweed, Tiny Garden Gargoyles

A pair of little stone-red gargoyles with greenish moss overgrowth and well pronounced horns.

 

CR 5 (as a pair); 1,600 XP

CN Tiny Outsider (earth, native)

Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +5

Defense
AC 15, touch 13, flat-footed 13 (+2 Dex, +1 natural, +2 size)
hp 30 (4d10+8)
Fort +3, Ref +6, Will +5

DR 10/magic; Resist acid 10, fire 10

Offense
Speed 20 ft., fly 40 ft. (average)

Melee 2 claws +6 (1d3), bite +6 (1d3), gore +6 (1d3)

Special Attacks smite good (1/day, +1 to attack rolls and AC, +4 damage)

Space 2-1/2 ft.; Reach 0 ft.

Statistics
Str 10, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 5, Wis 13, Cha 13

Base Atk +4; CMB +4; CMD 16
Feats Improved Initiative, Lunge

Skills Fly +13, Knowledge (local) +2, Perception +5, Profession (gardening) +5, Sleight Of Hand +9, Stealth +10; Racial Modifiers +4 Stealth amongst the garden's or mansion's ornaments

Language smattering of Common, Infernal, and Terran

SQ agile flier, freeze

Agile Flier (Ex) While flying, Crabgrass and Bindweed can make Fly checks to move through threatened area or enemy space without provoking attacks of opportunity.

Freeze (Ex) Like other gargoyles, Crabgrass and Bindweed can take 20 on Stealth checks by remaining still and pretending to be stone statues.

Crabgrass and Bindweed are two miniature gargoyles that live in Millian Mossveil's garden—and Millian isn't a kind of fellow to ask about the exact nature of their connection to his gardener Thistle, despite their clearly shared fiendish nature, and the gardener's inconsistent and unpredictable behavior toward the two. While he loudly proclaims his annoyance at the stupidity and petty malice of the clearly immature gargoyles, and willingness to murder them over the slightest provocation, he never follows up on the threat, and has clearly a soft spot for them, despite his claims to the contrary.

Beyond their mischievousness, Crabgrass and Bindweed are lazy, gluttonous, and not terribly bright. The latter might be the reason why Thistle's attempt to incite them into cruelty has failed so far.