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Centuries ago, to create a supernatural army to match the Tzimisce ghouls, the Tremere used a variation of the ritual that had transformed them into Cainites. Using a captured Nosferatu, Gangrel and Tzimisce, they enacted the ritual, adding quantities of magical earth to lend strength and endurance. So were the first Gargoyles created.
Eventually, one of these slave gargoyles escaped the bonds of his masters and began Embracing others, who became like him. The process of creation is gentler for Gargoyles Embraced by other Gargoyles.
Visceratika is an extension of the Gargoyle's natural affinity for stone, earth and things made thereof. Certain Visceratika powers also closely resemble some aspects of Protean and, to a lesser extent, Vicissitude.
The Gargoyles' ability to fly is a direct result of Tremere experimentation. Although they sprout wings when created, their enhanced body density makes natural flight an impossible proposition.
-- Book of Storyteller Secrets
-- Guide to the Camarilla
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Gargoyle cards mix well with the Tremere and Tremere anititribu, as well as the Blood Brothers. The Gargoyle are also one of the bloodlines most suited for single-clan play.
While Flight is a Discipline in the role-playing game, it is not a Discipline in the card game. It is treated similarly, however. Some minions are indentified as having flight, and some library cards require flight to use.
The Gargoyle Slave ally (from The Sabbat expansion) does not represent a Gargoyle vampire. Any card that requires a vampire of Clan Gargoyle (or a "Slave Gargoyle") requires an actual vampire; controlling a Gargoyle ally is not sufficient. |
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Some Gargoyles are identified as Tremere slaves or Tremere antitribu slaves. A slave vampire cannot take a directed action if his controller doesn't control a ready member of the specified "owning" clan. If a member of the owning clan controlled by the Gargoyle's controller is blocked, the controller can tap the slave Gargoyle to cancel the combat and untap the acting vampire and have the slave Gargoyle enter combat with the blocking minion instead.
Q: If a slave Gargoyle creates an Embrace, what is the new vampire?
A: An Indepedent (non-slave) Gargoyle. Explicit card text is needed for a Gargoyle to be a slave.
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(the clan requirement) on the left side of the card. This symbol (only found on cards that require a clan to play) indicates that during any Methuselah's untap phase, the Methuselah can burn (discard) the card from his or her hand if he or she doesn't control a ready member of the clan required. Each Methuselah is limited to one such discard each untap phase.
