Why are gargoyles evil?
I suspect this is the real answer. Although if the Gygax and the other original designers really did know the etymology of gargoyle (as pointed out earlier in this thread) and made them evil for that reason I would say that's pretty impressive.
MonsterEnvy
Legend
In 5e it's because they were created by an evil being to be evil.
Bacon Bits
Hero
I would believe it. The early editions of D&D and AD&D show a pretty thorough knowledge of Celtic, Norse, Indian, Greek, Roman, and German mythology. They were war gamers and interested in history itself. The things that they included were generally correct. Sure, there are notable anachronisms even avoiding the leather armor debate (studded leather armor, ring mail, banded mail, some of the sword terminology is muddied) but those were also mistakes that historians themselves had made at the time or were very common misconceptions.
MechaTarrasque
Hero
That is a good point. Humanoids account for a lot of protein in an urban environment (it is why I always laugh at any post apocalyptic movie where the protagonists are heading towards a big city: it is hard to farm on concrete, and once the canned food is gone, what [who] else is everyone going to eat?).
Still with int 6, they could probably make a moral decision to eat pigeons instead of people. Of course, maybe a bunch of them do, but those ones don't pick fights with PC's.....
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doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
no, that's an in universe justification. In 5e it's because they wanted more intelligent creatures that can be killed without guilt, for some reason. Same as the gnoll.
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