Chain-bound guardian · Physical
Some doors are guarded by locks. This one has a more personal arrangement.
Reference statistics
Basic difficulty · ordinary profile before temporary states and encounter adjustments
- HP
- 96
- Armor class
- 15
- Attack
- +6
- Damage
- d6+2
- Initiative
- 6
- Strikes
- 2
Weaknesses Wind
Resistances Earth
Polymorph immunity Yes
Traits and special behavior
Two strikes, avoids previous random target. Gate Block halves first positive direct hit each round, ceiling rounded; Poison/retaliation/self-injury do not consume it. Immune to Polymorph.
See the condition reference for the shared effects, and enemy tuning for difficulty-wide chance adjustments.
Statistics by difficulty
| Difficulty | HP | AC | Attack | Damage | Strikes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | 96 | 15 | +6 | d6+2 | 2 |
| Advanced | 194 | 20 | +9 | d6+4 | 2 |
| Expert | 238 | 26 | +12 | d6+6 | 2 |
| Master | 293 | 28 | +14 | d6+8 | 2 |
| Master+ | 360 | 30 | +15 | d6+11 | 2 |
Includes explicit tier overrides and the final maximum-HP multiplier. Damage is the ordinary die and bonus, before final outgoing multipliers. Rage, growth, buffs, encounter adjustments and special action damage are not baked into this table.
Current appearances
| Adventure | Location | Encounter roster |
|---|---|---|
| The Lost Dungeons | The Sunken Gate | The Gatekeeper × 1 |
Detailed reference
These panels retain the exact authored configuration, including unscaled base values. For tier overrides, −1 Attack or damage bonus and zero HP or strikes mean “inherit”; tier indices run from 0 (Basic) to 4 (Master+). Field values and message templates are shown as reference data, not additional rules.
Creature configuration
- Stable identifier
- gatekeeper
- Name
- The Gatekeeper
- Plate Name
- Keeper
- Role
- Chain-bound guardian
- HP
- 88
- Armor class
- 15
- Attack
- 5
- Damage die
- 6
- Damage bonus
- 1
- Initiative
- 6
- Artwork registry index
- 26
- Visual Scale
- 1.48
- Preserve Aspect
- Yes
- Element
- Attack Text
- {actor} lashes out at {target}.
- Round Block
- Yes
- Distinct Targets
- Yes
- Strikes per action
- 2
- Immune to Polymorph
- Yes
- Weaknesses
- Wind
- Resistances
- Earth
- Visual Top Padding
- 0.058867
- Visual Bottom Padding
- 0.032787
- Tier Damage Multiplier
- 0.75
- Tier Adjustments
- Tier index (0–4)
- 2
- HP
- 72
- Damage bonus
- 0
- Tier index (0–4)
- 3
- HP
- 65
- Damage bonus
- 0
- Tier index (0–4)
- 4
- HP
- 60
- Damage bonus
- 0
- Tier index (0–4)
- 0
- Attack
- 6
- Damage bonus
- 2
- HP
- 96
- Attack Sound
- combat.chainSwing
Encounter configurations (1)
Whole encounter rewards and modifiers are shown here; they are not rewards for defeating this creature alone. Legacy fields remain visible for configuration audits.
- Stable identifier
- sunkenGatekeeper
- Enemies
- gatekeeper
- Gold
- 36
- Xp
- 42
- Opening
- The Gatekeeper halves its first hit each round. Its chain strikes two heroes.
Artwork and presentation
- Resource
- JournalArt/Adventures/LostDungeons/Creatures/Gatekeeper
- Registrations
- Resource
- JournalArt/Adventures/LostDungeons/Creatures/Gatekeeper
- Height Units
- 1.9
- Body Height
- 0.908346
- Ground Y
- 0.032787
- Center X
- 0.502133
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