Monster Trove for Seasoned Adventurers
Sphinx
Large
About
Guardian philosophers with claws. It tests trespassers with law dressed as riddles; answers are weighed, not merely spoken. A sphinx keeps a buried library, a sealed gate, or a secret meant to outlast empires, and it would genuinely rather you pass its test than fail it. Cleverness earns passage and sometimes a gift; a lie earns the claws it sheathes only out of courtesy.
Stats
HP
150
AC
17
DR
1
Attacks
2
Attack:
2d8+4, 2d8+4
Save Rolls
Quick
2
Tough
2
Mind
4
Default Save TN (based on HP): 9
Traits
Alignment:
Orderly Impartial (Arbiter)
Intelligence:
Super-Genius (18)
Magic Resistance:
Magic resistance (+2 to saves vs. spells)
Special Attack
Bite: piercing, melee 5 ft, +5 to hit, 2d8+4, 2d8+4. Riddle of Command: 60 ft, save Wis Mind; on fail compelled to a brief clause for 1 minute; cooldown 1/day. Wing Buffet: bludgeoning, 15-ft cone, save Dex Quick; knocked prone on fail.
Special Defense
Time-anchored: cannot be slowed below half speed; ignores first forced movement each round. Senses: Night Vision (60 ft), Keen Smell.