Guardian sphinx

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guardian sphinx HGuardian sphinx.png
HP 71-144
HD 18
XP 1729
Speed 12
AC 10
EV 6
Will 80
Attack1 30 (bite: plain)
Attack2 15 (claw: plain)
Attack3 15 (claw: plain)
Resistances None
Vulnerabilities None
Habitat Land
Intelligence Human
Uses Weapons & armour
Starting equipment
Open doors
Holiness Natural
Size Giant
Type sphinx, guardian sphinx
Flags See invisible
Flying
Speaks
Warm-blooded
A fearsome aged hybrid with a woman's head, a lion's body, and the wings of an eagle. It solemnly guards the temples and treasures of the Dungeon with a multitude of mind-clouding maledictions.

“The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.”
-W. B. Yeats, "The Second Coming". 1920.

Useful Info

Guardian sphinxes are the strongest lategame "sphinx" monsters that have better defences and scarier spells. They appear occasionally in Vaults:1-4, Depths, in Crypt vaults, and in the Tomb:1 main area entrance. Also, they generate wearing cloaks.

Spells

Spell set I
Slot1 Confuse Wizard flag
Slot2 Slow Wizard flag
Slot3 Paralyse Wizard flag
Slot4 Smiting (7-17) Wizard flag

Tips & Tricks

History

  • In 0.33, guardian sphinxes will be added to the game, replacing regular sphinxes.