Guardian sphinx

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guardian sphinx H
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

History

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