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Returning 35 results for 'sphinx'.
Monsters
Inscrutable. The sphinx is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, as well as any divination spell that it refuses. Wisdom (Insight) checks made to ascertain the
sphinx's intentions or sincerity have disadvantage.
Magic Weapons. The sphinx's weapon attacks are magical.
Spellcasting. The sphinx is a 9th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence
Monsters
Inscrutable. The sphinx is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, as well as any divination spell that it refuses. Wisdom (Insight) checks made to ascertain the
sphinx’s intentions or sincerity have disadvantage.
Magic Weapons. The sphinx’s weapon attacks are magical.
Spellcasting. The sphinx is a 9th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is
Compendium
- Sources->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Sphinx Sphinxes typically dwell in island sanctums, especially in the far reaches of the Dakra Isles. Many develop schools of philosophy or academic methods that they share with students they deem
worthy, their ideas remarkable enough to seem akin to magic. Their age and wisdom also often allows them to predict what’s to come as effectively as any oracle. Riddles of the Sphinx A sphinx might ask
Compendium
- Sources->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
C2. Enhanced Sphinx Sitting regally on the metallic dock, this Enhanced Sphinx protects the approach to the monastery. It intervenes in any attempt to fly or otherwise cross to the floating island
creature’s eyes are now glowing blue lenses, and its head is orbited by a number of spinning metallic devices. “Entreat with me,” the sphinx says, “if you wish to cross to the monastery. You do not
Compendium
- Sources->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
The Enhanced Sphinx Plenty of additional options can be used during the process of resolving the sphinx’s riddle, including working with the idea that because the enhanced sphinx gains much new
the sphinx sits on magically fuels its enhanced abilities, and that by tricking or forcing the creature off the dock, it has disadvantage on its Intelligence checks to answer. Another obvious option is
Monsters
Inscrutable. The sphinx is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, as well as any divination spell that it refuses. Wisdom (Insight) checks made to ascertain the
sphinx's intentions or sincerity have disadvantage.
Magic Weapons. The sphinx's weapon attacks are magical.
Spellcasting. The sphinx is a 12th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Wisdom
Monsters
Inscrutable. The sphinx is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, as well as any divination spell that it refuses. Wisdom (Insight) checks made to ascertain the
sphinx's intentions or sincerity have disadvantage.
Magic Weapons. The sphinx's weapon attacks are magical.
Spellcasting. The sphinx is a 9th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence
monsters
Death Sense. The sphinx can pinpoint, by scent, the location of each creature below half its hp maximum within 60 feet of it, and it can sense the general direction of creatures that don’t have
all of their hp within 1 mile of it. In addition, the sphinx can foretell the age and manner of a creature’s death by looking at it. This effect doesn’t take into account possible
Compendium
- Sources->Monster Manual
A Sphinx’s Lair A sphinx presides over an ancient temple, sepulcher, or vault, within which are hidden divine secrets and treasures beyond the reach of mortals. Lair Actions On initiative count 20
(losing initiative ties), the sphinx can take a lair action to cause one of the following magical effects; the sphinx can’t use an effect again until it finishes a short or long rest: The flow of time
Compendium
- Sources->Monster Manual
Common, Sphinx
Challenge 11 (7,200 XP)
Inscrutable. The sphinx is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, as well as any divination spell that it refuses. Wisdom
(Insight) checks made to ascertain the sphinx’s intentions or sincerity have disadvantage.
Magic Weapons. The sphinx’s weapon attacks are magical.
Spellcasting. The sphinx is a 9th-level spellcaster
Compendium
- Sources->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Inscrutable Like a sphinx, you have a mind like a maze, impenetrable to mortal scrutiny. This might be a gift or training from an actual sphinx, the blessing (or curse) of a god, or an inexplicable
disadvantage. Inscrutable Characteristics d6 Characteristic
1 I was educated by a sphinx in the Dakra Isles.
2 I am a devout adherent to one of Meletis’s schools of philosophy (detailed in
Compendium
- Sources->Monster Manual
Languages Common, Sphinx
Challenge 17 (18,000 XP)
Inscrutable. The sphinx is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, as well as any divination spell that it
refuses. Wisdom (Insight) checks made to ascertain the sphinx’s intentions or sincerity have disadvantage.
Magic Weapons. The sphinx’s weapon attacks are magical.
Spellcasting. The sphinx is a 12th
Compendium
- Sources->Monster Manual
Sphinxes In sacred isolation, a sphinx guards the secrets and treasures of the gods. As it calmly regards each new party that comes before it, the bones of supplicants and quest seekers that failed
sphinx’s test are bound to that test unto death, and only those worthy will survive it. The rest the sphinx destroys. Some sphinxes are high priests of the gods that create them, but most are simply
compendium
- Sources->Tome of Beasts 1
Condition Immunities poisoned
Senses truesight 90 ft., passive Perception 19
Languages Abyssal, Common, Darakhul, Sphinx
Challenge 14 (11,500XP) Proficiency Bonus +5
Death Sense. The sphinx can
. In addition, the sphinx can foretell the age and manner of a creature’s death by looking at it. This effect doesn’t take into account possible circumstances that might change the outcome, such as the
Compendium
- Sources->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
approach from that direction. This wall of force is weaker than most, and can be brought down by disintegrate, dispel magic, or passwall. The sphinx will let the characters pass (by removing the wall of
force) if they can answer the following riddle: Round she is, yet flat as a board
Altar of the Lupine Lords
Jewel on black velvet, pearl in the sea
Unchanged but e’erchanging, eternally
The answer is “the Moon.” If the wall of force is destroyed or circumvented, the sphinx will attack.
Compendium
- Sources->Candlekeep Mysteries
. Stone Androsphinx The characters find a sandstone sphinx crouched atop a granite pedestal. Bleached humanoid bones lie half-buried in the sand around the pedestal. Any character who touches the
sphinx telepathically receives the following riddle: Forked like a serpent’s tongue,
I spark the thunder’s peal;
With every stroke, the storm is wrung
Of darkness by my zeal.
What am I?
The
compendium
- Sources->Tome of Beasts 1
Sphinx, Gypsosphinx With black wings and a body pale as alabaster, the vulture-beaked sphinx is a striking figure.
As powerful servants of the gods of death and the desert, the gypsosphinx’s
tell the tale of the creature’s wrath, discouraging others from following a gypsosphinx in search of wisdom.
Gypsosphinx temples are another matter; there the sphinx is served by an order of priests
Compendium
- Sources->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
made mobile — or even to the characters themselves. Conflict with the Sphinx. If you work with the idea that the sphinx seeks the knowledge held by the brains in jars, the brains know this — and greatly
fear that outcome. They might strike a deal with the characters to use their control over the monastery to aid the party — but only if they agree to first go back and slay the sphinx. Once the sphinx
Monsters
moonstone dragon has partnered with an androsphinx to guard a precious treasure, taking the place of the sphinx’s slain gynosphinx partner.
3
An ancient moonstone dragon is summoned to mediate a
Compendium
- Sources->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
of Judgment Azorius sphinxes, known as sphinxes of judgment, wield hieromancy — the power of law magic — with the force of a judge’s gavel to imprison criminals and compel truth from them. A sphinx of
Arrester (veteran or knight) MM 3 Precognitive mage GGR 5 Felidar GGR 6 Lawmage GGR 11 Sphinx of judgment (gynosphinx) MM 14 Archon of the Triumvirate GGR 17 Androsphinx MM 21 Isperia GGR
compendium
- Sources->Tome of Beasts 1
(Hive Queen) 12 (8,400 XP) Sphinx (Gypsosphinx), Ushabti (Royal Guard) 14 (11,500 XP) Slow Storm 15 (13,000 XP)
Compendium
- Sources->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
C3. Ferry Service The flying ferry is summoned from the monastery’s dock at the sphinx’s mental command, crossing over to the cliff ledge. The ferry also comes if the sphinx is killed, adhering to
Compendium
- Sources->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
beings, such as the sphinx Medomai, an oracle like Atris or Kydele, or a repository of mystical knowledge. Some heroes are born with supernatural power or born as a result of supernatural events. A
result of a fateful encounter with a sphinx or an oracle? Does it indicate the nature of your birth? Each gift’s description also includes a table to spark your imagination as you think about your
Compendium
- Sources->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
their work of legislation, investigation, and enforcement with steely determination. The first guildmaster of the Azorius Senate was a sphinx named Azor. He was the author of the original Guildpact, as
compendium
- Sources->Tome of Beasts 1
(Ghostwalk) 9 (5,000 XP) Sathaq Worm 10 (5,900 XP) Annelidast, Ghoul (Bonepowder), Golem (Hoard), Gug, Tosculi (Hive Queen) 12 (8,400 XP) Aboleth (Nihileth) 13 (10,000 XP) Sphinx (Gypsosphinx), Ushabti
Compendium
- Sources->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Enhanced Medusa Like the enhanced sphinx from Lost Laboratory of Kwalish, this creature has been augmented with various technologies from the Barrier Peaks. Specifically, its eyes have been replaced
Compendium
- Sources->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
by the sphinx, and of how he buried Daoine Gloine in ooze only after discovering its inhabitants to be depraved cultists. In both cases, the inventor deemed his desperate actions as necessary
enhanced sphinx (whose machinery he created). This restores to normal any ability scores decreased by the sphinx (see area C2). Laboratory Fight If negotiations break down, or if the characters take
Compendium
- Sources->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
Damage Immunities psychic
Condition Immunities charmed, frightened
Senses truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 18
Languages Common, Sphinx
Challenge 11 (7,200 XP)
Inscrutable. The sphinx is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, as well as any divination spell that it refuses. Wisdom (Insight) checks made to
Compendium
- Sources->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
creature might have knowledge to impart, a debt to repay, or a grudge to have righted. You could even have creatures from the two gates know of each another — and, as with the monastery’s sphinx and brains
Compendium
- Sources->Tomb of Annihilation
tiles must be stepped on in the correct sequence (see “Hieroglyphic Floor” below and handout 23 in appendix E). Stepping on the tiles in the wrong order triggers a trap (see “Sphinx Statues” below
character steps on a hieroglyph out of order, the statues react as described in “Sphinx Statues.” Stepping on the wrong tile does not reset the sequence. When the final tile in the sequence is stepped on, the
Compendium
- Sources->Tomb of Annihilation
tiles. Then a deafening buzzing rises as locusts pour out from the mouths of the sphinx statues, quickly engulfing him. He tries to fight them off, to no avail. When the cloud of insects vanishes
Compendium
- Sources->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
advises the guildmaster, Supreme Judge Isperia, an ancient and wise sphinx. The Sova Column consists of judges and the extensive legal apparatus surrounding them. It is tasked with adjudicating and
Compendium
- Sources->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
from the Underworld is told to explain the origin of a phalanx of the Returned that comes to fight alongside the Olantian forces. And when the sphinx oracle Medomai appears and foretells the fall of
Compendium
- Sources->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
elegant locket holding a watercolor portrait of a dragonborn the dragon fondly calls Lux
3 A polished platter engraved with an elaborate scene showing a person talking to a sphinx; the dragon likes
Compendium
- Sources->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
unknown winged antelope-like creature carved from a single massive opal
2 A preserved juvenile purple worm on an ebony stand set with amethysts
3 A cunningly worked metal automaton of a sphinx