Sphinx (Dungeons & Dragons)
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In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game Sphinxes are a type of magical beast related to manticores. The four most common subraces of sphinx are the androsphinx, criosphinx, gynosphinx, and hieracosphinx.
[edit] Types
- Androphinxes - wise, good male creatures with the heads of male humans with leonine manes, who can cast spells
- Astrosphinx - Malevolent sphinxes whose heads resemble goat skulls
- Canisphinx - jackal-headed, predatory sphinxes
- Criosphinxes - male ram-headed sphinxes with low intelligence and generally the sole aim of finding a gynosphinx mate
- Dracosphinx -evil, crocodilian sphinxes that lair on river banks (Third Edition version); sphinx with traits of a red dragon (previous editions' version)
- Gynosphinxes - the traditional riddle-loving sphinx with the head of a female human, and the sole female subrace, who has some innate magical powers
- Hieracophinxes - evil, savage and animal-intelligent hawk-headed sphinxes
- Loquasphinx - leonine, knowledge-seeking sphinxes that are particularly interested in Truespeech (the language of Truenames)
- Luposphinx - Wolf-headed, forest-dwelling sphinxes
- Saurosphinx - reptilian-faced, conversational sphinxes
- Threskisphinx - Ibis-headed, sagely sphinxes known for their skill as magical artisans
[edit] References
- Cook, David, et al. Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (TSR, 1989).
- Cordell, Bruce, Jennifer Clarke-Wilkes, and JD Wiker. Sandstorm (Wizards of the Coast, 2005).
- Hankins, Lance. "The Dragon's Bestiary: A Walk Through the Woods" Dragon #119 (TSR, 1987).
- Richards, Jonathan M. "Ecology of the Sphinx, The" Dragon #244 (TSR, 1998).
- Sernett, Matthew, Dave Noonan, Ari Marmell, and Robert J. Schwalb. Tome of Magic: Pact, Shadow, and Truename Magic (Wizards of the Coast, 2006).
- Various. AD&D Monstrous Compendium: Spelljammer Appendix 2 (TSR, 1991).
- Williams, Skip, Jonathan Tweet, and Monte Cook. Monster Manual (Wizards of the Coast, 2003).
