5e24:Sphinx

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Sphinx exists in other D&D editions see:

Sphinx (disambiguation).

D&D 5e (2024)
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SRD 5.2, MM5e24

Sphinx
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Sphinx Overview 

Tags: Celestial, Sphinx
Habitat: Desert, Planar
Plane: Upper Plane
Treasure: Arcana

Lore

Unofficial Description: Sphinxes are celestial beings that usually appear as winged Great Cats often with anthropoid heads. They are tasked with protecting important, sacred, or dangerous areas and/or objects.

Other Lore

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 3.5e lore 

Sphinxes are enigmatic creatures with great, feathery wings and leonine bodies. All sphinxes are territorial, but the more intelligent ones can differentiate between deliberate intrusion and temporary or inadvertent trespass.

A typical sphinx is about 10 feet long and weighs about 800 pounds.

Most sphinxes fight on the ground, using their wings to help them pounce much as lions do. If outnumbered by earthbound creatures, a sphinx takes wing and attacks on the fly.

  

 Wikipedia 

A sphinx (SFINGKS, plural sphinxes or sphinges) is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion.

In Greek tradition, the sphinx has the head of a woman, the haunches of a lion, and the wings of a bird. She is mythicised as treacherous and merciless. Those who cannot answer her riddle suffer a fate typical in such mythological stories, as they are killed and eaten by this ravenous monster. This deadly version of a sphinx appears in the myth and drama of Oedipus.

Unlike the Greek sphinx, which was a woman, the Egyptian sphinx is typically shown as a man (an androsphinx). In addition, the Egyptian sphinx was viewed as benevolent, but having a ferocious strength similar to the malevolent Greek version. Both were thought of as guardians, and often flank the entrances to temples.

In European decorative art, the sphinx enjoyed a major revival during the Renaissance. Later, the sphinx image, initially very similar to the original Ancient Egyptian concept, was exported into many other cultures, albeit there often interpreted quite differently due to translations of descriptions of the originals and through evolution of the concept in relation to other cultural traditions.

Sphinx depictions are generally associated with architectural structures such as royal tombs or religious temples.

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List of Sphinxes

4 Sphinxes

Creature	Size	Type	Tags	Alignment	HP	CR	Habitat	Marked	Source
Sphinx Overview		Overview	Celestial, Sphinx				Desert, Planar	Canon, Pointer	SRD 5.2, MM5e24
Sphinx of Lore	Large	Celestial	Sphinx	Lawful Neutral	170	11	Desert, Planar	Canon	SRD 5.2
Sphinx of Valor	Large	Celestial	Sphinx	Lawful Neutral	199	17	Desert, Planar	Canon	SRD 5.2
Sphinx of Wonder	Tiny	Celestial	Sphinx	Lawful Good	24	1	Desert, Planar	Canon	SRD 5.2

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