Sphinx marauder

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sphinx marauder H
HP	55-112
HD	13
XP	1620
Speed	12
AC	5
EV	12
Will	60
Attack¹	13 (pounce: airstrike)
Resistances	None
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Human
Uses	Starting equipment Open doors
Holiness	Natural
Size	Large
Type	sphinx, sphinx marauder
Flags	See invisible Flying Speaks Warm-blooded Fighter

A wicked youthful hybrid with a woman's head, a lion's body, and the wings of an eagle. It gleefully wreaks havoc with both the violent turbulence of high winds and the frustration of bewildering magics.

“Oedipus speaks: 'Far from me is the crime and shame of cowardice, and my
valour knows not dastard fears[...] The Sphinx, weaving her words in darkling
measures, I fled not; I faced the bloody jaws of the fell prophetess and the
ground white with scattered bones. And when from a lofty cliff, already
hovering over her prey, she prepared her pinions and, lashing her tail like
a savage lion, stirred up her threatening wrath, I asked her riddle.
Thereupon came a sound of dread; her jaws crashed, and her talons, brooking
no delay, eager for my vitals, tore at the rocks. The lot's intricate,
guile-entangled words, the grim riddle of the winged beast, I solved.'”
-Seneca, _Oedipus_, 1st cent. A.D.
trans. Frank Justus Miller, 1917.

Useful Info

Sphinx marauders are the earlygame "sphinx" monsters that have Airstrike-flavoured melee and a unique hex spell. They appear in the late Dungeon as an out-of-depth monster, rarely late in Shoals as top-tier threats with a chance of a duo of harpies, and in Vaults:1-4 with a good chance of the other sphinx. Also, they generate wearing cloaks.

Spells

Tile	Name	Damage	Range	Flags
	Confuse	—	LOS	Wizard flag
	Vex	—	LOS	Wizard flag

Tips & Tricks

History

In 0.33, sphinx marauders will be added to the game.