Game Master companion / Creature
Running Sphinx
An intelligent winged guardian turns passage into a conversation. Its questions carry the patience of someone with a reason to guard the way.
Prepare the scene
The winged guardian lifts its head from its paws. It studies your faces, then asks why this door should open for you.
An intelligent winged guardian turns passage into a conversation. Its questions carry the patience of someone with a reason to guard the way.
Establish the surroundings, each participant’s position, and what the party can perceive before resolving the encounter. Use the current core rules for surprise and turn order when combat begins.
Run the profile
Use the following source instructions for the encounter’s actions and effects.
Draft interpretation
Draft interpretation: intelligent winged guardian that bargains through questions.
Basic attack
Use: Basic attack - Action - 5 feet - Might + supplemental d6 Wound (bludgeoning).
Effect
Effect: Flight 30 feet. May bargain, ask questions and offer clues through ordinary conversation; no compulsory riddle, supernatural truth detection or knowledge of every answer.
Keep the mechanical profile nearby
Affinities: Vitality d6, Might d8, Agility d8, Intellect d6, Tact d6, Spirit d6.
Resolve 14; Stamina 7; Mana 6. Movement 25 feet. Evade d8; Withstand d6; Ward d6.