Gynosphinx

Large Monstrosity, Lawful Neutral

AC: 17

Initiative: +2 (12)

HP: 136 (16d10 + 48)

Speed: 40 ft., fly 60 ft.

STR
18 (+4)
DEX
15 (+2)
CON
16 (+3)
INT
18 (+4)
WIS
18 (+4)
CHA
18 (+4)

Skills: Arcana +12, History +12, Perception +8, Religion +8

Resistances: bludgeoning, piercing, slashing from nonmagical attacks

Immunities: psychic

Condition Immunities: charmed; frightened

Senses: truesight 120 ft., Passive Perception 18

Languages: Common, Sphinx

CR: 11 (XP 7,200; PB +4)

Habitat: Desert

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 (spell save DC 16, +8 to hit with spell attacks). It requires no material components to cast its spells. The sphinx has the following wizard spells prepared:

Cantrips (at will): mage hand, minor illusion, prestidigitation

Level 1 (4 slots): detect magic, identify, shield

Level 2 (3 slots): darkness, locate object, suggestion

Level 3 (3 slots): dispel magic, remove curse, tongues

Level 4 (3 slots): banishment, greater invisibility

Level 5 (1 slots): legend lore

Actions

Multiattack.

The sphinx makes two claw attacks.

Claw.

Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) slashing damage.

Legendary Actions

Legendary Action Uses: 3. Immediately after another creature’s turn, this creature can expend a use to take one of the following actions; it regains all expended uses at the start of each of its turns.

Claw Attack.

The sphinx makes one claw attack.

Teleport (Costs 2 Actions).

The sphinx magically teleports, along with any equipment it is wearing or carrying, up to 120 feet to an unoccupied space it can see.

Cast a Spell (Costs 3 Actions).

The sphinx casts a spell from its list of prepared spells, using a spell slot as normal.

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 is altered such that every creature in the lair must reroll initiative. The sphinx can choose not to reroll.
  • The effects of time are altered such that every creature in the lair must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or become 1d20 years older or younger (the sphinx's choice), but never any younger than 1 year old. A greater restoration spell can restore a creature's age to normal.
  • The flow of time within the lair is altered such that everything within moves up to 10 years forward or backward (sphinx's choice). Only the sphinx is immediately aware of the time change. A wish spell can return the caster and up to seven other creatures designated by the caster to their normal time.
  • The sphinx shifts itself and up to seven other creatures it can see within in its lair to another plane of existence. Once outside its lair, the sphinx can't use lair actions, but it can return to its lair as a bonus action on its turn, taking up to seven creatures with it.

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Gynosphinx

Source: Monster Manual (2014), p. 282 - Licenses and attribution