Sphinx

sphinx

You are fighting a sphinx.

Like a good little hero, you stick to the prescribed path. Shortly down the road you encounter a sphinx. You're not sure if this is a gyno sphinx or an andro sphinx, mostly because you can't remember your Greek roots. You think the dromedary has one hump and the bactrian has ... wait, no, that's camels. What a riddle this creature has turned out to be. What's less puzzling are its intentions--it launches itself at you immediately.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

It hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

Your opponent has a critical hit! It hits you for X damage.

Miss messages:
and misses.

Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! It takes X damage.

Victory! You beat up your foe and win the combat!

You gain 190 experience.

You got an item: manual of Egyptian knife fighting (Unspecified Drop rate)

Known resistances/weaknesses

Unspecified
Former resistances were Verified to have no resistances or weaknesses., remember to remove this information from the page when resistances are spaded.

Locations

• Two Paths Diverged in a Prehistoric Wood
  

Notes

• Other than quest foes, scaling foes and ultra-rares, this is the only foe on which deja voodoo doll does not work. The reason for this is still unclear.

References

• The description hints at The Riddle of the Sphinx.