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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6359576" data-attributes="member: 42582">This is the best thing I've seen for 5e. The actual stats are neither here-nor-there - as&nbsp; [MENTION=6694112]Kinak[/MENTION] noted, immunity to non-magical weapons can get pretty old pretty fast, and having most of its abilities buried in a spell list does nothing for me.But I think the flavour text and lair abilities are on a par with the best of 4e.I think these are meant to give a range of options to the GM.There was a widespread complaint about 4e that it didn't give GM's the flexibility they wanted for out-of-combat monster actions. Now some of us just made stuff up - eg in my game, when the Sphinx wanted to get rid of the PCs, it struck a bargain with them to teleport them somewhere else, and I didn't worry about the absence of &quot;teleport others if they agree via negotiation&quot; from the statblock.&nbsp; But for those who want the book to give them permission, these lair actions do that.So I don't think a GM is meant to just look down the list and ask &quot;What would the sphinx do now, if it were rational?&quot; In that respect it's quite different from the combat stat block. I think the GM is mean to ask &quot;What would it be cool for the sphinx to do now?&quot; and use the list in that way.&nbsp;[MENTION=1288]Mouseferatu[/MENTION] gave a good example upthread.EDIT: I'm surprised that there's been no outrage yet at changing the androsphinx from CG to LN (which fits with the 4e unaligned alignment for sphinxes).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 6359576, member: 42582"] This is the best thing I've seen for 5e. The actual stats are neither here-nor-there - as [MENTION=6694112]Kinak[/MENTION] noted, immunity to non-magical weapons can get pretty old pretty fast, and having most of its abilities buried in a spell list does nothing for me. But I think the flavour text and lair abilities are on a par with the best of 4e. I think these are meant to give a range of options to the GM. There was a widespread complaint about 4e that it didn't give GM's the flexibility they wanted for out-of-combat monster actions. Now some of us just made stuff up - eg in my game, when the Sphinx wanted to get rid of the PCs, it struck a bargain with them to teleport them somewhere else, and I didn't worry about the absence of "teleport others if they agree via negotiation" from the statblock. But for those who want the book to give them permission, these lair actions do that. So I don't think a GM is meant to just look down the list and ask "What would the sphinx do now, if it were rational?" In that respect it's quite different from the combat stat block. I think the GM is mean to ask "What would it be cool for the sphinx to do now?" and use the list in that way. [MENTION=1288]Mouseferatu[/MENTION] gave a good example upthread. EDIT: I'm surprised that there's been no outrage yet at changing the androsphinx from CG to LN (which fits with the 4e unaligned alignment for sphinxes). [/QUOTE]

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