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Message: <blockquote data-quote="urLordy" data-source="post: 6213837" data-attributes="member: 6747028">I enjoyed this column. I never liked the idea of sphinxes as just another breeding race (and the love triangle, pfff, way too niche). So many entire races adds to the exceeding species clutter of the game setting.I agree that the divine origin can be heavy-handed. I would suggest that:In the dawn of time, when gods walked the lands, sphinxes were spun from sand to guard important locations. But then the gods receded, many artifacts were lost to the sands of time, or were stolen by thieves, or were retrieved by those worthy, leaving many sphinxes without purpose and forgotten. Now some sphinxes still guard the original secret or object for which they were born, their power intact. Other sphinxes have waned over the centuries in power and purpose, and suffer an identity crisis. Some maintain their purpose by discovering new items or locations or secrets to guard (wizards and viziers seek out such sphinxes to bargain with). Others stay where they are, guard nothing, and go mad. Others forsake their guarding heritage, wander off and seek intelligent prey to ambush, eating victims that fail the sphinx's tests.</blockquote>