Dawnsbury Days: The Profane Barrier
Cursed Koi for Sphinx
The sphinx is a guardian monster protecting the vaults of Heaven from the unworthy. The sphinx is a monster, but sounds amicable, mature and intelligent. She enjoys "riddlecraft" -- the art of riddles, and not only asks the heroes riddles but also discusses their importance with them, like a professor of art would be, but she is not stuffy or boring: she's passionate about the subject and explains it well and happily.
Your voice should be kind, engaged, giving-it-your-all. You're a sphinx and you're treating the situation seriously with the decorum it deserves, as should be expected for a riddle challenge to open the great vaults of Heaven, but you're also not wasting the player's time by speaking excessively slowly. The decorum comes from tone, not speed.
In audition line 1, you present the riddle challenge to the player. (The answer is fish, if you're curious.)
24 lines, total compensation $72
- english
- animation/character
- female adult
(poetic) Alive without breath; As cold as death; Never thirsty, always drinking; All in mail, never clinking.
(polite explanation, in response to "You don't care about intelligence? I thought sphinxes cared about riddles.") We very much do, and you'd think that riddles are an exercise of intelligence, but they're not.
(disappointed, when the player chooses to fight instead of answering) A pity. But so be it.
