[Norfleet]

I wouldn't say the immobile pretenders are cheap. The sphinx is 100 points! That's comparable to some of the more high-end pretenders, and his magic power isn't THAT great: only astral-3. Without the ability to teleport, that astral 3 could prove to be a complete liability. 100 points is a pretty steep price for what would otherwise be a completely useless chunk of masonry.

Besides, if the Sphinx isn't intended to teleport, why does he have Amphibious with his Astral-3?

If the Sphinx were unable to teleport, he'd be thoroughly inferior to the Sacred Statue, which is a mere 20 points, which *DOES* make it cheap, and comes with exactly the same stats: Astral3, Dom4, 40 points for a new path. The Sphinx is physically tougher, but as a permanently immobile piece of useless masonry, physical toughness is rather irrelevant. That 60 points extra you're paying is CLEARLY for the potential value achieved in teleportation.