Balor - Dungeons on Automatic Bestiary

Outsider (Chaotic, Evil, Tanar’ri) · 4 hexes · SM +2 Balor [Monster Manual, page 40]

Attributes

ST35

DX13

IQ14

HT15

HP35

Will15

Per14

FP15

Basic Speed7

Basic Move7

Dodge11

DR6

Melee attacks

Usage	Level	Damage	Reach
Vorpal Sword (SM+2)Vorpal Sword (SM+2) (18): swing 7d cutting (KYOS: 6d+2 cutting), Reach 2-3 or thrust 5d impaling (KYOS: 6d+2 impaling), Reach 2-3. This thrusting greatsword (LT70, B274) can be vorpalized by the wielder for 1 hour by taking a Concentrate maneuver and spending 1 FP. Once vorpalized, the sword will deal an additional 3d of follow-up (p. B105) cutting damage on neck swings. This additional damage causes no blunt trauma and no knockback. Additionally, the wielder of the weapon gets a +1 bonus to his weapon skill when making cutting swings that target necks.	18	swing 7d cutting (KYOS: 6d+2 cutting)	2-3 or thrust 5d impaling (KYOS: 6d+2 impaling), Reach 2-3
Flaming Whip (SM+2; 7 yards)Flaming Whip (SM+2; 7 yards) (18): swing 6d(0.5) crushing (KYOS: 5d+2(0.5) crushing) + 3d follow-up burning, Reach 3-14*, -2U Parry. Additional rules for disarming, cracking, and entangling with the whip are detailed on B405.	18	swing 6d(0.5) crushing (KYOS: 5d+2(0.5) crushing) + 3d follow-up burning	3-14*, -2U Parry
Sharp ClawsSharp Claws (18): thrust 4d+2 cutting (KYOS: 6d+1 cutting), Reach C-1.	18	thrust 4d+2 cutting (KYOS: 6d+1 cutting)	C-1
Sharp TeethSharp Teeth (18): thrust 4d+2 cutting (KYOS: 6d+1 cutting), Reach C.	18	thrust 4d+2 cutting (KYOS: 6d+1 cutting)	C
Death ThroesWhen the balor dies, its body explodes, dealing 10d burn ex damage.	—	10d burning	—
Flaming BodyAnything that touches the balor takes 2d burning damage.	no roll	2d burning	C

Traits (25)

Anarchic Touch
Appearance (Hideous)
Bad Temper (9)
Bloodlust (12)
Bully (9)
Callous
Charisma 3
Combat Reflexes
Doesn’t Eat or Drink
Extra Attack 1
Flight (Cannot Hover; Winged)
Immunity to Electrical Conduction
Immunity to Noxious High-Temperature (Electricity and Fire) Effects
Immunity to Poison
Infravision
Magic Resistance 3 (Improved)
Sadism (12)
See Invisible (Magical; Magical; True Sight)
Selfish (9)
Social Stigma (Monster)
Telesend (Magical; Universal)
Unaging
Unholy Touch
Vulnerability (Cold Iron, x2)
Vulnerability (Holy Weapons, x2)

Skills (8)

18Brawling
18Broadsword
18Force Whip
18Innate Attack (Gaze)
16Occultism
16Thaumatology
18Whip
18Wrestling

Notes

GCS ancestry draft: gcs/balor.gct
Source template total: 585 points.
Library-rebuilt template total: 585 points.
CER was computed from parsed Typical Stats using the Dungeons On Automatic baseline CER path.
Review attacks, special abilities, encounter frequency, treasure, grappling, and GCS modifiers before approval.
Size 4 hexes; Weight 4,500 lbs.

Encounter rating

CER99

Offense51

Protection48

Threat tiermajor

Appearing1

Wandering2

GCS v5 downloads

Where this one came from

Source record: Balor [Monster Manual, page 40]
Source system: gurps_4e_fan_conversion / author_permission
Released under: cc_by_4_0
Conversion: 0.2.0-reviewed
Review status: approved
Credit: Original GURPS conversion by Enraged Eggplant, from Monsters (May 11, 2024); adapted and republished with permission.

GCS ancestry draft: gcs/balor.gct
Source template total: 585 points.
Library-rebuilt template total: 585 points.
CER was computed from parsed Typical Stats using the Dungeons On Automatic baseline CER path.
Issue #5: 2 special ability construction(s) restored (Death Throes, Flaming Body). No disabling construction on this record carries a cost the affliction term can score.
CER recomputed from the reviewed Typical Stats through the canonical Dungeons on Automatic CER path: OR 51, PR 48, CER 99, threat tier major.
Conversion baseline reported OR 52, PR 48, CER 100 (tier severe). The reviewed values come from the consumer CER implementation, which rounds damage once after the damage-type multiplier and credits ranged accuracy; the conversion baseline ceilinged the damage base first and ignored range.
Encounter metadata derived (default): average number appearing 1, wandering weight 2. Encounter metadata derived for 0.2.0 from the reviewed threat tier and creature class (appearing: minor 4 / standard 2 / major 1 / severe 1, forced to 1 for solitary classes — including swarms, which are a single multi-body creature — and raised to 6 for gregarious minor creatures; wandering weight: minor 4 / standard 3 / major 2 / severe 1). The fan-conversion source states no appearing-in-numbers or wandering values, so these are derived, not source mechanics.
Lair, treasure, and grappling remain unpopulated in 0.2.0 by package policy: the authorized fan-conversion source states no lair, treasure, or grappling values, and review declines to invent them. See review/policy/0.2.0-empty-field-policy.md.
Review approved by automated-mechanical-review on 2026-07-26 (batch ee-2026-07-26-b4-special-mechanics); GCS fidelity check passed, DOA playability check passed.
Special-mechanics record. Mechanics the CER path cannot price are named per record in review/reports/cer-audit.md rather than folded into the number, and encounter counts are capped where a save-or-disable attack is present.

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