Animal · SM +2 Bison [Monster Manual, page 269]
Attributes
ST24
DX9
IQ4
HT11
HP24
Will10
Per12
FP11
Basic Speed5
Basic Move8
Dodge8
DR1
Melee attacks
| Usage | Level | Damage | Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| HoovesHooves (11): thrust 3d-1 crushing (KYOS: 5d crushing), Reach C-1. | 11 | thrust 3d-1 crushing (KYOS: 5d crushing) | C-1 |
| Weak BiteWeak Bite (11): thrust 1d crushing (KYOS: 1d+2 crushing), Reach C. | 11 | thrust 1d crushing (KYOS: 1d+2 crushing) | C |
Traits (15)
- Bad Temper (12)
- Chummy
- Discriminatory Smell
- Enhanced Move 0.5 (Ground)
- Extra Legs (Four Legs)
- Fur
- Horizontal
- Night Vision 4
- No Fine Manipulators
- Peripheral Vision
- Restricted Diet (Herbivore)
- Short Lifespan 1
- Temperature Tolerance 1 (Cold)
- Ultrahearing
- Wild Animal
Skills (4)
- 11Brawling
- 10Intimidation
- 11Survival (Plains)
- 10Sumo Wrestling
Notes
- GCS ancestry draft: gcs/bison.gct
- Source template total: -19 points.
- Library-rebuilt template total: -19 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.
Encounter rating
CER30
Offense14
Protection16
Threat tierstandard
Appearing2
Wandering3
Tags
- srd-3-5
- animal
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Where this one came from
- Source record
- Bison [Monster Manual, page 269]
- 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/bison.gct
- Source template total: -19 points.
- Library-rebuilt template total: -19 points.
- CER was computed from parsed Typical Stats using the Dungeons On Automatic baseline CER path.
- CER recomputed from the reviewed Typical Stats through the canonical Dungeons on Automatic CER path: OR 14, PR 16, CER 30, threat tier standard.
- Encounter metadata derived (gregarious): average number appearing 2, wandering weight 3. 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.
Enraged Eggplant GURPS monster conversions; used, adapted, and republished with unrestricted permission from the author. Portrait and tokens are AI-generated original art. Sources and credits.