Dragon (Earth) · SM +3 Copper Dragon [Monster Manual, page 82]
Attributes
ST25
DX10
IQ12
HT15
HP25
Will13
Per14
FP20
Basic Speed6.25
Basic Move7
Dodge9
DR3
Melee attacks
| Usage | Level | Damage | Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| BiteBite (14): thrust 3d-1 impaling, Reach C-1. | 14 | thrust 3d-1 impaling | C-1 |
| Front ClawFront Claw (14): thrust 3d-1 cutting or impaling, Reach C-2. | 14 | thrust 3d-1 cutting or impaling | C-2 |
| Hind ClawHind Claw (12): thrust 3d cutting or impaling, Reach C-2. | 12 | thrust 3d cutting or impaling | C-2 |
| WingWing (14): thrust 3d crushing, Reach C-3, can only attack front and side hexes. | 14 | thrust 3d crushing | C-3, can only attack front and side hexes |
| TailTail (12): thrust 3d crushing, Reach C-3. | 12 | thrust 3d crushing | C-3 |
| Breathe AcidBreathe Acid (14): The dragon breathes out a stream of acid, dealing thrust 1d+2 corrosion damage as large-area injury. This is a cone attack that uses rules from Area and Spreading Attacks (pp. B413-414). The cone is 1-yard wide and has a length of 5 yards (ST/5). Each use costs 2 FP. It is possible to make the cone wider by using the rules from Cones of Power (GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Monsters 4: Dragons, p. 10). | 14 | The dragon breathes out a stream of acid, dealing thrust 1d+2 corrosion damage as large-area injury. This is a cone attack that uses rules from Area and Spreading Attacks (pp. B413-414). The cone is 1-yard wide and has a length of 5 yards (ST/5). Each use costs 2 FP. It is possible to make the cone wider by using the rules from Cones of Power (GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Monsters 4: Dragons, p. 10) | — |
| Breathe Slowing GasBreathe Slowing Gas (14): Alternatively, the dragon may breathe out a stream of slowing gas. This is a cone attack that uses rules from Area and Spreading Attacks (pp. B413-414). The cone is 1-yard wide and has a length of 5 yards (ST/5). Each use costs 2 FP. It is possible to make the cone wider by using the rules from Cones of Power (GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Monsters 4: Dragons, p. 10). Creatures who breathe the gas must roll against HT or have their Basic Move in all mediums decreased to 0.4x of its original value (minimum 1) for margin of failure minutes. | 14 | Alternatively, the dragon may breathe out a stream of slowing gas. This is a cone attack that uses rules from Area and Spreading Attacks (pp. B413-414). The cone is 1-yard wide and has a length of 5 yards (ST/5). Each use costs 2 FP. It is possible to make the cone wider by using the rules from Cones of Power (GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Monsters 4: Dragons, p. 10). Creatures who breathe the gas must roll against HT or have their Basic Move in all mediums decreased to 0.4x of its original value (minimum 1) for margin of failure minutes | — |
Traits (41)
- Bad Grip 2
- Clinging
- Discriminatory Smell
- Discriminatory Taste
- Dull Touch 6
- Enhanced Move 0.5 (Air)
- Enhanced Move 1 (Ground)
- Extended Lifespan 5
- Extra Attack 1
- Extra Legs (Four Legs)
- Eye for Distance
- Flexibility
- Flight (Cannot Hover; Winged)
- Greed (12)
- Ham-Fisted 1
- High Pain Threshold
- Horizontal
- Immunity to Noxious Acidic Effects
- Immunity to Paralysis
- Immunity to Sleep
- Infravision
- Internal Sealed (Acid-Resistant Only)
- Loner (12)
- Magic Resistance 1 (Improved)
- Methodical
- Miserliness (12)
- Nictitating Membrane 3
- Night Vision 7
- Parabolic Hearing 1
- Penetrating Voice
- Peripheral Vision
- Protected Vision
- Reduced Consumption 3
- Scales
- Sealed (Acid-Resistant Only)
- Selfish (12)
- Staid
- Temperature Tolerance 6
- Unfazeable
- Universal Digestion (Matter Eater)
- Vibration Sense (Air)
Skills (5)
- 14Brawling
- 12Diplomacy
- 12Fast-Talk
- 14Innate Attack (Breath)
- 12Tactics
Notes
- GCS ancestry draft: gcs/copper-dragon.gct
- Source template total: 708 points.
- Library-rebuilt template total: 708 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.
- GCS template includes a +25-point reconciliation child requiring decomposition.
Encounter rating
CER75
Offense37
Protection38
Threat tiermajor
Appearing1
Wandering2
Tags
- srd-3-5
- dragon
- earth
GCS v5 downloads
Where this one came from
- Source record
- Copper Dragon [Monster Manual, page 82]
- 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/copper-dragon.gct
- Source template total: 708 points.
- Library-rebuilt template total: 708 points.
- CER was computed from parsed Typical Stats using the Dungeons On Automatic baseline CER path.
- Issue #5: 0 special ability construction(s) restored and 1 annotated with the source's stated cost. 1 save-or-disable construction(s) are scored through the affliction term at the source's stated point cost, or at Binding ST where the source builds the ability as a Binding.
- GCS ancestry reconciliation adjudicated: the published template total is 708 points and the parsed source children sum to 683, a difference of +25. Classified as grouped construction not decomposed — consistent with grouped abilities the prose parser did not split into individual children (alternative abilities, linked constructions, and spell or breath-weapon groups). The points are real and priced in the author's total; only the decomposition is missing. The authorized source total is preserved; the remaining manual step is opening gcs/copper-dragon.gct in GCS to replace the reconciliation child with native constructions where the grouped ability can be decomposed.
- CER recomputed from the reviewed Typical Stats through the canonical Dungeons on Automatic CER path: OR 37, PR 38, CER 75, threat tier major.
- Conversion baseline reported OR 35, PR 38, CER 73 (tier major). 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 (solitary): 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-b2-gcs-reconciliation); GCS fidelity check passed, DOA playability check passed.
- The source-total difference is classified and documented in conversionNotes; the authorized published total is preserved and the residual stays visible as a reconciliation child.
- Visual GCS verification of the .gct is not claimed by this decision; checks.gcsVisualPass is false.
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