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Dire Bat

Animal · minor threat

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Animal · 3 hexes · SM +1 Dire Bat [Monster Manual, page 62]

Attributes

ST14
DX12
IQ4
HT12
HP14
Will10
Per12
FP12
Basic Speed6
Basic Move2
Dodge9
DR2

Melee attacks

UsageLevelDamageReach
ClawsClaws (12): thrust 1d-1 crushing (KYOS: 1d+1 crushing), Reach C-1.12thrust 1d-1 crushing (KYOS: 1d+1 crushing)C-1
Sharp TeethSharp Teeth (12): thrust 1d-1 cutting (KYOS: 1d+1 cutting), Reach C.12thrust 1d-1 cutting (KYOS: 1d+1 cutting)C

Traits (8)

  • Enhanced Move 1 (Air)
  • Foot Manipulators
  • Fur
  • Night Vision 9
  • No Fine Manipulators
  • Short Lifespan 1
  • Sonar (Accessibility, In air; Biological (Passive); Restricted Arc, 60°; Targeting)
  • Wild Animal

Skills (4)

  • 13Aerobatics
  • 13Flight
  • 13Survival (Plains)
  • 13Stealth

Notes

  • GCS ancestry draft: gcs/dire-bat.gct
  • Source template total: -15 points.
  • Library-rebuilt template total: -15 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 3 hexes; Weight 200 lbs.

Encounter rating

CER14
Offense4
Protection10
Threat tierminor
Appearing6
Wandering4

Tags

  • srd-3-5
  • animal

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Where this one came from
Source record
Dire Bat [Monster Manual, page 62]
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/dire-bat.gct
  • Source template total: -15 points.
  • Library-rebuilt template total: -15 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 4, PR 10, CER 14, threat tier minor.
  • Conversion baseline reported OR 5, PR 10, CER 15 (tier minor). 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 (gregarious): average number appearing 6, wandering weight 4. 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.