Animal · 10 hexes · SM +2 Dire Bear [Monster Manual, page 63]
Attributes
ST30
DX11
IQ4
HT13
HP30
Will12
Per12
FP13
Basic Speed6
Basic Move6
Dodge9
DR3
Melee attacks
| Usage | Level | Damage | Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blunt ClawsBlunt Claws (14): thrust 4d+1 crushing (KYOS: 8d crushing), Reach C-1. | 14 | thrust 4d+1 crushing (KYOS: 8d crushing) | C-1 |
| Sharp TeethSharp Teeth (14): thrust 3d+2 cutting (KYOS: 6d+2 cutting), Reach C. | 14 | thrust 3d+2 cutting (KYOS: 6d+2 cutting) | C |
Traits (13)
- Bad Temper (12)
- Discriminatory Smell
- Enhanced Move 0.5 (Ground)
- Extra Legs (Four Legs)
- Fur
- Hard to Subdue 2
- High Pain Threshold
- Night Vision 6
- No Fine Manipulators
- Semi-Upright
- Short Lifespan 1
- Temperature Tolerance 3 (Cold)
- Wild Animal
Skills (3)
- 14Brawling
- 13Survival (Woodlands)
- 13Swimming
Notes
- GCS ancestry draft: gcs/dire-bear.gct
- Source template total: 67 points.
- Library-rebuilt template total: 67 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 10 hexes; Weight 7,500 lbs.
Encounter rating
CER58
Offense26
Protection32
Threat tierstandard
Appearing2
Wandering3
Tags
- srd-3-5
- animal
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Where this one came from
- Source record
- Dire Bear [Monster Manual, page 63]
- 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-bear.gct
- Source template total: 67 points.
- Library-rebuilt template total: 67 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 26, PR 32, CER 58, threat tier standard.
- Conversion baseline reported OR 27, PR 32, CER 59 (tier standard). 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 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.
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