Animal · SM -1 Dire Rat (Enraged Eggplant; answers SRD 3.5)
A rat grown to the size of a large dog, heavy through the shoulders, with coarse charcoal fur, torn ears and incisors that shear through boot leather. It moves almost silently along drains and flooded cellars, and unlike its smaller kin it is bold enough to go for a standing adult.
Attributes
ST9
DX12
IQ3
HT14
HP9
Will9
Per12
FP12
Basic Speed6
Basic Move6
Dodge10
DR0
Melee attacks
| Usage | Level | Damage | Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| BiteBite (14): thrust 1d-3 cutting. Reach C. | 14 | thrust 1d-3 cutting | C |
| Blunt ClawsBlunt Claws (14): thrust 1d-2 crushing. Reach C. | 14 | thrust 1d-2 crushing | C |
Traits (10)
- Combat Reflexes
- Flexibility
- Fur
- Night Vision 4
- Reduced Consumption 3 (Cast Iron Stomach)
- Resistant to Metabolic Hazards +8
- Semi-Upright
- Short Lifespan 4
- Silence 2
- Wild Animal
Skills (5)
- 14Brawling
- 14Climbing
- 14Escape
- 13Scrounging
- 14Stealth
Notes
- GCS ancestry draft: gcs/dire-rat.gct
- Source template total: -29 points.
- Library-rebuilt template total: -29 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.
- Weight 50 lbs.
Encounter rating
CER15
Offense8
Protection7
Threat tierminor
Appearing6
Wandering4
Tags
- srd-3-5
- animal
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Where this one came from
- Source record
- Dire Rat
- 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.
- Description
- Written by Dungeons on Automatic, released under cc_by_4_0
- GCS ancestry draft: gcs/dire-rat.gct
- Source template total: -29 points.
- Library-rebuilt template total: -29 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 8, PR 7, CER 15, threat tier minor.
- 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.
- Description text is original Dungeons on Automatic prose written from this record's own converted statistics and from the project's art direction for the creature. It is not derived from the authorized fan-conversion source, which states no creature descriptions, and not from any SRD. It carries its own authorship and CC BY 4.0 terms in the description field. See review/policy/description-policy.md.
- Review approved by automated-mechanical-review on 2026-07-26 (batch ee-2026-07-26-b7-ordinary); GCS fidelity check passed, DOA playability check passed.
- No exception flag: ancestry totals reconcile, stats parsed completely, ratings match the consumer CER path, and mechanics are runnable as written.
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.