Ettercap - Dungeons on Automatic Bestiary

Aberration · SM +0 Ettercap [Monster Manual, page 106]

Attributes

ST12

DX12

IQ7

HT10

HP12

Will10

Per10

FP10

Basic Speed5.5

Basic Move5

Dodge8

DR0

Melee attacks

Usage	Level	Damage	Reach
Sharp ClawsSharp Claws (12): thrust 1d-2 cutting (KYOS: 1d-1 cutting), Reach C.	12	thrust 1d-2 cutting (KYOS: 1d-1 cutting)	C
Poisonous BitePoisonous Bite (12): thrust 1d-2 impaling (KYOS: 1d-1 impaling) + follow-up 1d-1 toxic (3 1-hour cycles, HT-3 to resist, Symptoms -3 DX (2/3 HP), Reach C.	12	thrust 1d-2 impaling (KYOS: 1d-1 impaling) + follow-up 1d-1 toxic (3 1-hour cycles, HT-3 to resist, Symptoms -3 DX (2/3 HP)	C
WebWeb (12): Binding 10, Area of effect – 2 yards, stays for 10 seconds, range 10, costs 1 FP.	12	Binding 10, Area of effect – 2 yards, stays for 10 seconds, range 10, costs 1 FP	—

Traits (14)

Animal Empathy (Specialized, Spiders)
Appearance (Hideous)
Bad Grip 2
Climbing Line
Clinging
Cold-Blooded (50°)
Early Maturation 1
Night Vision 5
Odious Racial Habit (Eats sapient beings)
Peripheral Vision
Restricted Diet (Carnivore)
Short Lifespan 1
Social Stigma (Monster)
Subsonic Hearing (Biological (Passive); Melee Attack, Reach C)

Skills (2)

12Innate Attack (Projectile)
12Traps/TL3

Notes

GCS ancestry draft: gcs/ettercap.gct
Source template total: 38 points.
Library-rebuilt template total: 38 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 200 lbs.

Encounter rating

CER16

Offense14

Protection2

Threat tierminor

Appearing1

Wandering4

GCS v5 downloads

Where this one came from

Source record: Ettercap [Monster Manual, page 106]
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/ettercap.gct
Source template total: 38 points.
Library-rebuilt template total: 38 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.
CER recomputed from the reviewed Typical Stats through the canonical Dungeons on Automatic CER path: OR 14, PR 2, CER 16, threat tier minor.
Conversion baseline reported OR 5, PR 2, CER 7 (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 (solitary): average number appearing 1, 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.