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Giant Ape

Animal · major threat

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Animal · SM +3 Giant Ape [I13 - Adventure Pack I]

Attributes

ST35
DX12
IQ5
HT12
HP50
Will10
Per12
FP12
Basic Speed6
Basic Move8
Dodge9
DR2

Melee attacks

UsageLevelDamageReach
Sharp TeethSharp Teeth (14): thrust 4d+2 cutting, Reach C.14thrust 4d+2 cuttingC
PunchPunch (14): thrust 4d+2 crushing, Reach C-2.14thrust 4d+2 crushingC-2

Traits (14)

  • Bad Temper (12)
  • Brachiator
  • Bully (15)
  • Extra Arms 2 (Foot Manipulators; Temporary Disadvantage, Ham-Fisted 2)
  • Extra Legs (Four Legs)
  • Fur
  • Ham-Fisted 1
  • Impulsiveness (9)
  • Lifting ST 2
  • Perfect Balance
  • Semi-Upright
  • Short Lifespan 1
  • Terrain Adaptation (Uneven)
  • Wild Animal

Skills (5)

  • 12Brawling
  • 14Climbing
  • 12Survival (Jungle)
  • 12Throwing
  • 12Wrestling

Notes

  • GCS ancestry draft: gcs/giant-ape.gct
  • Source template total: 201 points.
  • Library-rebuilt template total: 201 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.

Encounter rating

CER78
Offense32
Protection46
Threat tiermajor
Appearing1
Wandering2

Tags

  • srd-5-1
  • animal

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Where this one came from
Source record
Giant Ape [I13 - Adventure Pack I]
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/giant-ape.gct
  • Source template total: 201 points.
  • Library-rebuilt template total: 201 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 32, PR 46, CER 78, threat tier major.
  • Encounter metadata derived (gregarious): 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-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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