Giant Wasp - Dungeons on Automatic Bestiary

Vermin · SM +0 Giant Wasp [Monster Manual, page 285]

Attributes

ST10

DX10

IQ2

HT12

HP10

Will9

Per12

FP12

Basic Speed5.5

Basic Move4

Dodge8

DR1

Melee attacks

Usage	Level	Damage	Reach
StingSting (11): thrust 1d-1 impaling plus follow-up 1d-2 toxic (4 1-minute cycles, resisted by HT, -2 DX after loss of 1/3 HP), Reach C. Poison: Toxic Attack 1d-2 (Cyclic, 1 minute, 4 cycles, Resistible, +80%; Follow-Up, Sting, +0%; Resistible, HT, -30%; Symptoms, 1/3 HP, -2 DX, +60%) Resolve as stated by the construction; the source gives no separate resolution text.	11	thrust 1d-1 impaling plus follow-up 1d-2 toxic (4 1-minute cycles, resisted by HT, -2 DX after loss of 1/3 HP)	C
MandiblesMandibles (11): thrust 1d-3 cutting, Reach C.	11	thrust 1d-3 cutting	C

Traits (12)

Absolute Direction
Cold-Blooded (50°)
Discriminatory Smell
Extra Legs (Six Legs; Cannot Kick)
Horizontal
Night Vision 9
No Fine Manipulators
Peripheral Vision
Polarization Detection
Restricted Diet (Carnivore)
Short Lifespan 2
Wild Animal

Skills (4)

11Brawling
10Survival (Plains)
10Survival (Woodlands)
10Tracking

Notes

GCS ancestry draft: gcs/giant-wasp.gct
Source template total: -63 points.
Library-rebuilt template total: -63 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.
GCS template includes a -3-point reconciliation child requiring decomposition.

Encounter rating

CER8

Offense6

Protection2

Threat tierminor

Appearing6

Wandering4

GCS v5 downloads

Where this one came from

Source record: Giant Wasp [Monster Manual, page 285]
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-wasp.gct
Source template total: -63 points.
Library-rebuilt template total: -63 points.
CER was computed from parsed Typical Stats using the Dungeons On Automatic baseline CER path.
Issue #5: 1 special ability construction(s) restored (Poison). No disabling construction on this record carries a cost the affliction term can score.
GCS ancestry reconciliation adjudicated: the published template total is -63 points and the parsed source children sum to -60, a difference of -3. Classified as small arithmetic residual — a small residual consistent with rounding and per-level arithmetic in the published total; the rebuilt template keeps the author's total and carries the difference as an explicit reconciliation child. The authorized source total is preserved; the remaining manual step is opening gcs/giant-wasp.gct in GCS to replace the reconciliation child with native constructions where the grouped ability can be decomposed.
CER recomputed from the reviewed Typical Stats through the canonical Dungeons on Automatic CER path: OR 6, PR 2, CER 8, threat tier minor.
Conversion baseline reported OR 7, PR 2, CER 9 (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-b2-gcs-reconciliation); GCS fidelity check passed, DOA playability check passed.
The source-total difference is classified and documented in conversionNotes; the authorized published total is preserved and the residual stays visible as a reconciliation child.
Visual GCS verification of the .gct is not claimed by this decision; checks.gcsVisualPass is false.

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