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Hieracosphinx

Magical Beast · standard threat

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Magical Beast · 4 hexes · SM +2 Hieracosphinx (Enraged Eggplant; answers SRD 3.5)

A lion's body under the head and hooked beak of a hawk, sharper-eyed than its kin and far stupider. It has no interest in riddles or terms; it bullies what it can, hunts what it cannot bully, and attacks on sight more often than not.

Attributes

ST20
DX12
IQ7
HT12
HP20
Will12
Per12
FP12
Basic Speed6
Basic Move9
Dodge10
DR2

Melee attacks

UsageLevelDamageReach
Sharp ClawsSharp Claws (16): thrust 2d cutting, Reach C-1.16thrust 2d cuttingC-1
Sharp BeakSharp Beak (16): thrust 2d large piercing, Reach C.16thrust 2d large piercingC

Traits (15)

  • Acute Vision 4
  • Bloodlust (12)
  • Bully (12)
  • Callous
  • Combat Reflexes
  • Enhanced Move 1 (Air)
  • Extended Lifespan 2
  • Extra Legs (Four Legs)
  • Flight (Cannot Hover; Winged)
  • Fur
  • Horizontal
  • Infravision
  • Night Vision 6
  • No Fine Manipulators
  • Restricted Diet (Carnivore)

Skills (4)

  • 15Aerobatics
  • 16Brawling
  • 15Flight
  • 14Intimidation

Notes

  • GCS ancestry draft: gcs/hieracosphinx.gct
  • Source template total: 119 points.
  • Library-rebuilt template total: 119 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 4 hexes; Weight 800 lbs.

Encounter rating

CER43
Offense22
Protection21
Threat tierstandard
Appearing1
Wandering3

Tags

  • srd-3-5
  • magical-beast

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Where this one came from
Source record
Hieracosphinx
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/hieracosphinx.gct
  • Source template total: 119 points.
  • Library-rebuilt template total: 119 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 22, PR 21, CER 43, threat tier standard.
  • Encounter metadata derived (solitary): average number appearing 1, 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.
  • 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-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.