Howler

Outsider (Chaotic, Evil) · 2 hexes · SM +1 Howler (Enraged Eggplant; answers SRD 3.5)

A long ash-grey quadruped with a huge toothed mouth and a mane of black-and-ivory quills over neck and shoulders. It sheds those quills into whatever it claws. Its howl carries for miles and wears down the nerve of anyone who has to keep listening to it.

Attributes

ST22

DX13

IQ7

HT11

HP22

Will10

Per10

FP11

Basic Speed6

Basic Move10

Dodge10

DR2

Melee attacks

Usage	Level	Damage	Reach
Sharp TeethSharp Teeth (15): thrust 2d+1 cutting, Reach C.	15	thrust 2d+1 cutting	C
Blunt ClawsBlunt Claws (15): thrust 3d-1 crushing, Reach C-1.	15	thrust 3d-1 crushing	C-1
Long SpinesLong Spines (9): The howler gets a DX-4 roll to hit each foe in close combat with it with its spines once per turn, as a free action. Roll at +2 against foes who attacked the howler from behind. Those who grapple or slam the howler are hit immediately and automatically – and those who slam the howler take maximum damage! 1d impaling, Reach C.	9	The howler gets a DX-4 roll to hit each foe in close combat with it with its spines once per turn, as a free action. Roll at +2 against foes who attacked the howler from behind. Those who grapple or slam the howler are hit immediately and automatically – and those who slam the howler take maximum damage! 1d impaling	C

Traits (19)

• Acute Hearing 2
• Acute Taste and Smell 2
• Bestial
• Callous
• Cannot Speak
• Combat Reflexes
• Extra Legs (Four Legs)
• Flexibility
• Hidebound
• Horizontal
• Immunity to Mind-Affecting Winds of Pandemonium
• Infravision
• Night Vision 9
• No Fine Manipulators
• Penetrating Voice
• Protected Hearing
• Restricted Diet (Carnivore)
• Skinny
• Terrain Adaptation (Uneven)

Skills (5)

• 15Brawling
• 15Climbing
• 12Intimidation
• 13Jumping
• 15Stealth

Notes

• GCS ancestry draft: gcs/howler.gct
• Source template total: 111 points.
• Library-rebuilt template total: 114 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.
• Exact GCS library matches change the template by +3 point(s).
• Size 2 hexes; Weight 2,000 lbs.

Encounter rating

CER48

Offense28

Protection20

Threat tierstandard

Appearing2

Wandering3

Tags

• srd-3-5
• outsider
• chaotic
• evil

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Where this one came from

Source record

Howler

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/howler.gct
• Source template total: 111 points.
• Library-rebuilt template total: 114 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.
• GCS cost adjudication for "DR 2 (Tough Skin, -40%)": the source states 3 points and the native GCS library computes 6. Adopted the native library value of 6. Damage Resistance is 5 per level (B46): 10 at -40% is 6. The stated 3 prices one level.
• CER recomputed from the reviewed Typical Stats through the canonical Dungeons on Automatic CER path: OR 28, PR 20, CER 48, threat tier standard.
• Conversion baseline reported OR 22, PR 20, CER 42 (tier standard). 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 (default): average number appearing 2, 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-b1-gcs-costs); GCS fidelity check passed, DOA playability check passed.
• Every exact-identity cost discrepancy on this record is adjudicated against the published GURPS cost table in review/reports/gcs-adjudication.md; the adopted value and its basis are recorded in conversionNotes.
• Visual GCS verification of the .gct is not claimed by this decision; checks.gcsVisualPass is false.