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Outsider (Lawful, Evil) · minor threat

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Outsider (Lawful, Evil) · SM -3 Imp (Enraged Eggplant; answers SRD 3.5, SRD 5.1)

A wiry rust-red creature the size of a cat, with small leathery wings, swept-back brow horns and a thin tail ending in a sting. It prefers another shape in company, whispers bad advice with real fluency, and is far harder to be rid of than its size suggests.

Attributes

ST2
DX11
IQ10
HT10
HP2
Will10
Per10
FP10
Basic Speed5.25
Basic Move3
Dodge8
DR5

Melee attacks

UsageLevelDamageReach
Sharp ClawsSharp Claws (11): thrust 1d-7 cutting, Reach C.11thrust 1d-7 cuttingC
StingerStinger (11): thrust 1d-5 piercing + follow-up 1 toxic (3 1-hour cycles; Resisted with HT; Symptoms – -2 to DX at 2/3 HP), Reach C. Poison: Toxic Attack 1 point (Cyclic, 1 hour, 3 cycles, Resistible, +20%; Follow-Up, Stinger, +0%; Resistible, HT, -30%; Symptoms, 2/3 HP, -2 DX, +20%) Resolve as stated by the construction; the source gives no separate resolution text.11thrust 1d-5 piercing + follow-up 1 toxic (3 1-hour cycles; Resisted with HT; Symptoms – -2 to DX at 2/3 HP)C

Traits (15)

  • Alternate Form (A spider, a raven, a rat, or a boar; Magical)
  • Axiomatic Touch
  • Callous
  • Doesn’t Eat or Drink
  • Doesn’t Sleep
  • Flight (Cannot Hover; Winged)
  • Immunity to Poison
  • Infravision
  • Rapid Healing
  • Social Stigma (Monster)
  • Trickster (12)
  • Unaging
  • Unholy Touch
  • Vulnerability (Silver, x2)
  • Vulnerability (Holy Weapons, x2)

Skills (2)

  • 11Brawling
  • 10Innate Attack (Gaze)

Notes

  • GCS ancestry draft: gcs/imp.gct
  • Source template total: 86 points.
  • Library-rebuilt template total: 86 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

CER1
Offense-3
Protection-3
Threat tierminor
Appearing4
Wandering4

Tags

  • srd-3-5
  • srd-5-1
  • outsider
  • lawful
  • evil

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Where this one came from
Source record
Imp
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/imp.gct
  • Source template total: 86 points.
  • Library-rebuilt template total: 86 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.
  • CER recomputed from the reviewed Typical Stats through the canonical Dungeons on Automatic CER path: OR -3, PR -3, CER 1, threat tier minor.
  • Encounter metadata derived (default): average number appearing 4, 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.
  • 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-b3-cer-tails); GCS fidelity check passed, DOA playability check passed.
  • CER tail record. The rating was recomputed through the consumer CER path and the tail was read against package peers in review/reports/cer-audit.md; a floor of 1 reflects a genuinely feeble creature and a severe rating tracks the record's own HP, DR and damage.

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.