Manticore - Dungeons on Automatic Bestiary

Magical Beast · 3 hexes · SM +2 Manticore [Monster Manual, page 179]

Attributes

ST24

DX13

IQ8

HT13

HP24

Will12

Per12

FP13

Basic Speed6.5

Basic Move9

Dodge10

DR2

Melee attacks

Usage	Level	Damage	Reach
Sharp TeethSharp Teeth (16): thrust 2d+2 cutting (KYOS: 4d cutting), Reach C.	16	thrust 2d+2 cutting (KYOS: 4d cutting)	C
Sharp ClawsSharp Claws (16): thrust 2d+2 cutting (KYOS: 4d cutting), Reach C-1.	16	thrust 2d+2 cutting (KYOS: 4d cutting)	C-1
Fling SpikesFling Spikes (16): 1d+1 impaling, RoF 6, Range 25/50. Can launch no more than 24 spikes per day.	16	1d+1 impaling, RoF 6, Range 25/50. Can launch no more than 24 spikes per day	—

Traits (19)

Bestial
Born Biter 2
Catfall
Combat Reflexes
Discriminatory Smell
Extra Attack 1
Extra Legs (Four Legs)
Flight (Cannot Hover; Winged)
Hidebound
Horizontal
Infravision
Night Vision 5
No Fine Manipulators
Odious Racial Habit (Eats sapient beings)
Perfect Balance
Restricted Diet (Carnivore)
Social Stigma (Monster)
Tail
Temperature Tolerance 1 (Hot)

Skills (6)

16Brawling
16Innate Attack (Projectile)
14Jumping
14Observation
14Stealth
14Wrestling

Notes

GCS ancestry draft: gcs/manticore.gct
Source template total: 183 points.
Library-rebuilt template total: 183 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 3 hexes; Weight 1,000 lbs.

Encounter rating

CER52

Offense26

Protection26

Threat tierstandard

Appearing2

Wandering3

GCS v5 downloads

Where this one came from

Source record: Manticore [Monster Manual, page 179]
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/manticore.gct
Source template total: 183 points.
Library-rebuilt template total: 183 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 26, PR 26, CER 52, threat tier standard.
Encounter metadata derived (gregarious): 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.
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.