Animal · SM -1 Monitor Lizard [Monster Manual, page 275]
Attributes
ST7
DX12
IQ3
HT11
HP7
Will10
Per12
FP9
Basic Speed6
Basic Move6
Dodge10
DR2
Melee attacks
| Usage | Level | Damage | Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp TeethSharp Teeth (14): thrust 1d-4 cutting (KYOS: 1d-7 cutting). Reach C. Anyone injured by this attack must roll against HT or gain Hemophilia (p. B138) for 30 minutes per point of margin of failure. | 14 | thrust 1d-4 cutting (KYOS: 1d-7 cutting) | C |
| Sharp ClawsSharp Claws (14): thrust 1d-4 cutting (KYOS: 1d-7 cutting). Reach C. | 14 | thrust 1d-4 cutting (KYOS: 1d-7 cutting) | C |
| TailTail (14): thrust 1d-2 crushing (KYOS: 1d-5 crushing). Reach C. Frontal hexes are attacked at -2. Cannot parry. | 14 | thrust 1d-2 crushing (KYOS: 1d-5 crushing) | C |
Traits (28)
- Acute Taste and Smell 3
- Amphibious
- Born Biter 1
- Breath-Holding 4
- Burrower
- Clinging (Requires claw-holds)
- Cold-Blooded (65°)
- Combat Reflexes
- Discriminatory Smell
- Early Maturation 1
- Excellent Balance (Biological (Passive))
- Extra Legs (Four Legs)
- Gluttony (12)
- Hard to Kill 2
- Hard to Subdue 2
- Low Empathy
- Night Blindness
- No Fine Manipulators
- Peripheral Vision
- Reduced Consumption 2 (Cast-Iron Stomach)
- Restricted Diet (Carnivore)
- Scales
- Semi-Upright
- Short Lifespan 2
- Tail
- Terrain Adaptation (Undergrowth)
- Terrain Adaptation (Uneven)
- Wild Animal
Skills (7)
- 14Brawling
- 14Climbing
- 10Intimidation
- 12Stealth
- 12Survival (Island/Beach)
- 15Tracking
- 14Wrestling
Notes
- GCS ancestry draft: gcs/monitor-lizard.gct
- Source template total: -41 points.
- Library-rebuilt template total: -41 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.
- Antocoagulant (follow-up on Bite): Affliction 1 (HT; Biological (Passive), -5%; Disadvantage, Hemophilia, +30%; Extended Duration, 30x, +60%; Follow-Up, Bite, +0%) Resolve as stated by the construction; the source gives no separate resolution text.
Encounter rating
CER10
Offense5
Protection5
Threat tierminor
Appearing6
Wandering4
Tags
- srd-3-5
- animal
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Where this one came from
- Source record
- Monitor Lizard [Monster Manual, page 275]
- 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/monitor-lizard.gct
- Source template total: -41 points.
- Library-rebuilt template total: -41 points.
- CER was computed from parsed Typical Stats using the Dungeons On Automatic baseline CER path.
- Issue #5: 2 special ability construction(s) restored (Antocoagulant). 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 5, PR 5, CER 10, threat tier minor.
- 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-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.
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