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Monstrous Centipede (Large)

Vermin · minor threat

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Vermin · SM +1 Monstrous Centipede (Large) [Monster Manual, page 286]

Attributes

ST15
DX10
IQ1
HT11
HP15
Will8
Per8
FP11
Basic Speed5.25
Basic Move5
Dodge8
DR3

Melee attacks

UsageLevelDamageReach
MandiblesMandibles (11): thrust 1d cutting (KYOS: 1d+2 cutting) plus follow-up 1d-1 toxic (5 1-hour cycles, resisted by HT-1, -3 DX after loss of 2/3 HP), Reach C.11thrust 1d cutting (KYOS: 1d+2 cutting) plus follow-up 1d-1 toxic (5 1-hour cycles, resisted by HT-1, -3 DX after loss of 2/3 HP)C

Traits (16)

  • Acute Thermal Infrared Vision 4
  • Blindness
  • Clinging
  • Cold-Blooded (50°)
  • Double-Jointed
  • Infravision
  • Horizontal
  • Injury Tolerance (No Brain, No Eyes, No Neck, No Vitals)
  • No Legs (Slithers)
  • No Manipulators
  • Reduced Consumption 3 (Cast Iron Stomach)
  • Restricted Diet (Carnivore)
  • Short Lifespan 3
  • Slippery 3
  • Thermal Infrared Vision (Biological (Passive); Short-Range 1)
  • Wild Animal with Mute

Skills (3)

  • 11Brawling
  • 12Stealth
  • 12Tracking

Notes

  • GCS ancestry draft: gcs/monstrous-centipede-large.gct
  • Source template total: -158 points.
  • Library-rebuilt template total: -158 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.
  • Poison (follow-up on Bite): Toxic Attack 1d-1 (Cyclic, 1 hour, 5 cycles, Resistible, +50%; Follow-Up, Bite, +0%; Resistible, HT-1, -25%; Symptoms, 2/3 HP, -3 DX, +30%) Resolve as stated by the construction; the source gives no separate resolution text.

Encounter rating

CER13
Offense6
Protection7
Threat tierminor
Appearing6
Wandering4

Tags

  • srd-3-5
  • vermin

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Where this one came from
Source record
Monstrous Centipede (Large) [Monster Manual, page 286]
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/monstrous-centipede-large.gct
  • Source template total: -158 points.
  • Library-rebuilt template total: -158 points.
  • CER was computed from parsed Typical Stats using the Dungeons On Automatic baseline CER path.
  • Issue #5: 2 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 6, PR 7, CER 13, threat tier minor.
  • Conversion baseline reported OR 7, PR 7, CER 14 (tier minor). 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 (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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