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Nixie

Fey · minor threat

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Fey · SM -1 Nixie [Monster Manual, page 235]

Attributes

ST7
DX12
IQ11
HT10
HP7
Will11
Per11
FP10
Basic Speed5.5
Basic Move4
Dodge8
DR

Melee attacks

UsageLevelDamageReach
PunchPunch (12): thrust 1d-4 crushing, Reach C.12thrust 1d-4 crushingC
SM-1 ShortswordSM-1 Shortsword (13): swing 1d-2 cutting, Reach 1 or thrust 1d-2 impaling, Reach 1.13swing 1d-2 cutting1 or thrust 1d-2 impaling, Reach 1
Grant Water BreathingGrant Water Breathing (11): A nixie may grant the ability to breathe water to any air-breathing creature. To do so, it must touch the subject, spend 1 FP, and make a Will roll. An unwilling target may resist in a Quick Contest of HT vs. the nixie’s Will, but a willing subject may waive its resistance roll. If the nixie makes its Will roll, the subject becomes able to breathe water for 30 minutes.11A nixie may grant the ability to breathe water to any air-breathing creature. To do so, it must touch the subject, spend 1 FP, and make a Will roll. An unwilling target may resist in a Quick Contest of HT vs. the nixie’s Will, but a willing subject may waive its resistance roll. If the nixie makes its Will roll, the subject becomes able to breathe water for 30 minutes

Traits (11)

  • Amphibious
  • Animal Empathy
  • Appearance (Attractive; Universal)
  • Charisma 2
  • Doesn’t Breathe (Gills)
  • Loner (12)
  • Magic Resistance 2 (Improved)
  • Night Vision 5
  • Pressure Support 1
  • Speak Underwater
  • Vulnerability (Cold Iron, x2)

Skills (5)

  • 14Acting
  • 13Shortsword
  • 13Singing
  • 13Stealth
  • 12Observation

Notes

  • GCS ancestry draft: gcs/nixie.gct
  • Source template total: 103 points.
  • Library-rebuilt template total: 103 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.
  • GCS template includes a +20-point reconciliation child requiring decomposition.

Encounter rating

CER2
Offense4
Protection-2
Threat tierminor
Appearing6
Wandering4

Tags

  • srd-3-5
  • fey

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Where this one came from
Source record
Nixie [Monster Manual, page 235]
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/nixie.gct
  • Source template total: 103 points.
  • Library-rebuilt template total: 103 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 ancestry reconciliation adjudicated: the published template total is 103 points and the parsed source children sum to 83, a difference of +20. Classified as grouped construction not decomposed — consistent with grouped abilities the prose parser did not split into individual children (alternative abilities, linked constructions, and spell or breath-weapon groups). The points are real and priced in the author's total; only the decomposition is missing. The authorized source total is preserved; the remaining manual step is opening gcs/nixie.gct in GCS to replace the reconciliation child with native constructions where the grouped ability can be decomposed.
  • CER recomputed from the reviewed Typical Stats through the canonical Dungeons on Automatic CER path: OR 4, PR -2, CER 2, 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-b2-gcs-reconciliation); GCS fidelity check passed, DOA playability check passed.
  • The source-total difference is classified and documented in conversionNotes; the authorized published total is preserved and the residual stays visible as a reconciliation child.
  • Visual GCS verification of the .gct is not claimed by this decision; checks.gcsVisualPass is false.

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