Dragon (Chromatic, Fire, True) · SM +3 Red Dragon [Monster Manual, page 75]
Attributes
ST25
DX10
IQ12
HT15
HP25
Will13
Per14
FP20
Basic Speed6.25
Basic Move7
Dodge9
DR3
Melee attacks
| Usage | Level | Damage | Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| BiteBite (14): thrust 3d-1 impaling, Reach C-1. | 14 | thrust 3d-1 impaling | C-1 |
| Front ClawFront Claw (14): thrust 3d-1 cutting or impaling, Reach C-2. | 14 | thrust 3d-1 cutting or impaling | C-2 |
| Hind ClawHind Claw (12): thrust 3d cutting or impaling, Reach C-2. | 12 | thrust 3d cutting or impaling | C-2 |
| WingWing (14): thrust 3d crushing, Reach C-3. When in flight, the dragon must roll DX after attempting a wing attack, whether it succeeds or fails. If the DX roll fails, the dragon loses control of its flight. It will continue moving in the same direction and speed it was moving on the last turn before it lost control, until it can make an Aerobatics+2 roll to regain control. | 14 | thrust 3d crushing | C-3 |
| TailTail (12): thrust 3d crushing, Reach C-3. | 12 | thrust 3d crushing | C-3 |
| Breathe FireBreathe Fire (14): The dragon breathes out a blast of fire, dealing thrust 2d+2 burning damage as large-area injury. This is a cone attack that uses rules from Area and Spreading Attacks (pp. B413-414). The cone is 1-yard wide and has a length of 5 yards (ST/5). Each use costs 2 FP. It is possible to make the cone wider by using the rules from Cones of Power (GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Monsters 4: Dragons, p. 10). | 14 | The dragon breathes out a blast of fire, dealing thrust 2d+2 burning damage as large-area injury. This is a cone attack that uses rules from Area and Spreading Attacks (pp. B413-414). The cone is 1-yard wide and has a length of 5 yards (ST/5). Each use costs 2 FP. It is possible to make the cone wider by using the rules from Cones of Power (GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Monsters 4: Dragons, p. 10) | — |
| Locate ObjectLocate Object (14): This ability uses Perception instead of IQ and does not require a focus. | 14 | This ability uses Perception instead of IQ and does not require a focus | — |
| Frightful PresenceA dragon can activate this ability with a Ready maneuver to cause all creatures within 20 yards of it to make a Fright Check at -4. Regardless of the result, the victims become immune this dragon’s Frightful Presence for one hour. | — | — | 20 yards |
Traits (50)
- Bad Grip 2
- Bad Temper (9)
- Bully (9)
- Callous
- Combat Reflexes
- Discriminatory Smell
- Discriminatory Taste
- Dislikes water
- Doesn’t Sleep
- Dull Touch 6
- Enhanced Move 0.5 (Air)
- Enhanced Move 1 (Ground)
- Extended Lifespan 5
- Extra Attack 1
- Extra Legs (Four Legs)
- Eye for Distance
- Flexibility
- Flight (Cannot Hover; Winged)
- Greed (9)
- Ham-Fisted 1
- High Pain Threshold
- Horizontal
- Immunity to Noxious Fire Effects
- Immunity to Paralysis
- Impulsiveness (12)
- Infravision
- Jealousy
- Loner (12)
- Magic Resistance 1 (Improved)
- Metabolism Control 3 (Hibernation)
- Methodical
- Miserliness (12)
- Nictitating Membrane 3
- Night Vision 7
- Odious Racial Habit (Eats sapient beings)
- Parabolic Hearing 1
- Penetrating Voice
- Peripheral Vision
- Prefers meat
- Protected Vision
- Reduced Consumption 3
- Sadism (15)
- Scales
- Selfish (9)
- Staid
- Temperature Tolerance 6
- Unfazeable
- Universal Digestion (Matter Eater)
- Vibration Sense (Air)
- Vulnerability (Cold, x2)
Skills (7)
- 14Brawling
- 12Diplomacy
- 12Fast-Talk
- 14Innate Attack (Breath)
- 14Intimidation
- 15Observation
- 12Tactics
Notes
- GCS ancestry draft: gcs/red-dragon.gct
- Source template total: 681 points.
- Library-rebuilt template total: 681 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
CER90
Offense51
Protection39
Threat tiermajor
Appearing1
Wandering2
Tags
- srd-3-5
- dragon
- chromatic
- fire
- true
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Where this one came from
- Source record
- Red Dragon [Monster Manual, page 75]
- 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/red-dragon.gct
- Source template total: 681 points.
- Library-rebuilt template total: 681 points.
- CER was computed from parsed Typical Stats using the Dungeons On Automatic baseline CER path.
- Issue #5: 1 special ability construction(s) restored (Frightful Presence). 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.
- CER recomputed from the reviewed Typical Stats through the canonical Dungeons on Automatic CER path: OR 51, PR 39, CER 90, threat tier major.
- Conversion baseline reported OR 35, PR 39, CER 74 (tier major). 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 (solitary): average number appearing 1, wandering weight 2. 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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