Retriever - Dungeons on Automatic Bestiary

Construct · SM +1 Retriever [Monster Manual, page 46]

Attributes

ST22

DX12

IQ0

HT13

HP22

Will10

Per14

FP—

Basic Speed6.25

Basic Move8

Dodge10

DR4

Melee attacks

Usage	Level	Damage	Reach
MandiblesMandibles (16): thrust 2d+1 cutting (KYOS: 4d cutting) plus follow-up 1d-1 toxic (5 1-hour cycles, resisted by HT-2, -2 HT after loss of 1/3 HP, severe pain after loss of ½ HP), Reach C.	16	thrust 2d+1 cutting (KYOS: 4d cutting) plus follow-up 1d-1 toxic (5 1-hour cycles, resisted by HT-2, -2 HT after loss of 1/3 HP, severe pain after loss of ½ HP)	C
TalonsTalons (16): thrust 2d+1 cutting or impaling (KYOS: 4d cutting or impaling), Reach C-1.	16	thrust 2d+1 cutting or impaling (KYOS: 4d cutting or impaling)	C-1
Find TargetFind Target (14): The retriever can “home in” on anyone or anything, provided he has a piece of it (or something deeply connected to it) to attune to. Attuning requires one second, as long as the retriever has anything even remotely related to that subject to focus on.	14	The retriever can “home in” on anyone or anything, provided he has a piece of it (or something deeply connected to it) to attune to. Attuning requires one second, as long as the retriever has anything even remotely related to that subject to focus on	—

Traits (29)

Absolute Direction
Affected by Magnetism
Affected by Rust
Ambidexterity
Cannot Learn
Dark Vision
Doesn’t Breathe
Doesn’t Eat or Drink
Doesn’t Sleep
ER 5 (Magic)
Extra Arms 2
Extra Attack 1
Extra Legs (Four Legs; Cannot Kick; Long 1)
High Pain Threshold
Immunity to Metabolic Hazards
Immunity to Mind Control
Injury Tolerance (No Blood, No Eyes, No Head, No Neck, No Vitals, Unliving)
No Fine Manipulators
Numb
Pressure Support 2
Regeneration (Regular; Magical)
Reprogrammable
Social Stigma (Valuable Property)
Sterile
Taboo Trait (Fixed IQ)
Unaging
Unfazeable
Vacuum Support
Wealth (Dead Broke)

Skills (3)

16Brawling
16Innate Attack (Gaze)
18Tracking

Notes

GCS ancestry draft: gcs/retriever.gct
Source template total: 262 points.
Library-rebuilt template total: 262 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

CER57

Offense24

Protection33

Threat tierstandard

Appearing1

Wandering3

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Where this one came from

Source record: Retriever [Monster Manual, page 46]
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/retriever.gct
Source template total: 262 points.
Library-rebuilt template total: 262 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 24, PR 33, CER 57, threat tier standard.
Encounter metadata derived (solitary): average number appearing 1, 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.