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Rhinoceros

Animal · major threat

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Animal · 10 hexes · SM +3 Rhinoceros [Monster Manual, page 278]

Attributes

ST39
DX10
IQ4
HT11
HP39
Will10
Per12
FP11
Basic Speed5.25
Basic Move6
Dodge8
DR3

Melee attacks

UsageLevelDamageReach
HornHorn (12): thrust 5d+1 impaling (KYOS: 7d impaling), Reach C.12thrust 5d+1 impaling (KYOS: 7d impaling)C
Weak BiteWeak Bite (12): thrust 2d+1 crushing (KYOS: 3d+2 crushing), Reach C.12thrust 2d+1 crushing (KYOS: 3d+2 crushing)C

Traits (10)

  • Discriminatory Smell
  • Enhanced Move 1 (Ground)
  • Extra Legs (Four Legs)
  • Horizontal
  • Night Vision 5
  • No Fine Manipulators
  • Peripheral Vision
  • Restricted Diet (Herbivore)
  • Short Lifespan 1
  • Wild Animal

Skills (3)

  • 12Brawling
  • 10Intimidation
  • 12Survival (Plains)

Notes

  • GCS ancestry draft: gcs/rhinoceros.gct
  • Source template total: 37 points.
  • Library-rebuilt template total: 37 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.
  • Size 10 hexes; Weight 6,000 lbs.

Encounter rating

CER73
Offense40
Protection33
Threat tiermajor
Appearing1
Wandering2

Tags

  • srd-3-5
  • srd-5-1
  • animal

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Where this one came from
Source record
Rhinoceros [Monster Manual, page 278]
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/rhinoceros.gct
  • Source template total: 37 points.
  • Library-rebuilt template total: 37 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 40, PR 33, CER 73, threat tier major.
  • Conversion baseline reported OR 41, PR 33, 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 (gregarious): 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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