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Sahuagin

Monstrous Humanoid · minor threat

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Monstrous Humanoid · SM +0 Sahuagin (Enraged Eggplant; answers SRD 3.5, SRD 5.1)

A shark-eyed sea devil, finned and clawed, with a mouth of triangular teeth and a trident in both hands. Sahuagin raid coasts in organised packs, speak with sharks and bring them along, and go berserk at the smell of blood in the water.

Attributes

ST12
DX11
IQ10
HT11
HP12
Will10
Per12
FP11
Basic Speed5.5
Basic Move5
Dodge9
DR1

Melee attacks

UsageLevelDamageReach
Trident one-handedTrident one-handed (13): thrust 1d+2(0.5) impaling, Reach 1*. Unbalanced Parry. Can strike to disarm (p. B401) without -2 to hit for using a non-fencing weapon. Target at -1 to Dodge, +1 to Block or Parry.13thrust 1d+2(0.5) impaling1*
Trident two-handedTrident two-handed (13): thrust 2d-1(0.5) impaling, Reach 1-2*. Can strike to disarm (p. B401) without -2 to hit for using a non-fencing weapon. Target at -1 to Dodge, +1 to Block or Parry.13thrust 2d-1(0.5) impaling1-2*
Sharp TeethSharp Teeth (13): thrust 1d-1 cutting, Reach C.13thrust 1d-1 cuttingC
Sharp ClawsSharp Claws (13): thrust 1d-1 cutting, Reach C.13thrust 1d-1 cuttingC

Traits (18)

  • Amphibious
  • Appearance (Ugly)
  • Berserk (9)
  • Combat Reflexes
  • Doesn’t Breathe (Gills)
  • Doesn’t Breathe (Oxygen Storage, On the surface, 300x)
  • Enhanced Move 1 (Water)
  • Infravision
  • Nictitating Membrane 2
  • Night Vision 5 (-5 is the native illumination level)
  • Odious Racial Habit (Eats sapient beings)
  • Pressure Support 2
  • Restricted Diet (Carnivore)
  • Social Stigma (Savage)
  • Sonar (Accessibility, In water; Biological (Passive); Restricted Arc, 60°; Targeting)
  • Speak Underwater
  • Speak with Animals (Specialized, Sharks)
  • Weakness (Fresh Water; 1d per 5 minutes; Fatigue Only)

Skills (5)

  • 12Aquabatics
  • 13Brawling
  • 12Intimidation
  • 13Spear
  • 14Survival (Saltwater Sea)

Notes

  • GCS ancestry draft: gcs/sahuagin.gct
  • Source template total: 90 points.
  • Library-rebuilt template total: 90 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

CER22
Offense15
Protection7
Threat tierminor
Appearing6
Wandering4

Tags

  • srd-3-5
  • srd-5-1
  • monstrous-humanoid

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Where this one came from
Source record
Sahuagin
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.
Description
Written by Dungeons on Automatic, released under cc_by_4_0
  • GCS ancestry draft: gcs/sahuagin.gct
  • Source template total: 90 points.
  • Library-rebuilt template total: 90 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 15, PR 7, CER 22, 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.
  • Description text is original Dungeons on Automatic prose written from this record's own converted statistics and from the project's art direction for the creature. It is not derived from the authorized fan-conversion source, which states no creature descriptions, and not from any SRD. It carries its own authorship and CC BY 4.0 terms in the description field. See review/policy/description-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.