Scorpionfolk

Monstrous Humanoid · SM +0 Scorpionfolk (Enraged Eggplant; answers SRD 3.5)

A humanoid torso rising from the body of a great scorpion, with a pincer arm, a raised sting and a pike carried in the free hands. They hold desert country as their own, hate anything that settles in it, and are strong enough to make that stick.

Attributes

ST13

DX12

IQ10

HT11

HP17

Will10

Per13

FP11

Basic Speed6

Basic Move6

Dodge9

DR2

Melee attacks

Usage	Level	Damage	Reach
PikePike (14): thrust 2d-1 impaling, Reach 4, 5*. Unbalanced parry.	14	thrust 2d-1 impaling	4, 5*
PincerPincer (14): thrust 1d+2 cutting, Reach C-1. The scorpionfolk can either nip and let go or hold on and grapple the victim in addition to injuring him. Either is an attack that takes full hit location penalties – not halved for grappling. Treat this attack as a bite for these purposes (see Teeth on page 115 of GURPS Martial Arts for details). The pincers give +2 with tasks that require a firm grip (including climbing).	14	thrust 1d+2 cutting	C-1
StingSting (13): thrust 1d+1 impaling plus follow-up 1d-2 toxic (3 1-hour cycles, resisted by HT-3, -2 DX after loss of 2/3 HP), Reach C-1.	13	thrust 1d+1 impaling plus follow-up 1d-2 toxic (3 1-hour cycles, resisted by HT-3, -2 DX after loss of 2/3 HP)	C-1

Traits (10)

• Extra Legs (Six Legs; Cannot Kick)
• Infraivision
• Lifting ST 2
• Magic Resistance 1 (Improved)
• Odious Racial Habit (Eats sapient beings)
• Restricted Diet (Carnivore)
• Social Stigma (Savage)
• Temperature Tolerance 3 (Hot)
• Terrain Adaptation (Sand)
• Weak Bite

Skills (3)

• 14Brawling
• 14Spear
• 14Survival (Desert)

Notes

• GCS ancestry draft: gcs/scorpionfolk.gct
• Source template total: 122 points.
• Library-rebuilt template total: 102 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.
• Exact GCS library matches change the template by -20 point(s).

Encounter rating

CER29

Offense17

Protection12

Threat tierstandard

Appearing2

Wandering3

Tags

• srd-3-5
• monstrous-humanoid

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Where this one came from

Source record

Scorpionfolk

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/scorpionfolk.gct
• Source template total: 122 points.
• Library-rebuilt template total: 102 points.
• CER was computed from parsed Typical Stats using the Dungeons On Automatic baseline CER path.
• GCS cost adjudication for "IQ-2": the source states -20 points and the native GCS library computes -40. Adopted the native library value of -40. Reduced IQ is -20 per level (B15), so IQ-2 is -40. The stated -20 prices one level.
• CER recomputed from the reviewed Typical Stats through the canonical Dungeons on Automatic CER path: OR 17, PR 12, CER 29, threat tier standard.
• Encounter metadata derived (gregarious): average number appearing 2, 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.
• 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-b1-gcs-costs); GCS fidelity check passed, DOA playability check passed.
• Every exact-identity cost discrepancy on this record is adjudicated against the published GURPS cost table in review/reports/gcs-adjudication.md; the adopted value and its basis are recorded in conversionNotes.
• Visual GCS verification of the .gct is not claimed by this decision; checks.gcsVisualPass is false.