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Spectre

Undead · minor threat

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Undead · SM +0 Spectre [Monster Manual, page 232]

Attributes

ST8
DX12
IQ11
HT10
HP8
Will11
Per11
FP10
Basic Speed5.5
Basic Move7
Dodge8
DR0

Melee attacks

UsageLevelDamageReach
PunchPunch (12): thrust 1d-4 crushing (KYOS: 1d-5 crushing), Reach C. Only usable against insubstantial beings.12thrust 1d-4 crushing (KYOS: 1d-5 crushing)C
Energy DrainEnergy Drain (12): thrust 1d-3 toxic (KYOS: 1d-4 toxic) + follow-up affliction (resisted by HT, cumulative -1 penalty to ST, DX, IQ, and HT for margin of failure minutes). Can be used both against substantial and insubstantial beings.12thrust 1d-3 toxic (KYOS: 1d-4 toxic) + follow-up affliction (resisted by HT, cumulative -1 penalty to ST, DX, IQ, and HT for margin of failure minutes). Can be used both against substantial and insubstantial beings

Traits (19)

  • Dark Vision
  • Doesn’t Breathe
  • Doesn’t Eat or Drink
  • Doesn’t Sleep
  • Dominance (Fatal Beating)
  • Dread (Religious Symbols; 5 yards)
  • Dread (Sunlight)
  • Frightens Animals
  • High Pain Threshold
  • Immunity to Metabolic Hazards
  • Injury Tolerance (Homogenous, No Blood)
  • Insubstantiality (Affect Substantial; Always On)
  • Intolerance (Living)
  • No Sense of Smell/Taste
  • Social Stigma (Dead)
  • Sterile
  • Unaging
  • Unnatural
  • Weakness (Sunlight; 1d/minute)

Skills (1)

  • 12Stealth

Notes

  • GCS ancestry draft: gcs/spectre.gct
  • Source template total: 231 points.
  • Library-rebuilt template total: 231 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

CER18
Offense17
Protection1
Threat tierminor
Appearing4
Wandering4

Tags

  • srd-3-5
  • undead

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Where this one came from
Source record
Spectre [Monster Manual, page 232]
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/spectre.gct
  • Source template total: 231 points.
  • Library-rebuilt template total: 231 points.
  • CER was computed from parsed Typical Stats using the Dungeons On Automatic baseline CER path.
  • Issue #5: 0 special ability construction(s) restored and 1 annotated with the source's stated cost. 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 17, PR 1, CER 18, threat tier minor.
  • Conversion baseline reported OR 4, PR 1, CER 5 (tier minor). 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 (default): average number appearing 4, 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.
  • 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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