Plant · SM +2 Tendriculos [Monster Manual, page 241]
Attributes
ST16
DX9
IQ6
HT13
HP36
Will10
Per10
FP13
Basic Speed5.5
Basic Move4
Dodge8
DR1
Melee attacks
| Usage | Level | Damage | Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| TendrilTendril (12): thrust 1d+1 crushing (KYOS: 2d+1 crushing), Reach C-1. | 12 | thrust 1d+1 crushing (KYOS: 2d+1 crushing) | C-1 |
| Sharp TeethSharp Teeth (12): thrust 1d+1 cutting (KYOS: 2d+1 cutting), Reach C. | 12 | thrust 1d+1 cutting (KYOS: 2d+1 cutting) | C |
| ParalysisIf a tendriculos swallows a creature whole, the victim must make an HT roll every second (unless he has Sealed) or be paralyzed for margin of failure seconds. After that the subject is stunned (p. B420) and may roll vs. HT once per second to recover. | — | — | C |
Traits (24)
- 360° Vision (Panoptic I)
- Bestial
- Born Biter 2
- Constriction Attack
- Doesn’t Breathe
- Doesn’t Sleep
- Double-Jointed
- Extra-Flexible Arms
- Frightens Animals
- Hidebound
- Horizontal
- Immunity to Metabolic Hazards
- Immunity to Mind Control
- Injury Tolerance (No Blood, No Brain, No Head, No Neck, No Vitals, Unliving)
- Limited Camouflage (Plant)
- Mute
- Night Vision 5
- No Fine Manipulators
- No Legs (Slithers)
- Odious Radial Habit (Eats sapient beings)
- Regeneration (Very Fast; Bane, Acid or Crushing)
- Regrowth
- Restricted Diet (Carnivore)
- Social Stigma (Monster)
Skills (3)
- 12Brawling
- 12Survival (Woodlands)
- 12Wrestling
Notes
- GCS ancestry draft: gcs/tendriculos.gct
- Source template total: 258 points.
- Library-rebuilt template total: 258 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.
- GCS template includes a +8-point reconciliation child requiring decomposition.
- Weight 3,500 lbs.
Encounter rating
CER42
Offense12
Protection30
Threat tierstandard
Appearing1
Wandering3
Tags
- srd-3-5
- plant
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Where this one came from
- Source record
- Tendriculos [Monster Manual, page 241]
- 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/tendriculos.gct
- Source template total: 258 points.
- Library-rebuilt template total: 258 points.
- CER was computed from parsed Typical Stats using the Dungeons On Automatic baseline CER path.
- Issue #5: 1 special ability construction(s) restored (Paralysis). 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.
- GCS ancestry reconciliation adjudicated: the published template total is 258 points and the parsed source children sum to 250, a difference of +8. Classified as grouped construction not decomposed — consistent with grouped abilities the prose parser did not split into individual children (alternative abilities, linked constructions, and spell or breath-weapon groups). The points are real and priced in the author's total; only the decomposition is missing. The authorized source total is preserved; the remaining manual step is opening gcs/tendriculos.gct in GCS to replace the reconciliation child with native constructions where the grouped ability can be decomposed.
- CER recomputed from the reviewed Typical Stats through the canonical Dungeons on Automatic CER path: OR 12, PR 30, CER 42, threat tier standard.
- Conversion baseline reported OR 11, PR 30, CER 41 (tier standard). 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 (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-b2-gcs-reconciliation); GCS fidelity check passed, DOA playability check passed.
- The source-total difference is classified and documented in conversionNotes; the authorized published total is preserved and the residual stays visible as a reconciliation child.
- Visual GCS verification of the .gct is not claimed by this decision; checks.gcsVisualPass is false.
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