Tojanida

Outsider (Water) · SM -2 Tojanida (Enraged Eggplant; answers SRD 3.5)

A shelled sea creature the size of a large dog, with pincer arms and a hard case pierced by openings it shifts its limbs between. It sees in every direction at once, swims fast, and squirts a blinding ink before it decides whether to fight.

Attributes

ST8

DX11

IQ10

HT12

HP8

Will11

Per11

FP12

Basic Speed5.75

Basic Move5

Dodge8

DR4

Melee attacks

Usage	Level	Damage	Reach
PincersPincers (13): thrust 1d-3 cutting, Reach C. The tojanida 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).	13	thrust 1d-3 cutting	C
Sharp TeethSharp Teeth (13): thrust 1d-3 cutting, Reach C.	13	thrust 1d-3 cutting	C
InkInk (13): A tojanida may fill a two-yard-radius area with black ink. No one can see into the affected area, and no one within the affected area can see anything; see p. B394 for combat rules. In addition, this ink cloud imposes a -4 penalty on Smell rolls. Once created, the cloud persists for 10 seconds, drifting with the current. This cloud can only be used in water or in zero-G. When used on land, this attack takes a form of an ink jet, which can strike any target up to 20 yards away (without range or speed penalties). It can be dodged or blocked, but not parried. If the jet strikes the face, it causes no injury, but blinds the target for 3 seconds unless he makes a successful HT roll. Thick goggles, closed helmets, ultra-tech visors protect against this spell. A tojanida can use this ability only 4 times per day.	13	A tojanida may fill a two-yard-radius area with black ink. No one can see into the affected area, and no one within the affected area can see anything; see p. B394 for combat rules. In addition, this ink cloud imposes a -4 penalty on Smell rolls. Once created, the cloud persists for 10 seconds, drifting with the current. This cloud can only be used in water or in zero-G. When used on land, this attack takes a form of an ink jet, which can strike any target up to 20 yards away (without range or speed penalties). It can be dodged or blocked, but not parried. If the jet strikes the face, it causes no injury, but blinds the target for 3 seconds unless he makes a successful HT roll. Thick goggles, closed helmets, ultra-tech visors protect against this spell. A tojanida can use this ability only 4 times per day	—
Land SquirtAffliction 1 (HT; Accessibility, Must hit unprotected face, -20%; Blockable, -5%; Disadvantage, Blindness, +50%; Fixed Duration, +0%; Increased 1/2D, 2x, +5%; Increased Range, 2x, +10%; Jet, +0%; Limited Use, 4/day, -20%; Only on air, -10%; Reduced Duration, 1/60, -35%; Vision-Based, +150%) [23/5=5]. Resolve as stated by the construction; the source gives no separate resolution text.	—	—	—

Traits (19)

• 360° Vision
• Amphibious (Accessibility, Only skill penalties)
• Doesn’t Breathe (Gills)
• Enhanced Move 2 (Water)
• Extended Lifespan 1
• Extra Legs (Four Legs)
• Extra-Flexible Arms
• Horizontal
• Immunity to Noxious Acidic Effects
• Immunity to Noxious Cold Effects
• Infravision
• Injury Tolerance (No Neck)
• Internal Sealed (Acid-Resistant Only)
• Nictitating Membrane 2
• No Fine Manipulators
• No Legs (Semi-Aquatic)
• Pressure Support 3
• Sealed (Acid-Resistant Only)
• Speak Underwater

Skills (4)

• 13Aquabatics
• 13Brawling
• 13Innate Attack (Breath)
• 13Swimming

Notes

• GCS ancestry draft: gcs/tojanida.gct
• Source template total: 328 points.
• Library-rebuilt template total: 328 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.
• Weight 60 lbs.
• Underwater Cloud: Obscure 4 (Smell; Drifting, +20%; Limited Use, 4/day, -20%; Link, +10%; Only in Water or Zero-G, -30%; Persistent, +40%) [10] + Obscure 10 (Vision; Drifting, +20%: Limited Use, 4/day, -20%; Link, +10%; Only in Water or Zero-G, -30%; Persistent, +40%) Resolve as stated by the construction; the source gives no separate resolution text.

Encounter rating

CER15

Offense10

Protection5

Threat tierminor

Appearing4

Wandering4

Tags

• srd-3-5
• outsider
• water

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Where this one came from

Source record

Tojanida

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/tojanida.gct
• Source template total: 328 points.
• Library-rebuilt template total: 328 points.
• CER was computed from parsed Typical Stats using the Dungeons On Automatic baseline CER path.
• Issue #5: 2 special ability construction(s) restored (Land Squirt). No disabling construction on this record carries a cost the affliction term can score.
• Issue #14: Land Squirt priced through the affliction term at the source's stated construction cost of 23 points (Affliction 1 at a net +125%, the "[23/5=5]" the source writes).
• CER recomputed from the reviewed Typical Stats through the canonical Dungeons on Automatic CER path: OR 10, PR 5, CER 15, threat tier minor.
• Conversion baseline reported OR 6, PR 5, CER 11 (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.
• 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.