Troglodyte - Dungeons on Automatic Bestiary

Humanoid (Reptilian) · SM +0 Troglodyte [Monster Manual, page 246]

Attributes

ST12

DX12

IQ9

HT11

HP12

Will9

Per10

FP11

Basic Speed6

Basic Move6

Dodge10

DR1

Melee attacks

Usage	Level	Damage	Reach
Sharp TeethSharp Teeth (12): thrust 1d-2 cutting (KYOS: 1d-1 cutting), Reach C.	12	thrust 1d-2 cutting (KYOS: 1d-1 cutting)	C
Sharp ClawsSharp Claws (12): thrust 1d-2 cutting (KYOS: 1d-1 cutting), Reach C.	12	thrust 1d-2 cutting (KYOS: 1d-1 cutting)	C
Stone AxeStone Axe (12): swing 2d(0.5) cutting (RS: 2d-1(0.5)), Reach 1, unbalanced, 4 lbs. Treated as cheap for breakage purposes when parrying a swung weapon made of metal.	12	swing 2d(0.5) cutting (RS: 2d-1(0.5))	1, unbalanced, 4 lbs
Stone Javelin throwStone Javelin throw (14): thrust 1d(0.5) impal-ing, Acc 3, x1.5/x2.5 (18/30), 2 lbs., Bulk -4.	14	thrust 1d(0.5) impal-ing, Acc 3, x1.5/x2.5 (18/30), 2 lbs., Bulk -4	—
Stone Javelin thrustStone Javelin thrust (12): thrust 1d(0.5) impal-ing, Reach 1, 2 lbs. Treated as cheap for breakage pur-poses when parrying a swung weapon made of metal.	12	thrust 1d(0.5) impal-ing	1, 2 lbs
StenchWhen a troglodyte is angry or frightened, it secretes an oily, musklike chemical that nearly every form of animal life finds offensive. Any creature that inhales the stench exuded by the troglodyte in a 4-yard radius must make a successful HT roll or become nauseated for margin of failure minutes. Troglodytes are immune to this effect.	—	—	C

Traits (24)

Acute Taste and Smell 2
Appearance (Ugly)
Bad Smell
Bad Temper (12)
Bully (12)
Callous
Chameleon 1
Cold-Blooded (50°)
Combat Reflexes
Discriminatory Smell (Emotion Sense)
Early Maturation 2
Gluttony (9)
Immunity to Troglodyte Stench
Infravision
Night Vision 5 (-5 is the native illumination level)
Odious Racial Habit (Eats sapient beings)
Peripheral Vision
Reduced Consumption 3 (Cast-Iron Stomach)
Restricted Diet (Carnivore)
Sadism (15)
Scales
Short Attention Span (15)
Signals (Chemical Messengers; Limited to Broken without normal speech)
Social Stigma (Savage)

Skills (6)

12Axe/Mace
12Brawling
12Spear
14Stealth
14Thrown Weapon (Spear)
12Survival (Underdark)

Notes

GCS ancestry draft: gcs/troglodyte.gct
Source template total: 13 points.
Library-rebuilt template total: 13 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 -20-point reconciliation child requiring decomposition.

Encounter rating

CER29

Offense21

Protection8

Threat tierstandard

Appearing2

Wandering3

GCS v5 downloads

Where this one came from

Source record: Troglodyte [Monster Manual, page 246]
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/troglodyte.gct
Source template total: 13 points.
Library-rebuilt template total: 13 points.
CER was computed from parsed Typical Stats using the Dungeons On Automatic baseline CER path.
Issue #5: 1 special ability construction(s) restored (Stench). 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 13 points and the parsed source children sum to 33, a difference of -20. 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/troglodyte.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 21, PR 8, CER 29, threat tier standard.
Conversion baseline reported OR 14, PR 8, CER 22 (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 (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.
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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