Magical Beast · SM +3 Yrthak [Monster Manual, page 262]
Attributes
Melee attacks
| Usage | Level | Damage | Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp ClawsSharp Claws (14): thrust 4d+2 cutting (KYOS: 6d+1 cutting), Reach C-2. Can only use claws when flying. | 14 | thrust 4d+2 cutting (KYOS: 6d+1 cutting) | C-2 |
| Sharp TeethSharp Teeth (14): thrust 4d+2 cutting (KYOS: 6d+1 cutting), Reach C. | 14 | thrust 4d+2 cutting (KYOS: 6d+1 cutting) | C |
| Sonic LanceSonic Lance (14): Once per 5 seconds, a yrthak can focus sonic enery in a ray. This is a ranged attack with Acc 3 and Range 10/100 that costs 1 FP. The ray deals 4d burning non-incendiary damage. The attack produces an explosion at the point of impact (on a miss, check for scatter; see p. B414). The target takes damage normally; anything nearby receives “collateral damage” equal to basic damage divided by (3 x distance in yards from the blast). If the attack hits the ground, a large rock, a stone wall, or the like, it creates an explosion of shattered stone. Everyone within 5 yards is attacked with effective skill 15, modified by range penalties from the point of impact; see Fragmentation Damage (p. B414). The fragments deal 1d large piercing damage. | 14 | Once per 5 seconds, a yrthak can focus sonic enery in a ray. This is a ranged attack with Acc 3 and Range 10/100 that costs 1 FP. The ray deals 4d burning non-incendiary damage. The attack produces an explosion at the point of impact (on a miss, check for scatter; see p. B414). The target takes damage normally; anything nearby receives “collateral damage” equal to basic damage divided by (3 x distance in yards from the blast). If the attack hits the ground, a large rock, a stone wall, or the like, it creates an explosion of shattered stone. Everyone within 5 yards is attacked with effective skill 15, modified by range penalties from the point of impact; see Fragmentation Damage (p. B414). The fragments deal 1d large piercing damage | — |
Traits (11)
- Acute Hearing 3
- Bestial
- Blindness
- Born Biter 1
- Extended Lifespan 1
- Flight (Cannot Hover; Winged)
- Foot Manipulators
- Injury Tolerance (No Eyes)
- No Fine Manipulators
- Sonar (Accessibility, In air; Biological (Passive); Increased Range, 10x; Restricted Arc, 60°; Targeting)
- Vulnerability (Sonic, x2)
Skills (2)
- 14Brawling
- 14Innate Attack (Beam)
Notes
- GCS ancestry draft: gcs/yrthak.gct
- Source template total: 121 points.
- Library-rebuilt template total: 121 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.
- Length 20 feet. Weight 5,000 lbs.
Encounter rating
Tags
- srd-3-5
- magical-beast
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Where this one came from
- Source record
- Yrthak [Monster Manual, page 262]
- 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/yrthak.gct
- Source template total: 121 points.
- Library-rebuilt template total: 121 points.
- CER was computed from parsed Typical Stats using the Dungeons On Automatic baseline CER path.
- CER recomputed from the reviewed Typical Stats through the canonical Dungeons on Automatic CER path: OR 31, PR 35, CER 66, threat tier major.
- Conversion baseline reported OR 35, PR 35, CER 70 (tier major). 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 1, wandering weight 2. 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.
Enraged Eggplant GURPS monster conversions; used, adapted, and republished with unrestricted permission from the author. Portrait and tokens are AI-generated original art. Sources and credits.

