Re: The D&D Monster Conversion Thread
 

Without trying to actually do it, but working through a rough version:

1. Start with the version of the flumph in the Tome of Horrors. I get something like ST 10, DX 13, IQ 10, HT 10. Subattributes are normal, other than Per and Will 12.
2. The flumph is Small, about 2 feet athwart. Its sub-attributes aren't unusual at all, it has 6 points of natural armor, BAB +1, Weapon Finesse. It would be about SM -3, DR 3* (Tough Skin), Brawling-11, Innate Attack-11. Its skill points went into Hide 2, Listen 2, Move Silently 2, Search 2, Spot 2, so we'll give it Acute Vision 1, Acute Hearing 1, Stealth-14, Observation-12.
3. It has Flight (Air Move 3) but doesn't move at all on the ground, so it has No Legs and No Manipulators. Its alignment (LG) and description as being "non-offensive" means some kind of Pacifism, like Cannot Harm Innocents. They like to be with others; Congenial? Chummy? You get the idea. Its Darkvision and Low-Light Vision would mean it can see well in the dark, which it needs being underground. Infravision is my guess.
4. Its spikes are strikers, and so they do 1d-1 impaling plus follow-up 1d-2 corrosive. Reach C. The acid keeps dealing damage for the next 1d seconds, with the special effect that you can run it under water or someone can make a First Aid check.
5. The spray from its, uh, let's not go there. Its spray is a jet that is 1 yard wide and has a range of 1/10, Acc 3. The victim must Resist HT or be nauseated for a number of seconds equal to the amount by which he missed the roll. Normally, DC 11 gives the resistance roll a +2, but I'm dropping that since in GURPS, to take effect, the flumph must hit, AND the foe must Dodge or Block, and he has to fail the resistance roll. D&D dispenses with the defense roll. I'll still give the +2 bonus to those folks who smell the lingering smell.
6. Your call whether to give it Reputation -4 (Really lame monster).

Re: The D&D Monster Conversion Thread
 

Is there some effort being made to normalize the monsters?

As someone noted, a D&D level 20 party taking on a dragon the size of a 747 is one thing. A GURPS party of 550-pt characters taking on the same dragon is just days away from being dragon manure...

Re: The D&D Monster Conversion Thread
 

Pathfinder had some neat ideas about them - you can read them here.

Re: The D&D Monster Conversion Thread
 

Great Wyrms are not appropriate opponents for small groups of remotely realistic humans at low tech levels. Such creatures are supposed to be able to fight entire armies. There are plenty of less powerful dragons in D&D that would make good opponents for 550-pt characters.

D&D characters (even 20th leveled ones) are not necessarily more powerful than GURPS characters, so I don't think such normalization attempts would be a good idea.

Re: The D&D Monster Conversion Thread
 

That's a strange thing to say about D&D.

Re: The D&D Monster Conversion Thread
 

I calculated the Combat Effectiveness Rating for about 200 monsters on the wiki; I'll let someone else get the practice on Jürgen's latest batch. I am not one for game balance all the darn time myself. Let 'em run.

Having said that, I wouldn't count out a party of 550-point characters against a 100 HP dragon. They have at least one action per combatant, easily bypassing the dragon in this regard, and will have loads of special abilities.

Re: Flumphs
 

Flumphs explicitly do in 3e as well. Shunning hunting isn't Pacifism.

Re: The D&D Monster Conversion Thread
 

Apparently, as the wyrm dragon is grossly underpowered. Personally, I'm opposed to normalization, not everything should be viable for a given power level of PC, any more than it's reasonable to have a great wyrm dragon in a level 10 D&D game.