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Man, carbuncle from the Final Fantasy series (the carbuncle summon) was like a giant rock golem thing.
I think people just don't agree on what a carbuncle is.
Edit: The second definition of carbuncle, and probably the one being referred to over the boils, is a red gemstone.
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In most of the Final Fantasies, Carbuncle is a furry four-legged mammal with a gem on its head or in its head.
No idea where PF got this lizard thing :)
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In most of the Final Fantasies, Carbuncle is a furry four-legged mammal with a gem on its head or in its head.
No idea where PF got this lizard thing :)
Specifically I was thinking of final fantasy tactics, although I recalled it as a rock monster with a big red gem in its head. Although this art picture definitely makes it look like a reptile with a big red gem in its head.
Perhaps the game graphics to my mind at that time make it look more lick a rock monster than reptile. I'm not sure.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbunclo
haha... I literally just came back to post that after I got a little Google sidetracked. Only took a minute of Google searching to find it once I became unsidetracked. Shows how much people have no idea how to use Google really...
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The AD&D 1e Fiend Folio has a carbuncle as a 1HD telepathic armadillo with a ruby in its head. It uses telepathy to cause trouble and strife.
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This one uses it to compel its masters to give tasty fruit and also to pretend to be dead. :D
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In most of the Final Fantasies, Carbuncle is a furry four-legged mammal with a gem on its head or in its head.
No idea where PF got this lizard thing :)
Specifically I was thinking of final fantasy tactics, although I recalled it as a rock monster with a big red gem in its head. Although this art picture definitely makes it look like a reptile with a big red gem in its head.
Perhaps the game graphics to my mind at that time make it look more lick a rock monster than reptile. I'm not sure.
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For the record, I am definitely not biased, and you should all agree with Claxon.
So I was looking through beast when I saw the carbuncle listed. I was curious what type of stats a weird hand parasite would have. But it came and said it was a reptile.
This is so strange, did anyone knew this was a thing?
For reference:
Carbuncle creature. I used the image from PF2 because it looks nice.
Countenanced Carbuncle Image from Vampire Hunter D film. Which Pathfinder made feats for.
From what I recall off the top of my head, the "Countenanced Carbuncle" was meant to represent the parasitic life-form in D's hand. It was suggested that Crawling Hand familiar stats be used when it was unattached, although the creature type was changed from undead to something else, like aberration, and it might have lost the dark vision trait too.
From what I recall off the top of my head, the "Countenanced Carbuncle" was meant to represent the parasitic life-form in D's hand. It was suggested that Crawling Hand familiar stats be used when it was unattached, although the creature type was changed from undead to something else, like aberration, and it might have lost the dark vision trait too.
Might've made a mistake earlier- my apologies for any confusion; apparently, Countenanced Carbuncles use the Boilborn stats.
Must've got it mixed up with stuff from the Possessed Hand set of feats, which uses the Crawling Hand stats.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbunclo
Oh goodness, that was a fun read, thanks for linking that!
After reading the bit about 'gems in the brains of dragons,' now I want a Rogue conman to convince some impressionable Barbarian that there's a magic gem inside dragon's brains that will give him the power to fly or make him regenerate or make him 'smart/charming/immortal' like a dragon or some nonsense.
Cue a few years later, the Barbarian is wading through a dead dragon's brain, cussing up a storm and looking for 'the pearl' and the Wizard asks the Rogue, "Are you ever gonna tell him?" "Honestly, I never thought he'd be able to kill a dragon, and now I'm kinda scared..."