THAT'S not an armadillo with a gem on its head!!

[Wednesday Boy]

So last night I was Googling the various ENWorld xp titles to see what silly D&D creature they were. I got to the carbuncle and because I was pretty sure it was the armadillo-with-the-gem-on-its-head creature I looked it up on Google Images. On one hand, I learned that I should always add "D&D" to my image searches because unbeknownst to me a carbuncle is also "an infection larger than a boil with several openings for discharge of pus". On the other hand, I now have a surefire substitute when I'm fresh out of ipecac.

After I bleached my eyes and resumed my search I discovered that a carbuncle is also a "deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets". So I understand why they named the creature a carbuncle. But man-o-man do I wish they'd named it the cabochon. That search only provides endless serene pictures of smooth gemstones.

Learn from my mistakes EN Wolders! (Warning: Viewing of non-D&D carbuncle images via Google Images or otherwise may cause nausea, upset stomach, stomach pains, or general discomfort.)

 

[Mark Hope]

I had a similar experience recently wheen googling for pictures of the Wide-Toe Camel from the 3.5e Sandstorm supplement. It's a jungle out there!

 

[Piratecat]

It's so very true. Safe Search is your friend. I found that out accidentally when googling "it was a hairy bear" when looking for the lyrics to the Schoolhouse Rock "Adjectives" song.

 

[Vyvyan Basterd]

It's so very true. Safe Search is your friend. I found that out accidentally when googling "it was a hairy bear" when looking for the lyrics to the Schoolhouse Rock "Adjectives" song.

Too funny! An old player of mine and I were arguing about which items his druid carried would not meld when he turned into a bear. My wife, getting sick of hearing us argue, typed "anatomy of a bear" into Google and clicked on the first link. I never saw here turn so red as numerous adult site windows popped up faster than she could close them.

 

[Umbran]

In my graduate study, I needed to get myself a copy of the typesetting program commonly used to format scientific papers. So, I did a web-search on its name...

LaTeX.

Ugh.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

*SNORK*

My mom typed in .com instead of .org while looking for something political and got a brothel in Nevada.

Another time, she was looking for a particular brand of women's undergarments and misspelled it by one letter...and was rewarded with an ever-growing bumper crop of human anatomy that resulted in a scream for help. Clearing her computer took some time.

 

[the Jester]

Oh you guys.

You don't gotta lie to kick it.

SURE "Oh I MEANT the monster from Sandstorm..." sure.

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

I tried to do a search for "qullan" to see what that looked like. One of the top line image hits was a animated gif of a sonogram or something of (I think) a malformed beating heart on a Turkish wikipedia page. (It's still on the front page a line or two down, iirc.)

While not a "qullan", it was certainly icky... and will likely end up as a set piece for an encounter in the future. Naturally.

 

[Ysgarran]

After I bleached my eyes and resumed my search I discovered that a carbuncle is also a "deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets".

Eye Bleach, here ya go:
cute animal pictures - Google Search

 

[Sorrowdusk]

I tried to do a search for "qullan" to see what that looked like. One of the top line image hits was a animated gif of a sonogram or something of (I think) a malformed beating heart on a Turkish wikipedia page. (It's still on the front page a line or two down, iirc.)

While not a "qullan", it was certainly icky... and will likely end up as a set piece for an encounter in the future. Naturally.

"GIF-animation showing a moving echocardiogram; a 3D-loop of a heart viewed from the apex, with the apical part of the ventricles removed and the mitral valve clearly visible. Due to missing data the leaflet of the tricuspid and aortic valve is not clearly visible, but the openings are. "

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Apikal4D.gif

I like the way you think.