Editing Kar'niss

{{Infobox character|name=Kar'niss|level=6|image=Kar'niss.webp|role=[[Moonlantern]] bearer|voice=Joshua B. Sklar|titles=Light of the Absolute|race=[[Drow]]|module1={{Infobox statistics
| child = yes
| str = 16
| dex = 16
| con = 18
| int = 13
| wis = 16
| cha = 12
| dex_save_proficiency = yes
| size = Medium
| type = Monstrosity
| armour_class = 19
| hit_points = 184
| hit_points_tactician = 239
| weight_kg = 150
| weight_lb = 300
| condition1_mode = Balanced
| condition1_name = Spindleweb Fanaticism
| condition1_description = Entity and nearby allies deal an additional {{DamageText|1d6|Psychic}}, as long as it isn't incapacitated. Movement speed increased by 3m/10ft.
| feature1_name = Sting The Helpless
| feature1_mode = Balanced
| feature1_item = Cruel Sting
| feature1_description = Deal an additional {{DamageText|1d4|Poison}} against {{cond|Restrained}} targets
| feature2_name = Dual Wielder
| feature2_mode = Balanced
| feature2_description = Can wield two non-heavy weapons even if they aren't light.
| feature3_name = Alert
| feature3_mode = Balanced
| feature3_description = +5 bonus to initiative and can't be {{cond|Surprised}}
| feature4_name = Dark Devotion
| feature4_mode = Balanced
| feature4_description = Advantage on Saving Throws against being {{cond|Charmed}} or {{cond|Frightened}}
| feature5_name = Darkvision
| feature5_mode = Balanced
| feature5_description = Can see in the dark up to 12m/30ft.
| feature6_name = Improved Critical Hit
| feature6_mode = Balanced
| feature6_description = The number needed to roll a Critical Hit when attacking is reduced by 1
| feature7_name = Multiattack: Wounded Target
| feature7_mode = Balanced
| feature7_description = Can Multiattack if its target has fewer than all of its hit points
| feature8_name = Opportunity Attack
| feature8_mode = Balanced
| feature8_description = Automatically attack an enemy moving out of reach
| feature9_name = Sunlight Sensitivity
| feature9_mode = Balanced
| feature9_description = While in Sunlight, gain Disadvantage on Attack Rolls and Perception Checks that rely on sight
| feature10_name = Web Walker
| feature10_mode = Balanced
| feature10_description = Isn't slowed down by web surfaces, and can't be {{cond|Enwebbed}} by them
| feature11_name = Cull the Weak (Drider)
| feature11_mode = Tactician
| feature11_description = Deal an additional {{DamageText|2d6|Slashing}} to targets below 50% of their maximum hit points
| feature12_name = Legendary Action: Fanatic Retaliation
| feature12_mode = Honour
| feature12_description = Once per round when a Spindleweb Fanatic is killed, Kar'niss can use a Legendary Action to possibly deal {{DamageText|6d10|Psychic}} and silence the attacker.
| hiddenlevel = 6
}}}}
'''Kar'niss''' is a {{FRWiki|Drider}} in service of the [[Absolute]], whom he serves after being cast out by [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Lolth Lolth, the Queen of Spiders.] He's a key character involved in the questline [[Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse]], since he carries a [[Moonlantern]] that traps the pixie [[Dolly Dolly Dolly]]. He believes that anyone who perishes to the {{cond|Shadow Curse}} makes it stronger.

Can be spoken to in death with the {{SAI|Speak with Dead}} spell.

== Encounters ==
Kar'niss may be first encountered in two different ways. While entering the Shadow-Cursed Lands from [[Rosymorn Monastery Trail]], a group of [[Absolute]] followers will be waiting for [[Minthara]] to arrive and summon the guide. The player can use the [[Spider's Lyre]] to summon Kar'niss, then follow the convoy to [[Moonrise Towers]].

Otherwise, if the party reaches the Shadow-Cursed Lands through [[Grymforge]], they may encounter Kar'niss' caravan mid-transit - either alongside a group of Harpers to ambush them and claim the lantern as part of a quest given by [[Jaheira]] at [[Last Light Inn]], or alone if they explore the Shadow-Cursed Lands and come across the checkpoint without interacting with the Harpers first. The Harper ambush will also be encountered if the party followed the caravan from the start. In each of these scenarios, the party may choose to follow the convoy to Moonrise, kill Kar'niss and his followers to take his lantern, or convince him through dialogue to relinquish it and walk away to his death.

If Kar'niss and his convoy are convinced to leave without the Moonlantern during the ambush in [[Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse]], they can later be encountered as {{cond|Shadow-Cursed Undead}} in [[Reithwin Town]], south of the statue of [[Ketheric Thorm]] outside the [[Sharran Sanctuary]] and north of the bridge to [[Moonrise Towers]]. They are automatically hostile to the party in this form and cannot be interacted with other than by attacking, but Kar'niss will still appear as {{cond|Temporarily Hostile}} if attacked. He will be joined by several [[Shadow]]s, undead [[Harpers]], undead prisoners, etc. thus making the fight unnecessarily difficult. 

If Kar'niss survives the road to Moonrise, he will run up the tower to seek the Absolute's blessing on the rooftop, where he can be encountered one final time as he fights alongside Ketheric when the party storms the tower at the end of Act 2.

== Attacks and abilities==
{{Feature box|link=Venom Claws|name=Venom Claws|image name=Generic Physical.webp
|Lash out with venomous claws.

{{Attack Roll}}: +6

{{DamageInfo|3d6+3|Piercing}} +<br>
{{DamageInfo|2d8|Poison}}
}}

{{Feature box|link=Multiattack (Drider)|name= Multiattack|image name=Multiattack Earth Elemental.webp
|* Deals muliple rounds of damage using his equipped weapon.
* Target must be below maximum [[Hit Points]].

{{Attack Roll}}: +6

{{DamageInfo|1d10+3|Slashing}} +<br>
{{DamageInfo|1d10+3|Slashing}} +<br>
{{DamageInfo|1d10+3|Slashing}}
}}

=== Spells Known ===

{{Feature box|link=Sanctuary|name=Sanctuary|image name=Sanctuary.webp
|* You or an ally cannot be targeted until you attack or harm a creature. You can still take damage from area spells.
* Until the affected entity attacks or harms another creature, it cannot be targeted by enemy attacks. However, it can still take damage from spells that influence a larger area.
}}

{{Feature box|link=Spindleweb Sanctuary|name=Spindleweb Sanctuary|image name=Spindleweb Sanctuary.webp
| 
'''Tactician Only, replaces Sanctuary'''
* Protect yourself from attackers in the Absolute's gaze. If you attack or harm another creature, the sanctuary shatters, dealing {{DamageText|3d8|Psychic}} to nearby creatures.
* Until the affected entity attacks or harms another creature, it cannot be targeted by enemy attacks. However, it can still take damage from spells that influence a larger area.
}}

== Related quests==
* [[Follow the Convoy]]
* [[Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse]]

== Notable loot ==
* {{RarityItem|Cruel Sting|30}}
* {{RarityItem|Moonlantern|30}}

== Speak with Dead ==
Kar'niss can be spoken to with [[Speak with Dead]].

'''Player:''' Who are you?

* '''Kar'niss:''' Erased... forgotten... we are... ''drider''...

'''Player:''' What happened to you?

* '''Kar'niss:''' Lolth... cast out... Absolute... ''saved''...

'''Player:''' Who killed you?

* '''Kar'niss:''' Traitor... heretic...

'''Player:''' Where are you from?

* '''Kar'niss:''' Moonrise...

'''Player:''' What were you doing?

* '''Kar'niss:''' Shepherding... the faithful... carrying... our Lady's light...

'''Player:''' You walk the shadows safely. How?

* '''Kar'niss:''' Lantern... our Lady's ''light''...

'''Player:''' How did you trap that pixie in the lantern?

* '''Kar'niss:''' Always... many voices... her... the LOUDEST...

'''Player:''' How did the shadow curse come to be?

* '''Narrator:''' *The corpse remains silent. It does not know.*

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Kar'niss Model.png|model
</gallery>

== External links ==
{{FRWiki|Kar'niss|long}}

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[[Category: Bosses]]
[[Category: Drow]]
[[Category: Followers of the Absolute]]
[[Category: Driders]]
[[Category: Companions]]
[[Category:Available to Speak with Dead]]
[[Category:Monstrosities]]