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{{Infobox creature
{{CharacterInfo
| name = Kar'niss
|title =
| title = Light of the Absolute
|name = Kar'niss
| image =  
|image=[[File:Kar'niss.webp|350px]]
<gallery>
|STR=16
Kar'niss.webp|In-game
|DEX=16
Portrait Kar'niss.png|Portrait
|CON=18
</gallery>
|INT=13
| race = {{FRWiki|Drider}}
|WIS=16
| faction = [[Cult of the Absolute]]
|CHA=12
| role=[[Moonlantern]] bearer
|level=6
| va = [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9157161 Joshua B. Sklar]
|race=[[Drow|Lolth-Sworn Drow]], Drider
| size = Medium
|type=Humanoid
| type = [[Monstrosity]]
|HP=184
| level = 6
|AC=19
| ac = 19
|speed=9m / 30ft
| e hp = 128
|size=Medium
| hp = 184
|weight=150kg
| t hp = 239
|initiative=+8
| extra init = 5
|class = Drider
| movement m = 9
|location = [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]]
| weight kg = 150
|proficiency=3
| str = 16
|passive=
| dex = 16
* {{SmallIcon|Fighting Style Two Weapon Icon.png}} [[Fighter|Duel Wielder]]
| con = 18
| int = 13
| wis = 16
| cha = 12
| dex save prof = yes
| conditions = Spindleweb Fanaticism
| passives = Darkvision, Sunlight Sensitivity, Opportunity Attack, Sting The Helpless @ Cruel Sting, Dual Wielder, Multiattack: Wounded Target, Improved Critical Hit, Dark Devotion, Alert, Web Walker
| t passives = Cull the Weak, Darkvision, Sunlight Sensitivity, Opportunity Attack, Sting The Helpless @ Cruel Sting, Dual Wielder, Multiattack: Wounded Target, Improved Critical Hit, Dark Devotion, Alert, Web Walker
}}


'''Kar'niss''' is a {{FRWiki|Drider}} in service of the [[Absolute]], whom he serves after being cast out by [[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.
* {{SmallIcon|Alert Icon.png}} [[Alert]]


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


==Encounters==
* {{SmallIcon|Darkvision Icon.png}} [[Darkvision (Passive Feature)|Darkvision]]
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 party 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.
* [[Fighter|Improved Critical Hits]]


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.
* Multiattack: Wounded Target


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.
* {{SmallIcon|Attack Of Opportunity Icon 64px.png}} [[Attack of Opportunity]]


==Attacks and abilities==
* {{SmallIcon|Sunlight Sensitivity Icon.png}} [[Sunlight Sensitivity]]
{{Feature box|Venom Claws}}


{{Feature box|Multiattack (Drider)}}
* [[Web Walker]]
 
|alt-name=Model
{{Feature box|Sanctuary}}
|alt-image=[[File:Kar'niss Model.png|350px]]
 
}}
====Tactician Only====
{{Feature box|Spindleweb Sanctuary}}
 
==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]].
 
'''Party member:''' Who are you?
 
*'''Kar'niss:''' Erased... forgotten... we are... ''drider''...
 
'''Party member:''' What happened to you?
 
*'''Kar'niss:''' Lolth... cast out... Absolute... ''saved''...
 
'''Party member:''' Who killed you?
 
*'''Kar'niss:''' Traitor... heretic...
 
'''Party member:''' Where are you from?
 
*'''Kar'niss:''' Moonrise...
 
'''Party member:''' What were you doing?
 
*'''Kar'niss:''' Shepherding... the faithful... carrying... our Lady's light...


'''Party member:''' You walk the shadows safely. How?
Kar'niss is a [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Drider 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 [[Shadow Curse]] makes it stronger.


*'''Kar'niss:''' Lantern... our Lady's ''light''...
Can be spoken to in death with the {{SmIconLink|Speak with Dead Icon.png|Speak with Dead}} spell.
===Venom Claws ===
Lash out with venomous claws.


'''Party member:''' How did you trap that pixie in the lantern?
{{Attack Roll}}: +6{{DamageInfo|count=3|die=6|plus=3|type=Piercing}}{{DamageInfo|count=2|die=8|type=Poison}}
=== Multiattack: Wounded Target ===
Target must be below maximum [[Hit Points]].


*'''Kar'niss:''' Always... many voices... her... the LOUDEST...
{{Attack Roll}}: +6{{DamageInfo|count=1|die=10|plus=3|type=Slashing}}{{DamageInfo|count=1|die=10|plus=3|type=Slashing}}{{DamageInfo|count=1|die=10|plus=3|type=Slashing}}


'''Party member:''' How did the shadow curse come to be?
=== Spells Known ===


*'''Narrator:''' *The corpse remains silent. It does not know.*
* {{SmallIcon|Sanctuary Icon.png}} [[Sanctuary]]


==Gallery==
==Unique Traits==
<gallery>
'''Spindleweb Fanaticism:''' Affected entity and its allies deal an additional
File:Kar'niss Model.png|model
{{DamageInfo|count=1|die=6|type=Psychic}}
</gallery>
damage, as long as it isn't [[Incapacitated (Condition)|Incapacitated]]. The entity's [[Movement Speed]] is also increased by {{Range|m=3|ft=10}}.


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


{{Shadow-Cursed Lands}}
* {{RarityItem|Cruel Sting|30}}
[[Category:Driders]]
* {{RarityItem|Moonlantern|30}}
[[Category:Monstrosities]]
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[[Category:Characters]]
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[[Category:Characters in the Shadow-Cursed Lands]]
[[Category: Bosses]]
[[Category:Characters in Act Two]]
[[Category: Drow]]
[[Category:Bosses]]
[[Category: Followers of the Absolute]]
[[Category:Followers of the Absolute]]
[[Category: Driders]]
[[Category: Companions]]
[[Category: Characters in Act 2]]
[[Category:Available to Speak with Dead]]
[[Category:Available to Speak with Dead]]
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