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{{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
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| description = Kar'niss is a drider in service of the Absolute, whom he serves after being cast out by Lolth, the Queen of Spiders.
| image = Kar'niss.webp
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{{Infobox creature
| name = Kar'niss
| identity = Male
| title = Light of the Absolute
| image =  
<gallery>
Kar'niss.webp|In-game
Portrait Kar'niss.png|Portrait
</gallery>
| race = [[Drider]]
| faction = [[Cult of the Absolute]]
| role=[[Moonlantern]] bearer
| va = Joshua B. Sklar
| size = [[Medium]]
| type = [[Monstrosity]]
| level = 6
| ac = 19
| e hp = 128
| hp = 184
| t hp = 239
| extra init = 5
| movement m = 9
| xp = 150
| weight kg = 150
| str = 16
| str = 16
| dex = 16
| dex = 16
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| wis = 16
| wis = 16
| cha = 12
| cha = 12
| dex_save_proficiency = yes
| dex save prof = yes
| size = Medium
| conditions = Spindleweb Fanaticism
| type = Monstrosity
| passives = Alert, Dark Devotion, Darkvision, Dual Wielder, Improved Critical Hit, Multiattack: Wounded Target, Opportunity Attack, Sting The Helpless @ Cruel Sting, Sunlight Sensitivity, Web Walker
| armour_class = 19
| t passives = Cull the Weak, Alert, Dark Devotion, Darkvision, Dual Wielder, Improved Critical Hit, Multiattack: Wounded Target, Opportunity Attack, Sting The Helpless @ Cruel Sting, Sunlight Sensitivity, Web Walker
| hit_points = 184
| uuid = aa59ce01-3d2e-42e8-a539-c07e0ea292ab
| hit_points_tactician = 239
| uid = S_SCL_Drider
| weight_kg = 150
| stats = SCL_DriderCaravan_Drider
| 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 ===
'''Kar'niss''' is a [[drider]] in service of the [[Absolute]], whom he serves after being cast out by [[Lolth|Lolth, the Queen of Spiders]].
 
{{DiQ|They must keep up. The shadows are hungry.|Kar'niss}}
{{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
==Overview==
|
Kar'niss is a key character involved in the questline {{Quest|Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse}}, since he carries a {{SmRarityItem|Moonlantern}} that traps the pixie {{CharLink|Dolly Dolly Dolly}}. He believes that anyone who perishes to the {{cond|Shadow Curse}} makes it stronger, and is starkly opposed to 'feeding' it.
'''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==
==Involvement==
* [[Follow the Convoy]]
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  {{CharLink|Minthara}} to arrive and summon the guide. The party can use the {{SmRarityItem|Spider's Lyre}} to summon Kar'niss, then follow the convoy to [[Moonrise Towers]].
* [[Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse]]


== Notable loot ==
Otherwise, if reaching the Shadow-Cursed Lands through [[Grymforge]], the party 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  {{CharLink|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 can also be encountered if the party followed the caravan from the start. In each of these scenarios, the party can 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. Disarming Kar'niss causes him to drop the {{SmRarityItem|Moonlantern}}.
* {{RarityItem|Cruel Sting|30}}
* {{RarityItem|Moonlantern|30}}


== Speak with Dead ==
If Kar'niss and his convoy are convinced to leave without the Moonlantern during the ambush in {{Quest|Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse}}, they can later be encountered as {{cond|Shadow-Cursed Undead}} in [[Reithwin Town]], south of the statue of  {{CharLink|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 still appears as {{cond|Temporarily Hostile}} if attacked. He is joined by several [[Shadow]]s, undead [[Harpers]], undead prisoners, etc. thus making the fight unnecessarily difficult.  
Kar'niss can be spoken to with [[Speak with Dead]].


'''Player:''' Who are you?
If Kar'niss survives the road to Moonrise Towers, he runs 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 storming the tower at the end of [[Act Two]].


* '''Kar'niss:''' Erased... forgotten... we are... ''drider''...
==Combat==
===Attacks and abilities===
{{Feature box|Multiattack (Drider)}}
{{Feature box|Sanctuary}}
{{Feature box|Venom Claws}}


'''Player:''' What happened to you?
===Tactician and Honour Mode===
{{Feature box|Spindleweb Sanctuary}}


* '''Kar'niss:''' Lolth... cast out... Absolute... ''saved''...
===Honour Mode===
{{Feature box|Fanatic Retaliation}}


'''Player:''' Who killed you?
===Allies===
* {{MdCharLink|Bedi}}
* {{MdCharLink|Vez|Brawler Vez}}
* {{MdCharLink|Kansif}}
* {{MdCharLink|Lora (goblin)|Sharp-Eye Lora}}
* {{MdCharLink|Gronag|Warrior Gronag}}


* '''Kar'niss:''' Traitor... heretic...
===Notable loot===
*{{RarityItem|Cruel Sting|30}}
*{{RarityItem|Moonlantern|30}}


'''Player:''' Where are you from?
== Related quests ==
* {{Quest|Follow the Convoy}}
* {{Quest|Infiltrate Moonrise Towers}}
* {{Quest|Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse}}


* '''Kar'niss:''' Moonrise...
==Speak with Dead==
Kar'niss can be spoken to with {{SAI|Speak with Dead}}.


'''Player:''' What were you doing?
{{Dialogue start}}
'''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:''' Lantern... our Lady's ''light''...
'''Party member:''' How did you trap that pixie in the lantern?
*'''Kar'niss:''' Always... many voices... her... the LOUDEST...
'''Party member:''' How did the shadow curse come to be?
*'''Narrator:''' *The corpse remains silent. It does not know.*
{{Dialogue end}}


* '''Kar'niss:''' Shepherding... the faithful... carrying... our Lady's light...
==Notes==
{{notebegin}}
* As a drider, Kar'niss is half drow - which means his weapon, {{SmRarityItem|Cruel Sting}}, grants extra Poison damage (as it does when wielded by a drow.){{verify}}
{{noteend}}


'''Player:''' You walk the shadows safely. How?
==Bugs==
{{notebegin}}
* If summoned with the lyre after killing the Absolute followers at the meeting point, a dialogue bug may occur: none of the skill check dialogue options works and the player character is booted out from the Kar'niss dialogue whenever one of these is selected. Currently, no solution to this bug is known.
{{noteend}}


* '''Kar'niss:''' Lantern... our Lady's ''light''...
==Gallery==
<gallery heights="250">
File:Kar'niss Model.png|model
Tan-burci-drider-concept.jpg|Concept art by Tan Bur-Ci
Maxime-ponslet-a00.jpg|Render by Maxime Ponslet
Maxime-ponslet-a01.jpg|Alternate render by Maxime Ponslet
</gallery>


'''Player:''' How did you trap that pixie in the lantern?
==External links==
{{FRWiki|Kar'niss|long}}


* '''Kar'niss:''' Always... many voices... her... the LOUDEST...
{{Shadow-Cursed Lands}}
 
[[Category:Driders]]
'''Player:''' How did the shadow curse come to be?
[[Category:Monstrosities]]
 
[[Category:Characters]]
* '''Narrator:''' *The corpse remains silent. It does not know.*
[[Category:Characters in the Shadow-Cursed Lands]]
 
[[Category:Characters in Act Two]]
== External links ==
[[Category:Bosses]]
* {{FRWiki|Kar'niss|long}}
[[Category:Followers of the Absolute]]
 
{{NavShadowCursedLands}}{{Inflicts|Spindleweb Fanaticism|creature}}
[[Category: Bosses]]
[[Category: Drow]]
[[Category: Followers of the Absolute]]
[[Category: Driders]]
[[Category: Companions]]
[[Category:Available to Speak with Dead]]
[[Category:Available to Speak with Dead]]
[[Category:Monstrosities]]

Latest revision as of 01:59, 8 February 2025

Kar'niss is a drider in service of the Absolute, whom he serves after being cast out by Lolth, the Queen of Spiders.

Portrait Kar'niss.png
“
They must keep up. The shadows are hungry.
„
— Kar'niss

Overview[edit | edit source]

Kar'niss is a key character involved in the questline Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse, since he carries a Moonlantern that traps the pixie Dolly Dolly Dolly Dolly Dolly Dolly. He believes that anyone who perishes to the Shadow Curse Shadow Curse makes it stronger, and is starkly opposed to 'feeding' it.

Involvement[edit | edit source]

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 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 reaching the Shadow-Cursed Lands through Grymforge, the party 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 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 can also be encountered if the party followed the caravan from the start. In each of these scenarios, the party can 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. Disarming Kar'niss causes him to drop the Moonlantern.

If Kar'niss and his convoy are convinced to leave without the Moonlantern during the ambush in Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse, they can later be encountered as Shadow-Cursed Undead Shadow-Cursed Undead in Reithwin Town, south of the statue of Ketheric Thorm 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 still appears as Temporarily Hostile Temporarily Hostile if attacked. He is joined by several Shadows, undead Harpers, undead prisoners, etc. thus making the fight unnecessarily difficult.

If Kar'niss survives the road to Moonrise Towers, he runs 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 storming the tower at the end of Act Two.

Combat[edit | edit source]

Attacks and abilities[edit | edit source]

Multiattack Earth Elemental.webp
Multiattack Multiattack ()
Damage:
Normal weapon damage

Target must be below its maximum hit points.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft
Recharge: per turn
Sanctuary.webp
Sanctuary Sanctuary (+ )

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.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft
Generic Physical.webp
Venom Claws Venom Claws ()
Damage: 8~37
D6 Piercing.pngD8 Poison.png
3d6 + 3Damage TypesPiercing
+ 2d8Damage TypesPoison

Lash out with venomous claws..

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

Tactician and Honour Mode[edit | edit source]

Spindleweb Sanctuary.webp
Spindleweb Sanctuary Spindleweb Sanctuary (+ )
Damage: 3~24

Protect yourself from attackers in the Absolute's gaze. If you attack or harm another creature, the sanctuary shatters, dealing 3d8Damage TypesPsychic 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.

INT Save
 Range: 18 m / 60 ft
AoE: 3 m / 10 ft (Radius)

Honour Mode[edit | edit source]

Legendary Action Fanatic Retaliation.webp
Fanatic Retaliation Fanatic Retaliation
Damage: 6~60

Avenge a fallen Spindleweb Fanatic Spindleweb Fanatic with a psionic barrage that can Silence Silence its killer.

INT Save
 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

Allies[edit | edit source]

Notable loot[edit | edit source]

Related quests[edit | edit source]

Speak with Dead[edit | edit source]

Kar'niss can be spoken to with Speak with Dead 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: Lantern... our Lady's light...

Party member: How did you trap that pixie in the lantern?

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

Party member: How did the shadow curse come to be?

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

Notes[edit | edit source]

  • As a drider, Kar'niss is half drow - which means his weapon, Cruel Sting, grants extra Poison damage (as it does when wielded by a drow.)[Needs Verification]

Bugs[edit | edit source]

  • If summoned with the lyre after killing the Absolute followers at the meeting point, a dialogue bug may occur: none of the skill check dialogue options works and the player character is booted out from the Kar'niss dialogue whenever one of these is selected. Currently, no solution to this bug is known.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • model

    model

  • Concept art by Tan Bur-Ci

    Concept art by Tan Bur-Ci

  • Render by Maxime Ponslet

    Render by Maxime Ponslet

  • Alternate render by Maxime Ponslet

    Alternate render by Maxime Ponslet

External links[edit | edit source]

Kar'niss on the Forgotten Realms Wiki

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