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| name = Kar'niss | | name = Kar'niss | ||
| title = Light of the Absolute | | title = Light of the Absolute | ||
| image = | | image = <gallery> | ||
<gallery> | |||
Kar'niss.webp|In-game | Kar'niss.webp|In-game | ||
Portrait Kar'niss.png|Portrait | Portrait Kar'niss.png|Portrait | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
| | | identity = Male | ||
| va = Joshua B. Sklar | |||
| faction = [[Cult of the Absolute]] | | faction = [[Cult of the Absolute]] | ||
| role=[[Moonlantern]] bearer | | role = [[Moonlantern]] bearer | ||
| size = [[Medium]] | |||
| size = Medium | |||
| type = [[Monstrosity]] | | type = [[Monstrosity]] | ||
| race = [[Drider]] | |||
| level = 6 | | level = 6 | ||
| e hp = 128 | | e hp = 128 | ||
| hp = 184 | | hp = 184 | ||
| t hp = 239 | | t hp = 239 | ||
| ac = 19 | |||
| extra init = 5 | | extra init = 5 | ||
| movement m = 9 | | movement m = 9 | ||
| weight kg = 150 | | weight kg = 150 | ||
| xp = 150 | |||
| str = 16 | | str = 16 | ||
| dex = 16 | | dex = 16 | ||
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| passives = Alert, Dark Devotion, Darkvision, Dual Wielder, Improved Critical Hit, Multiattack: Wounded Target, Opportunity Attack, Sting The Helpless @ Cruel Sting, Sunlight Sensitivity, Web Walker | | passives = Alert, Dark Devotion, Darkvision, Dual Wielder, Improved Critical Hit, Multiattack: Wounded Target, Opportunity Attack, Sting The Helpless @ Cruel Sting, Sunlight Sensitivity, Web Walker | ||
| 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 | | 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 | ||
| uuid = aa59ce01-3d2e-42e8-a539-c07e0ea292ab | |||
| uid = S_SCL_Drider | |||
| stats = SCL_DriderCaravan_Drider | |||
}} | }} | ||
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{{DiQ|They must keep up. The shadows are hungry.|Kar'niss}} | {{DiQ|They must keep up. The shadows are hungry.|Kar'niss}} | ||
==Overview== | == Overview == | ||
Kar'niss is a key character involved in the questline | 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 anyone who perishes to the {{cond|Shadow Curse}} makes it stronger, and is starkly opposed to 'feeding' it. | ||
==Involvement== | == Involvement == | ||
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 | === Act Two === | ||
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 are 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]]. | |||
Otherwise, if | 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. 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}}. | ||
If Kar'niss and his convoy are convinced to leave without the Moonlantern during the ambush in | 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 {{CharLink|Shadow}}s, undead [[Harpers]], and undead prisoners. | ||
If Kar'niss survives the road to Moonrise, he | 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== | == Combat == | ||
===Attacks and abilities=== | === Attacks and abilities === | ||
{{Feature box|Multiattack (Drider)}} | {{Feature box|Multiattack (Drider)}} | ||
{{Feature box|Sanctuary}} | {{Feature box|Sanctuary}} | ||
{{Feature box|Venom Claws}} | {{Feature box|Venom Claws}} | ||
===Tactician and Honour Mode=== | === Tactician and Honour Mode === | ||
{{Feature box|Spindleweb Sanctuary}} | {{Feature box|Spindleweb Sanctuary}} | ||
===Honour Mode=== | === Honour Mode === | ||
{{Feature box|Fanatic Retaliation}} | {{Feature box|Fanatic Retaliation}} | ||
===Allies=== | === Allies === | ||
* {{ | * {{MdCharLink|Bedi}} | ||
* {{ | * {{MdCharLink|Vez|Brawler Vez}} | ||
* {{ | * {{MdCharLink|Kansif}} | ||
* {{ | * {{MdCharLink|Lora (goblin)|Sharp-Eye Lora}} | ||
* {{ | * {{MdCharLink|Gronag|Warrior Gronag}} | ||
=== | === Loot === | ||
*{{ | * {{MdRarityItem|Cruel Sting}} | ||
*{{ | * {{MdRarityItem|Moonlantern}} | ||
== Related quests == | == Related quests == | ||
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* {{Quest|Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse}} | * {{Quest|Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse}} | ||
==Speak with Dead== | == Speak with Dead == | ||
Kar'niss can be spoken to with | Kar'niss can be spoken to with {{SAI|Speak with Dead}}. | ||
{{Dialogue start}} | {{Dialogue start}} | ||
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*'''Kar'niss:''' Lantern... our Lady's ''light''... | *'''Kar'niss:''' Lantern... our Lady's ''light''... | ||
'''Party member:''' How did you trap that pixie in the lantern? | '''Party member:''' How did you trap that pixie in the lantern? | ||
*'''Kar'niss:''' Always... many voices... | *'''Kar'niss:''' Always... many voices... hers... the LOUDEST... | ||
'''Party member:''' How did the shadow curse come to be? | '''Party member:''' How did the shadow curse come to be? | ||
*'''Narrator:''' *The corpse remains silent. It does not know.* | *'''Narrator:''' *The corpse remains silent. It does not know.* | ||
{{Dialogue end}} | {{Dialogue end}} | ||
==Gallery== | == Gallery == | ||
<gallery heights=250> | <gallery heights="250"> | ||
File:Kar'niss Model.png|model | 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> | </gallery> | ||
==External links== | == 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}} | |||
== 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}} | |||
== External links == | |||
{{FRWiki|Kar'niss|long}} | {{FRWiki|Kar'niss|long}} | ||
{{Shadow-Cursed Lands}} | {{Shadow-Cursed Lands}} | ||
[[Category:Monstrosities]] | |||
[[Category:Driders]] | [[Category:Driders]] | ||
[[Category:Characters]] | [[Category:Characters]] | ||
[[Category:Characters in Act Two]] | |||
[[Category:Characters in the Shadow-Cursed Lands]] | [[Category:Characters in the Shadow-Cursed Lands]] | ||
[[Category:Bosses]] | [[Category:Bosses]] | ||
[[Category:Followers of the Absolute]] | [[Category:Followers of the Absolute]] | ||
[[Category:Available to Speak with Dead]] | [[Category:Available to Speak with Dead]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:07, 8 March 2025
Kar'niss is a drider in service of the Absolute, whom he serves after being cast out by Lolth, the Queen of Spiders.
“They must keep up. The shadows are hungry.„
Overview[edit | edit source]
Kar'niss is a key character involved in the questline 
, since he carries a 
Moonlantern that traps the pixie Dolly Dolly Dolly. He believes anyone who perishes to the 
makes it stronger, and is starkly opposed to 'feeding' it.
Involvement[edit | edit source]
Act Two[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 are 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 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 at Last Light Inn, or alone if they explore the Shadow-Cursed Lands and come across the checkpoint without interacting with the Harpers. 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 , they can later be encountered as 
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 still appears as 
if attacked. He is joined by several Shadows, undead Harpers, and undead prisoners.
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]
)
Melee: 1.5 m / 5 ft
Recharge: per turn 
+ 
)
Range: 18 m / 60 ft 
Tactician and Honour Mode[edit | edit source]
AoE: 3 m / 10 ft (Radius) Honour Mode[edit | edit source]
Allies[edit | edit source]
Loot[edit | edit source]
Related quests[edit | edit source]
Speak with Dead[edit | edit source]
Kar'niss can be spoken to with 
.
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... hers... the LOUDEST...
Party member: How did the shadow curse come to be?
- Narrator: *The corpse remains silent. It does not know.*
Gallery[edit | edit source]
model
Concept art by Tan Bur-Ci
Render by Maxime Ponslet
Alternate render by Maxime Ponslet
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.
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]
External links[edit | edit source]
Kar'niss on the Forgotten Realms Wiki