Kar'niss

Kar'niss
Kar'niss
Level 6
Role	Moonlantern bearer
Voiced by	Joshua B. Sklar
Information
Title	Light of the Absolute
Race	Drow
Stats
Size	Medium
Type	Monstrosity
Armour Class	19
Hit points	184 (Balanced); 239 (Tactician);
Weight	300 kg (150 lb)
Initiative	+3
Ability scores
STR
STR	STR
Proficiency bonus	+3
Saving throws	Str +3; Dex +6; Con +4; Int +1; Wis +3; Cha +1;
Conditions
Spindleweb Fanaticism;	Entity and nearby allies deal an additional 1d6Psychic, as long as it isn't incapacitated. Movement speed increased by 3m/10ft.
Features
Sting The Helpless;	Deal an additional 1d4Poison against Restrained targets
Dual Wielder;	Can wield two non-heavy weapons even if they aren't light.
Alert;	+5 bonus to initiative and can't be Surprised
Dark Devotion;	Advantage on Saving Throws against being Charmed or Frightened
Darkvision;	Can see in the dark up to 12m/30ft.
Improved Critical Hit;	The number needed to roll a Critical Hit when attacking is reduced by 1
Multiattack: Wounded Target;	Can Multiattack if its target has fewer than all of its hit points
Opportunity Attack;	Automatically attack an enemy moving out of reach
Sunlight Sensitivity;	While in Sunlight, gain Disadvantage on Attack Rolls and Perception Checks that rely on sight
Web Walker;	Isn't slowed down by web surfaces, and can't be Enwebbed by them
Cull the Weak (Drider); Tactician	Deal an additional 2d6Slashing to targets below 50% of their maximum hit points

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

Can be spoken to in death with the 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 Last Light Inn before meeting the convoy, they may travel with a group of harpers to an ambush site. Kar'niss and his caravan will pass by the site, and can be defeated or convinced to leave the lantern and travel in to the Shadow-Curse.

If Kar'niss and his caravan are convinced to leave without the Moonlantern during the ambush in Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse, they can later be encountered as 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 Temporarily Hostile if attacked.

Attacks and abilities

Spells Known

Sanctuary
Spindleweb Sanctuary (Replaces Sanctuary on Tactician)

Related quests

Notable loot

External links

Kar'niss on the Forgotten Realms Wiki

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