Kar'niss

Kar'niss
Stats
Level 6
STR 16 (+3) DEX 16 (+3) CON 18 (+4) INT 13 (+1) WIS 16 (+3) CHA 12 (+1)
Race	Lolth-Sworn Drow, Drider
Type	Humanoid
HP	184; 239TTactician
AC	19
Movement Speed	9m / 30ft
Size	Medium
Weight	150kg
Proficiency Bonus	+3
Initiative	+8
Passive features
Dual Wielder  Alert  Cull the WeakTTactician  Dark Devotion  Darkvision  Improved Critical Hit  Multiattack: Wounded Target  Opportunity Attack Sting The HelplessTTactician  Sunlight Sensitivity  Web Walker
Character information
Class	Drider
Location	Shadow-Cursed Lands
Additional information
Voice actor	Joshua B. Sklar
Model

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

Venom Claws

Lash out with venomous claws. Attack roll: +6

3d6 + 3 (6~21) Piercing damage

2d8 (2~16) Poison damage

 Multiattack ()

Normal weapon damage

Target must be below its maximum hit points.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

Spells Known

•  Sanctuary

Unique traits

Spindleweb Fanaticism

Affected entity and its allies deal an additional

1d6 (1~6) Psychic damage

damage, as long as it isn't Incapacitated. The entity's Movement Speed is also increased by

 Range: 3 m / 10 ft.

Related quests

• Follow the Convoy
• Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse

Notable loot

• Cruel Sting
• Moonlantern

External links

• Kar'niss on the Forgotten Realms Wiki