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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
|title =
| child = yes
|name = Kar'niss
| str = 16
|image=[[File:Kar'niss.webp|350px]]
| dex = 16
|STR=16
| con = 18
|DEX=16
| int = 13
|CON=18
| wis = 16
|INT=13
| cha = 12
|WIS=16
| dex_save_proficiency = yes
|CHA=12
| size = Medium
|level=6
| type = Monstrosity
|race=[[Drow|Lolth-Sworn Drow]], Drider
| armour_class = 19
|type=Humanoid
| hit_points = 184
|HP=184
| hit_points_tactician = 239
|AC=19
| weight_kg = 150
|speed=9m / 30ft
| weight_lb = 300
|size=Medium
| condition1_mode = Balanced
|weight=150kg
| condition1_name = Spindleweb Fanaticism
|initiative=+8
| 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.
|class = Drider
| feature1_name = Sting The Helpless
|location = [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]]
| feature1_mode = Balanced
|proficiency=3
| feature1_item = Cruel Sting
|passive=
| feature1_description = Deal an additional {{DamageText|1d4|Poison}} against {{cond|Restrained}} targets
{{PAS|Dual Wielder}}
| feature2_name = Dual Wielder
{{PAS|Alert}}
| feature2_mode = Balanced
{{PAS|Cull the Weak|t=1}}
| feature2_description = Can wield two non-heavy weapons even if they aren't light.
{{PAS|Dark Devotion}}
| feature3_name = Alert
{{PAS|Darkvision}}
| feature3_mode = Balanced
{{PAS|Improved Critical Hit}}
| feature3_description = +5 bonus to initiative and can't be {{cond|Surprised}}
{{PAS|Multiattack: Wounded Target|Multiattack: Wounded Target|custom=PassiveFeature Generic MultiAttackInfo.png}}
| feature4_name = Dark Devotion
{{PAS|Opportunity Attack}}
| feature4_mode = Balanced
{{PAS|Sting The Helpless|Sting The Helpless|custom=Longsword +1 Unfaded Icon.png|t=1}}
| feature4_description = Advantage on Saving Throws against being {{cond|Charmed}} or {{cond|Frightened}}
{{PAS|Sunlight Sensitivity}}
| feature5_name = Darkvision
{{PAS|Web Walker}}
| feature5_mode = Balanced
|va = Joshua B. Sklar
| feature5_description = Can see in the dark up to 12m/30ft.
|alt-name=Model
| feature6_name = Improved Critical Hit
|alt-image=[[File:Kar'niss Model.png|350px]]
| 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.


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 [[Shadow Curse]] makes it stronger.
Can be spoken to in death with the {{SAI|Speak with Dead}} spell.


Can be spoken to in death with the {{SmIconLink|Speak with Dead Icon.png|Speak with Dead}} spell.
== Encounters ==
===Venom Claws ===
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]].
Lash out with venomous claws.


{{Attack Roll}}: +6{{DamageInfo|count=3|die=6|plus=3|type=Piercing}}{{DamageInfo|count=2|die=8|type=Poison}}
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.
=== Multiattack: Wounded Target ===
Target must be below maximum [[Hit Points]].


{{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}}
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|Venom Claws}}
 
{{Feature box|Multiattack (Drider)}}


=== Spells Known ===
=== Spells Known ===


* {{SmallIcon|Sanctuary Icon.png}} [[Sanctuary]]
{{Feature box|Sanctuary}}


==Unique Traits==
=== Tactician Only ===
'''Spindleweb Fanaticism:''' Affected entity and its allies deal an additional
{{Feature box|Spindleweb Sanctuary}}
{{DamageInfo|count=1|die=6|type=Psychic}}
damage, as long as it isn't [[Incapacitated (Condition)|Incapacitated]]. The entity's [[Movement Speed]] is also increased by {{Range|m=3|ft=10}}.


== Notable Loot ==
== Related quests==
* [[Follow the Convoy]]
* [[Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse]]


== Notable loot ==
* {{RarityItem|Cruel Sting|30}}
* {{RarityItem|Cruel Sting|30}}
* {{RarityItem|Moonlantern|30}}
* {{RarityItem|Moonlantern|30}}
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== Speak with Dead ==
Kar'niss can be spoken to with [[Speak with Dead]].
 
'''Player:''' Who are you?
 
* '''Kar'niss:''' Erased... forgotten... we are... ''drider''...
 
'''Player:''' What happened to you?
 
* '''Kar'niss:''' Lolth... cast out... Absolute... ''saved''...
 
'''Player:''' Who killed you?
 
* '''Kar'niss:''' Traitor... heretic...
 
'''Player:''' Where are you from?
 
* '''Kar'niss:''' Moonrise...
 
'''Player:''' What were you doing?
 
* '''Kar'niss:''' Shepherding... the faithful... carrying... our Lady's light...
 
'''Player:''' You walk the shadows safely. How?
 
* '''Kar'niss:''' Lantern... our Lady's ''light''...
 
'''Player:''' How did you trap that pixie in the lantern?
 
* '''Kar'niss:''' Always... many voices... her... the LOUDEST...
 
'''Player:''' How did the shadow curse come to be?
 
* '''Narrator:''' *The corpse remains silent. It does not know.*
 
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Kar'niss Model.png|model
</gallery>
 
== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{FRWiki|Kar'niss|long}}
{{FRWiki|Kar'niss|long}}
{{NavShadowCursedLands}}
 
{{NavShadowCursedLands}}{{Inflicts|Spindleweb Fanaticism}}
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[[Category: Characters in Act 2]]
[[Category:Available to Speak with Dead]]
[[Category:Available to Speak with Dead]]
[[Category:Monstrosities]]

Latest revision as of 20:04, 13 May 2024

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 Shadow Curse makes it stronger.

Kar'niss
Level 6
RoleMoonlantern bearer
Voiced byJoshua B. Sklar
Information
TitleLight of the Absolute
RaceDrow
Stats
SizeMedium
TypeMonstrosity
Armour Class19
Hit points
  • 184 (Balanced)
  • 239 (Tactician)
Weight150 kg (300 lb)
Initiative+3
Ability scores
STRDEXCONINTWISCHA
16
(+3)		16
(+3)		18
(+4)		13
(+1)		16
(+3)		12
(+1)
Proficiency bonus+3
Saving throws
  • Str +3
  • Dex +6
  • Con +4
  • Int +1
  • Wis +3
  • Cha +1
Conditions
Spindleweb Fanaticism Spindleweb Fanaticism
Entity and nearby allies deal an additional 1d6Damage TypesPsychic, as long as it isn't incapacitated. Movement speed increased by 3m/10ft.
Features
Sting The Helpless Sting The Helpless
Deal an additional 1d4Damage TypesPoison against Restrained Restrained targets
Dual Wielder Dual Wielder
Can wield two non-heavy weapons even if they aren't light.
Alert Alert
+5 bonus to initiative and can't be Surprised Surprised
Dark Devotion Dark Devotion
Advantage on Saving Throws against being Charmed Charmed or Frightened Frightened
Darkvision Darkvision
Can see in the dark up to 12m/30ft.
Improved Critical Hit Improved Critical Hit
The number needed to roll a Critical Hit when attacking is reduced by 1
Multiattack: Wounded Target Multiattack: Wounded Target
Can Multiattack if its target has fewer than all of its hit points
Opportunity Attack Opportunity Attack
Automatically attack an enemy moving out of reach
Sunlight Sensitivity Sunlight Sensitivity
While in Sunlight, gain Disadvantage on Attack Rolls and Perception Checks that rely on sight
Web Walker Web Walker
Isn't slowed down by web surfaces, and can't be Enwebbed Enwebbed by them
Cull the Weak Cull the Weak
Tactician
Deal an additional 2d6Damage TypesSlashing to targets below 50% of their maximum hit points
Legendary Action: Fanatic Retaliation Legendary Action: Fanatic Retaliation
Honour
Once per round when a Spindleweb Fanatic is killed, Kar'niss can use a Legendary Action to possibly deal 6d10Damage TypesPsychic and silence the attacker.

Can be spoken to in death with the Speak with Dead Speak with Dead spell.

Encounters[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 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 Shadow-Cursed Undead 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 Temporarily Hostile if attacked. He will be joined by several Shadows, 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[edit | edit source]

D6 Piercing.png 3d6 (3~18) Damage TypesPiercing damage
+
D8 Poison.png 2d8 (2~16) Damage TypesPoison damage

Lash out with venomous claws..
 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft
Normal weapon damage

Target must be below its maximum hit points.
 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

Spells Known[edit | edit source]

Sanctuary Sanctuary ()

You or an ally cannot be targeted until you attack or harm a creature. You can still take damage from area spells.
 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

Tactician Only[edit | edit source]

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.

 Range: Self

Related quests[edit | edit source]

Notable loot[edit | edit source]

Speak with Dead[edit | edit source]

Kar'niss can be spoken to with Speak with Dead.

Player: Who are you?

  • Kar'niss: Erased... forgotten... we are... drider...

Player: What happened to you?

  • Kar'niss: Lolth... cast out... Absolute... saved...

Player: Who killed you?

  • Kar'niss: Traitor... heretic...

Player: Where are you from?

  • Kar'niss: Moonrise...

Player: What were you doing?

  • Kar'niss: Shepherding... the faithful... carrying... our Lady's light...

Player: You walk the shadows safely. How?

  • Kar'niss: Lantern... our Lady's light...

Player: How did you trap that pixie in the lantern?

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

Player: How did the shadow curse come to be?

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

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • model

    model

External links[edit | edit source]

Kar'niss on the Forgotten Realms Wiki

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