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{{CharacterInfo
{{Infobox creature
|title =
|name = Kar'niss
|name = Kar'niss
|image=[[File:Kar_niss.jpg|350px]]
|image = Kar'niss.webp
|STR=16
|race = {{FRWiki|Drider}}
|DEX=16
|level = 6
|CON=18
|faction = Cult of the Absolute
|INT=13
|role=[[Moonlantern]] bearer
|WIS=16
|va=[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9157161 Joshua B. Sklar]
|CHA=12
|title=Light of the Absolute
|level=6
|hp=184|ac=19|t hp=239|size=Medium|type=Monstrosity|initiative=+3|full name=Kar'niss|movement m=9|weight kg=150|str=16|dex=16|con=18|int=13|wis=16|cha=12|prof bonus=+3|passives=Darkvision, Sunlight Sensitivity, Opportunity Attack, Sting The Helpless, Dual Wielder, Multiattack: Wounded Target, Improved Critical Hit, Dark Devotion, Alert, Web Walker|dex save prof=yes|conditions=Spindleweb Fanaticism|actions=Venom Claws|t passives=Cull the Weak, Darkvision, Sunlight Sensitivity, Opportunity Attack, Sting The Helpless, Dual Wielder, Multiattack: Wounded Target, Improved Critical Hit, Dark Devotion, Alert, Web Walker|h actions=Fanatic Retaliation, Venom Claws}}
|race=[[Drow|Lolth-Sworn Drow]], Drider
|type=Humanoid
|HP=184
|AC=19
|speed=9m / 30ft
|size=Medium
|weight=150kg
|initiative=+8
|class = Drider
|location = [[Shadow-Cursed Lands]]|proficiency=3|passive=* {{SmallIcon|Fighting Style Two Weapon Icon.png}} [[Fighter|Duel Wielder]]


* {{SmallIcon|Alert Icon.png}} [[Alert]]
'''Kar'niss''' is a {{FRWiki|Drider}} in service of the [[Absolute]], whom he serves after being cast out by [[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.


* Dark Devotion
Can be spoken to in death with the {{SAI|Speak with Dead}} spell.


* {{SmallIcon|Darkvision Icon.png}} [[Darkvision (Passive Feature)|Darkvision]]
==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 party can use the [[Spider's Lyre]] to summon Kar'niss, then follow the convoy to [[Moonrise Towers]].


* [[Fighter|Improved Critical Hits]]
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
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.


* {{SmallIcon|Attack Of Opportunity Icon 64px.png}} [[Attack of Opportunity]]
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.


* {{SmallIcon|Sunlight Sensitivity Icon.png}} [[Sunlight Sensitivity]]
==Attacks and abilities==


* [[Web Walker]]}}
===Spells Known===


Kar'niss is a [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Drider drider] in service of the [[Absolute]], whom he seems to falsely believe to be [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]].
{{Feature box|Sanctuary}}


Can be spoken to in death with the {{SmIconLink|Speak with Dead Icon.png|Speak with Dead}} spell.
====Tactician Only====
===Venom Claws ===
{{Feature box|Spindleweb Sanctuary}}
Lash out with venomous claws.


{{Attack Roll}}: +6{{DamageInfo|count=3|die=6|plus=3|type=Piercing}}{{DamageInfo|count=2|die=8|type=Poison}}
==Related quests==
=== Multiattack: Wounded Target ===
*[[Follow the Convoy]]
Target must be below maximum [[Hit Points]].
*[[Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse]]


{{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}}
==Notable loot==
*{{RarityItem|Cruel Sting|30}}
*{{RarityItem|Moonlantern|30}}


=== Spells Known ===
==Speak with Dead==
Kar'niss can be spoken to with [[Speak with Dead]].


* {{SmallIcon|Sanctuary Icon.png}} [[Sanctuary]]
'''Party member:''' Who are you?


==Unique Traits==
*'''Kar'niss:''' Erased... forgotten... we are... ''drider''...
'''Spindleweb Fanaticism:''' Affected entity and its allies deal an additional
{{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 ==
'''Party member:''' What happened to you?


* {{SmallIcon|Longsword PlusOne Icon.png}} [[Cruel Sting]]
*'''Kar'niss:''' Lolth... cast out... Absolute... ''saved''...
* {{SmallIcon|Moonlantern_Icon.png}} [[Moonlantern]]
 
{{CharactersNavbox}}
'''Party member:''' Who killed you?
[[Category: Bosses]]
 
[[Category: Drow]]
*'''Kar'niss:''' Traitor... heretic...
[[Category: Followers of the Absolute]]
 
[[Category: drider]]
'''Party member:''' Where are you from?
[[Category: Companions]]
 
[[Category: Characters in Act 2]]
*'''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.*
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Kar'niss Model.png|model
</gallery>
 
==External links==
{{FRWiki|Kar'niss|long}}
 
{{Shadow-Cursed Lands}}
[[Category:Driders]]
[[Category:Monstrosities]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Characters in the Shadow-Cursed Lands]]
[[Category:Characters in Act Two]]
[[Category:Bosses]]
[[Category:Followers of the Absolute]]
[[Category:Available to Speak with Dead]]
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