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| description = Kar'niss is a drider in service of the Absolute, whom he serves after being cast out by Lolth, the Queen of Spiders. | |||
| image = Kar'niss.webp | |||
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{{Infobox creature | {{Infobox creature | ||
| name = Kar'niss | | name = Kar'niss | ||
| identity = Male | |||
| title = Light of the Absolute | | title = Light of the Absolute | ||
| image = | | image = | ||
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| role=[[Moonlantern]] bearer | | role=[[Moonlantern]] bearer | ||
| va = Joshua B. Sklar | | va = Joshua B. Sklar | ||
| size = Medium | | size = [[Medium]] | ||
| type = [[Monstrosity]] | | type = [[Monstrosity]] | ||
| level = 6 | | level = 6 | ||
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| extra init = 5 | | extra init = 5 | ||
| movement m = 9 | | movement m = 9 | ||
| xp = 150 | |||
| weight kg = 150 | | weight kg = 150 | ||
| str = 16 | | str = 16 | ||
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| dex save prof = yes | | dex save prof = yes | ||
| conditions = Spindleweb Fanaticism | | conditions = Spindleweb Fanaticism | ||
| passives = Darkvision, | | 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, Darkvision, | | 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 | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Kar'niss''' is a [[ | '''Kar'niss''' is a [[drider]] in service of the [[Absolute]], whom he serves after being cast out by [[Lolth|Lolth, the Queen of Spiders]]. | ||
{{DiQ|They must keep up. The shadows are hungry.|Kar'niss}} | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Kar'niss is a key character involved in the questline [[Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse]], since he carries a {{SmRarityItem|Moonlantern}} that traps the pixie | Kar'niss is a key character involved in the questline [[Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse]], since he carries a {{SmRarityItem|Moonlantern}} that traps the pixie {{CharLink|Dolly Dolly Dolly}}. He believes that anyone who perishes to the {{cond|Shadow Curse}} makes it stronger. | ||
==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 will be waiting for | 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 {{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 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 | 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 {{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 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. Disarming Kar'niss will cause him to drop the Moonlantern. | ||
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 | 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 {{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 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. | 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. | ||
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==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}} | |||
===Tactician and Honour Mode=== | ===Tactician and Honour Mode=== | ||
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*{{RarityItem|Moonlantern|30}} | *{{RarityItem|Moonlantern|30}} | ||
==Related quests== | == Related quests == | ||
*{{Quest|Follow the Convoy}} | * {{Quest|Follow the Convoy}} | ||
*{{Quest|Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse}} | * {{Quest|Infiltrate Moonrise Towers}} | ||
* {{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}} | |||
'''Party member:''' Who are you? | '''Party member:''' Who are you? | ||
*'''Kar'niss:''' Erased... forgotten... we are... ''drider''... | *'''Kar'niss:''' Erased... forgotten... we are... ''drider''... | ||
'''Party member:''' What happened to you? | '''Party member:''' What happened to you? | ||
*'''Kar'niss:''' Lolth... cast out... Absolute... ''saved''... | *'''Kar'niss:''' Lolth... cast out... Absolute... ''saved''... | ||
'''Party member:''' Who killed you? | '''Party member:''' Who killed you? | ||
*'''Kar'niss:''' Traitor... heretic... | *'''Kar'niss:''' Traitor... heretic... | ||
'''Party member:''' Where are you from? | '''Party member:''' Where are you from? | ||
*'''Kar'niss:''' Moonrise... | *'''Kar'niss:''' Moonrise... | ||
'''Party member:''' What were you doing? | '''Party member:''' What were you doing? | ||
*'''Kar'niss:''' Shepherding... the faithful... carrying... our Lady's light... | *'''Kar'niss:''' Shepherding... the faithful... carrying... our Lady's light... | ||
'''Party member:''' You walk the shadows safely. How? | '''Party member:''' You walk the shadows safely. How? | ||
*'''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... her... the LOUDEST... | *'''Kar'niss:''' Always... many voices... her... 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}} | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <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> | ||
Revision as of 00:42, 23 November 2024
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
Kar'niss is 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 
makes it stronger.
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 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.
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. Disarming Kar'niss will cause him to drop the Moonlantern.
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 
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 
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.
Combat
Attacks and abilities
Melee: 1.5 m / 5 ft
Recharge: per turn 
Range: 18 m / 60 ft 
Tactician and Honour Mode
Honour Mode
Allies
Notable loot
Related quests
Speak with Dead
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... her... the LOUDEST...
Party member: How did the shadow curse come to be?
- Narrator: *The corpse remains silent. It does not know.*
Gallery
model
Concept art by Tan Bur-Ci
Render by Maxime Ponslet
Alternate render by Maxime Ponslet
External links
Kar'niss on the Forgotten Realms Wiki