Masked traitor Masked Traitors were a special type of traitor priestesses serving Vhaeraun as spies in his enemy ’ s church . Traitor Priestess - Description . Traitor priestess was a general term for clerics double spies , who publicly showed loyalty to one deity but in truth serving another . While called traitor " priestess " , being female wasn ’ t a requirement to become one , though the majority was female . Reputation . Masked traitors were traitor priestesses who worked for Vhaeraun , they actually consisted of a entire 1 % of his entire clergy . While the church of Lolth was infiltrated by other faiths , the church was especially honeycombed by those of Vhaeraun . Apparently the recruitment of male priests of hers became so rampant , that Lolth lost the ability to trust males in general . Male and female together were the stuff of horror stories among Lolth ’ s followers and the Spider Queen took it to herself to warn her clergy about the existence of them . She also ordered her cleric s to make a literal big public show out of the execution of such a traitorous member . These masked traitors lived dangerous lives but unlike other traitor priestesses , they received special attention and powers to lower the danger from Vhaeraun . Becoming . Apart from already having gained some sort of divine power , there was no requirement to become a masked traitor , except for the readiness to become one . The motivation for this readiness could be anything . It could range from actual support of Vhaeraun ’ s agenda , to grudges against specific individuals , to simple insanity . On sighting and evaluation of these rebellious thoughts , vhaeraun approached them and after a recruitment talk , granted the powers as a masked traitor . Abilities . Masked traitors lived dangerous lives but had some abilities to keep them safe , which were in addition to the ones they already possessed in their function as part of the clergy of the deity they spied on . They were part of Vhaeraun ’ s clergy , which gave them access to all spells Vhaeraun could grant and other abilities like the lacking need to carry their holy symbols with them . They could cast " blessing of Vhaeraun " freely and also had the ability to cast " deceive prying " . The masked traitor could call down the blessing again after use , but the latter was a one way use . Masked traitors who wanted more uses needed to be granted the spell in ordinary ways through praying . Masked traitors got dreams , which told them useful information , they were also generously rewarded , among others with tangible goods and magic even as advance payment . From time to time , the false promise of immortality or a position as his consort was made by the god . An unusual benefit to became a masked traitor was it to become inured to sunlight . Revealed spies . Masked traitors were in the majority female , but as mentioned above , male members of this clerical branch were the reason why Lolth couldn ’ t trust males . Male members seemed to have been under heavier scrutiny and were more often found , thus leaving the majority safe . Lolth personally alarmed her priestesses about the existence of one and if found during a religious service , Lolth even attacked such a traitor when she managed to do so . Revealed ones were killed in an elaborate fashion . Speaking their names was a crime that could lead to disownment , to safety , and was also a measure not to inspire others to rebel against Lolth . The danger of being revealed dropped after spells of concealment were invented by Vhaeraun ’ s clergy . Those spies who managed to get away alive despite being found , lost access to spells granted by Lolth but became priests and priestesses of Vhaeraun and continued to gain spells from him and also retained the spells from Lolth , they had memorized prior to being found out . As a general rule , they tried to flee to surface drow settlements or other places such as Skullport . Occasionally , even those whose cover was blown up retained their regalia and mannerisms as Lolth ’ s clergy for disguise purpose .