K'thriss Drow'b

### Relatives

Thedral/K'thedral (sister); Ysildrith (mother); Tolokulthan (father), Many, many, MANY children of varying sizes, biological makeups, cosmic origins, levels of tangibility, radiance, and most important, velvet-y-ness.

### Played by

Kris Straub

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K'thriss Drow'b is a Drow Warlock currently employed as the Hoardsperson for the Acquisitions Incorporated "C" Team operating out of the Dessarin Valley.

## Early Life

Before they were first hired by Acquisitions Incorporated, K'thriss was approached by Force Grey to join their team.

 K'thriss has tattoos of some variety.

## Acquisitions Incorporated Career

### The "A" Team

K'thriss was first hired by Acquisitions Incorporated in Waterdeep. Prior to being hired, they spent some time spying on Omin Dran, Jim Darkmagic, and Môrgæn while they stayed at The Yawning Portal.

After being officially hired, their first task was to provide magical assistance to Omin Dran. In the course of casting the spell "Contact Outer Plane" to find information on where Portentia Dran's soul had gone, they went insane and were no longer able to take anything seriously. After assisting them with finding the Orb of the All-Father, K'thriss was dropped off in the town of Red Larch by the Acquisitions Incorporated airship.

### The "C" Team

K'thriss regained consciousness in a dirty alley next to the Dran & Courtier Inn in Red Larch. They had a note written in their own hand attached to them, a welt on their forehead, and their arcane focus was hot in their hand. They were also in possession of a golden acorn.

## Personal Life

### Religion

K'thriss worships a deity known as the Ur who they believe to be a supreme entity who operates above and beyond other gods. They wear a symbol of the Ur around their neck on a chunk of black altar rock, which also serves as their arcane focus. They found this altar somewhere in the Underdark, and were fascinated by it due to their inability to read the runes on the altar. They interact with this holy symbol each morning. However, they soon discovered that their pact had been taken over by a being called the Sanguilith.

As of season three, they have had the spell Reincarnation cast on them, and were born again as a new Drow. This new body is the opposite sex of K'thriss' previous body and since the change they have started going by gender neutral pronouns.

### Magic

K'thriss once called upon the Ur in order to use their arcane abilities before this pact was intersected by the Sangulith. For a short time they became a hexblade warlock due to a pact made with Maelith in order to sever their bond to the Sangulith. This pact was short lived however, and after the defeat of the Sangulith K'thriss' patron was finally restored to the Ur.

Their most notable and often used ability is telepathy, which they regularly use to communicate with their fellow party members via a party line.

### Personality

K'thriss describes themselves as "a seeker of knowledge" and "a conduit for a dark entity" who they can make requests of. They are a curious person who is interested in things that are seen as gross or unusual, such as extreme injuries. They are also unafraid to die, sometimes expressing their active wish to die to those around them.

K'thriss is a submissive person. They especially defer to women, due to their upbringing in a matriarchal society as a person Designated Male at Birth.

They don't like to eat breakfast.

### Friends and Allies

Elder Brian

Ligotti (Tentacle Familiar)

## Abilities

**Feats**

* Drow High Magic

**Drow Abilities**

* Keen Senses
* Fey Ancestry
* Trance
* Superior Darkvision
* Sunlight Sensitivity
* Drow Magic
* Drow Weapon Training

**Warlock Abilities**

* Otherworldly patron: Great Old One
	+ Expanded Spell List
	+ Awakened Mind
* Eldritch Evocations
	+ Eyes of the Rune Keeper
	+ Book of Ancient Secrets
	+ Mask of Many Faces
	+ Tomb of Levistus
	+ Ghostly Gaze
* Pact Boon: Pact of the Tomb
* Entropic Ward
* Thought Shield
* Mystic Arcanum: Soul Cage

**Spells**

As a level 11 Warlock K'thriss knows 4 cantrips, and gains 3 more from his Pact of the Tomb, as well as Dancing lights from Drow Magic. These cantrips have been swapped around a number of times but as of level 11 they are:

* Dancing Lights (Drow Magic): Used to summon Glow man, their son made of light that basically just looks like K'thriss.
* Eldritch Blast (Warlock)
* Friends (Warlock)
* Prestidigitation (Warlock)
* Toll the Dead (Warlock)
* Mending (Pact Boon)
* Encode Thoughts (Pact Boon)
* Mage Hand (Pact Boon)

Through their Warlock abilities and Drow Magic they know 25 spells and have 3 spell slots per short rest

Drow magic (These spells may be cast once per short rest)

* Faerie Fire
* Detect Magic
* Darkness
* Levitate
* Dispel Magic

Book of Ancient Secrets (These spells may only be cast as rituals)

* Alarm
* Find Familiar
* Identify
* Purify Food and Drink
* Unseen Servant (Used to summon their son Velvet)
* Aguary
* Divination

Warlock Spells (All spells are cast at 5th level)

* Banishment
* Dimension Door
* Dissonant Whispers
* Fly
* Hex
* Hunger of Hadar
* Hypnotic Pattern
* Negative Energy Flood
* Sending
* Summon Greater Demon
* Synaptic Static

Mystic Arcanum (May be cast once per long rest)

* Soul Cage

**Ultimate**

K'thriss has gone through multiple ultimates through the campaign beginning with Tentacular Spectacular while connected to the Sangulith, then a new winter themed ult was discussed while they were a hexblade bonded with Maeliki but it was never used. Finally connected to the Ur their ultimate allowed them to summon alternate universe K'thrisses to aid them.

* Tentacular Spectacular: This Ultimate allows K'thriss to summon a mass of amethyst crystal tentacles in various forms. Originally an arcana check was required to keep the tentacles under their command and avoid it simply rampaging out of control, but this check was later changed to be needed only when K'thriss wished to continue or alter the tentacles form after the initial use.
* HexBlade Ult: Never used
* Ur Ult: This ultimate summons K'thrisses from throughout the multiverse to aid them in their tasks, some of them are not as helpful as others, but they can usually get the job done. Ryan joked that this ability would result in the K'thriss we follow through the C-team being pulled away at random times to fight bosses.

## Noticeable Items

* ~~The Lizard King Vest: Grants +1 to AC~~, Lost with their original body.
* ~~Robe of Stars: Grants +1 to saving throws, a star can be removed and thrown at an enemy to deal damage~~ , Lost with their original body.
* Arcane Focus: Absorbed symbols of the Gods imprisoned by the Sangulith and grew more complex with each addition.
* ~~Choke Collar: Rosie possesses a matching one that will choke K'thriss if she pulls on it~~, Lost with their original body

## Appearances

**Acquisitions Incorporated** (1 Episode)

* "PAX East 2017" (S1 Ep16)

**Acquisitions Incorporated: The "C" Team** (1 Season)

* "Franchise Opportunities" (S1 Ep1)
* "The Test Market" (S1 Ep2)
* "In Good Standing" (S1 Ep3)
* "Dungeons and Wagons, Part 1" (S1 Ep4)
* "Dungeons and Wagons, Part 2" (S1 Ep5)
* "Doomgate Inn, Part 1" (S1 Ep6)
* "Doomgate Inn, Part 2" (S1 Ep7)
* "Doomgate Inn, Part 3" (S1 Ep8)
* "Homecoming, Part 1" (S1 Ep9)
* "Homecoming, Part 2" (S1 Ep10)
* "Homecoming, Part 3" (S1 Ep11)
* "Homecoming, Part 4" (S1 Ep12)
* "Homecoming, Part 5" (S1 Ep13)
* "Homecoming, Part 6" (S1 Ep14)
* "The House Wins, Part 1" (S1 Ep15)
* "The House Wins, Part 2" (S1 Ep16)
* "The House Wins, Part 3" (S1 Ep17)
* "Jimterlude" (S1 Ep18)
* "The House Wins, Part 4" (S1 Ep19)
* "Last Stone's Day, Part 1" (S1 Ep20)
* "Last Stone's Day, Part 2" (S1 Ep21)
* "Last Stone's Day, Part 3" (S1 Ep22)
* "Anchors Aweigh, Part 1" (S1 Ep23)
* "Anchors Aweigh, Part 2" (S1 Ep24)
* "Anchors Aweigh, Part 3" (S1 Ep25)
* "Anchors Aweigh, Part 4" (S1 Ep26)
* "Paterfamilias, Part 1" (S1 Ep27)
* "Paterfamilias, Part 2" (S1 Ep28)
* "Paterfamilias, Part 3" (S1 Ep29)
* "Paterfamilias, Part 4" (S1 Ep30)
* "Dran Incorporated, Part 1" (S1 Ep31)
* "Dran Incorporated, Part 2" (S1 Ep32)
* "Dran Incorporated, Part 3" (S1 Ep33)

## Background Information

K'thriss Drow'b is played by Kris Straub.

His very first roll while playing with Acquisitions Incorporated was a natural 1 while attempting to contact an extraplanar entity. This promptly caused him to go insane. K'thriss was originally played as a level 9 character, but was brought down to level 3 for The "C" Team.

## References

1. ↑ Acquisitions Incorporated, S1 E16 "PAX East 2017" https://youtu.be/lcZ5qiVH9TM
2. ↑ Acquisitions Incorporated, S1 E16 "PAX East 2017" https://youtu.be/lcZ5qiVH9TM
3. ↑ Acquisitions Incorporated, S1 E16 "PAX East 2017" https://youtu.be/lcZ5qiVH9TM
4. ↑ Acquisitions Incorporated, S1 E16 "PAX East 2017" https://youtu.be/lcZ5qiVH9TM
5. ↑ Acquisitions Incorporated: The "C" Team, "Franchise Opportunities" (S1 Ep1) https://youtu.be/ywZ0TcUh3l0
6. ↑ Acquisitions Incorporated: The "C" Team, "Franchise Opportunities" (S1 Ep1) https://youtu.be/ywZ0TcUh3l0
7. ↑ Acquisitions Incorporated, S1 E16 "PAX East 2017" https://youtu.be/lcZ5qiVH9TM
8. ↑ Acquisitions Incorporated: The "C" Team, "Franchise Opportunities" (S1 Ep1) https://youtu.be/ywZ0TcUh3l0
9. ↑ Acquisitions Incorporated, S1 E16 "PAX East 2017" https://youtu.be/lcZ5qiVH9TM
10. ↑ Acquisitions Incorporated, S1 E16 "PAX East 2017" https://youtu.be/lcZ5qiVH9TM
11. ↑ Acquisitions Incorporated: The "C" Team, "Franchise Opportunities" (S1 Ep1) https://youtu.be/ywZ0TcUh3l0
12. ↑ Acquisitions Incorporated, S1 E16 "PAX East 2017" https://youtu.be/lcZ5qiVH9TM
13. ↑ Acquisitions Incorporated, S1 E16 "PAX East 2017" https://youtu.be/lcZ5qiVH9TM

## Additional Imagery

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