Karoolck
| Karoolck | |
|---|---|
| Names and titles | |
| Title(s): | Imperial Court Mage |
| General info | |
| Home: | Rauxes |
| Alignment: | Lawful evil |
| Gender: | Male |
| Species: | Human |
| Class: | Mage 19 |
| Patron deity: | Baalzephon |
| Dates | |
| Age: | 51 in 585 CY |
Karoolck is a powerful mage who serves Ivid V as his Imperial Court Mage after the Greyhawk Wars, maintaining a tower in Rauxes for his research.
Description
Appearance
Karoolck is tall and thin, at 6'2" but with forearms only as wide as his wrists. He has brown eyes and black hair, but lacks other body hair. His fingernails are a full inch long and iron hard.[1]
Personality
Karoolck is bitter and vengeful, never forgetting nor forgiving his enemies. He is paranoid about the possible return of his predecessor Xaene, despite the mage being dead, and is prone to taking out fits of anger on his goblin minions by casting disintegration[2].
Religion
Karoolck has sold his soul to the pit fiend Baalzephon, who he first encountered at the Cauldron of Night, in exchange for being granted an exceptionally long life, not aging for 333 years, and nine free resurrections, of which he still has eight left. In exchange, he is utterly devoted to her and does her bidding in the mortal realm [1].
Abilities
Despite being no more strong than an average human and being a mage, Karoolck is extraordinarily fit and hale (Con 15) and even as he has gotten older, had not lost any of his agility and is still nimble and quick (Dex 16).[1]
Home
Karoolk maintains a tower in Rauxes, in which is conducts his research. The tower is craggy and mobat-infested, filled with oozes of various sorts that are very good at disposing of the bodies of intruders, along with his iron golems, ghouls, vampiric mist and trained stirges who has magically enhanced.
Equipment and possessions
Karoolck has created and acquired a number of impressive magical items that he keeps in his tower. He does carry several powerful artifacts on his person, notably: a ring of spell turning, a candle of invocation that is attuned to Baalzephon, and a staff of the magi made of black wood and carved into a snake skeleton.[1]
For protective purposes, he also wears various magic items, including a ring of protection +4 and a fiend circlet—an incredibly rare crownlet gifted by one of the Dark Eight (Baalzephon).
Relationships
Karoolck serves as the court mage for Ivid V, and is particularly devoted to his king, so much so that the majority of his research is trying to find a cure for the disease that plagues the monarch.[1]
Allies and minions
In his tower, Karoolck has a retinue of goblin servants who assist him in various capacities, mostly fetching and carrying, who he occasionally disintegrates in moments of anger [2]. He also has an apprentice, "a neutral-aligned alu-fiend renegade from the Abyss with the powers of a 9th-level mage."[2]
Activities
History
Works
References
Notes
Citations
- ↑ a b c d e Ivid the Undying (1995), p.38.
- ↑ a b c Ivid the Undying (1995), p.31.
Bibliography
- Sargent, Carl. Ivid the Undying. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995. Published online. PDF by William Allman with maps. Original RTF archived:Wizards.com. WGR7 or WGRx
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| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karoolck | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M19], | Dragon magazine #206 | 43, 44 |
| Karoolck | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M19], | Ivid the Undying | 5, 23, 31, 32, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 53, 84, 85, 86, 124, 155 |
| Karoolck | Non-player character | Male, Human, [M19], | WG8 Fate of Istus | 69, 71 |
| Karoolck, Tower of (Rauxes) | Building | Defensive Structure, Tower, | WG8 Fate of Istus | 71 |
| Karoolck, Tower of (Rauxes) | Place | Defensive Structure, Tower, | Ivid the Undying | 31 |