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Message: <blockquote data-quote="1QD" data-source="post: 9808615" data-attributes="member: 7053892">I can understand why you might feel that way but in this case I would say, at least within my own group, Karma is not treated like that. Instead if you for example save another characters life, ( which you can do if you crit succeed an avoid for example) or by direct action and roleplaying you would get rewarded. You are not really going to find that players put one another in harms way just so they can save them for the karma. Likewise, if you were to kill an unarmed man, this warrants - karma for a good character. I generally do not reward evil behaviour but if you are playing evil, then the scale slides a bit. We expect evil characters to do evil things, but out n out psycho evil is generally still rewarded with -Karma. I also award negative karma for the harm of other players, and of course death. I think it is still fair to say not killing each other is a reasonable expectation.I do not feel that karma takes anything away from the genuine express of my players. Could it be a danger? Yes if placed within the wrong hands, which is why the mechanic is optional, But it has been my experience thus far that the karma system is both fair, genuine  and rewarding.Lastly, my players tend towards neutral and good, and in fact i have played more evil characters than them. So -karma is exceedingly rare. And of course, if Karma does not fit your style. It is optional, as many rules in my game are. I have designed my system to be somewhat modular in nature. If you feel a mechanic takes too much time, or doesn't feel right for your style, awesome, most likely it is optional.</blockquote>

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