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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9877023" data-attributes="member: 2209"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/116010/legends-lore-2e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">2e Legends & Lore</a>Optional Rule: Dharma, Karma, andReincarnationIndian society is founded upon the concepts of dharma,karma, and reincarnation. If you wish to incorporatethese concepts into your campaign, you may want to usethe following optional rules.A PC's dharma is a combination of character class andalignment. In order to follow his dharma, a charactermust behave according to the alignment guidelines givenin the Player's Handbook. These tenets must be followedstrictly, or the character will suffer a karma penalty (seebelow). For example, a Lawful Good character who participatedin the theft of a magic sword would be violatinghis dharma, for he would be breaching his duty to respectthe laws of the land.In addition to alignment, each class carries with it certaindharmic duties. The duties for the standard AD&D®character classes are summarized below, but if your campaignincorporates non-standard or highly specializedcharacter types, you may have to define your own dharmicduties:* * *Each time a character goes up a level, he receives a pointof karma. In addition, a character who does a truly outstandingjob of role-playing his character according to thedharma requirements, such as finding a clever way tomeet the conflicting demands of alignment and classdharma, may receive an additional point of karma (nevermore than one per session). If a character significantly violateshis dharma (such as a lawful good character engagingin theft), he loses a point of karma (there is no limit to thenumber of points that may be lost in this way).After a character's death, the player does not roll up anew character. Instead, he consults the row matching hisnumber of karma points on the reincarnation table below,then rolls 2d6 to see what he comes back as (ascetics modifytheir roll by + 2):karmapoints 2d6 roll2 3-5 6-8 9-11 120 slug kobold goblin orc gnoll3-5 kobold goblin orc gnoll human6-10 goblin orc gnoll human human11-15 orc gnoll human human human16-20 gnoll human human human human20+ human human human human nirvanaSlug: The character is removed from play and theplayer must roll up a new one.Kobold, goblin, orc, gnoll: The character is reincarnatedas a monster of the type listed. See rules for creatingnew PC races in the Dungeon Master's* Guide. The Intelligence,Wisdom, and Charisma of the old character aretransferred to new one (making any necessary adjustmentsfor race) and all other scores are rerolled.Human: The player transfers his old character's Intelligence,Wisdom, and Charisma to his new character. Allother attribute scores are rerolled. Character begins atlevel one in the same class(es) as the previous character.Human: The player transfers his old Intelligence,Wisdom, and Charisma to the new character and rerollsall other attributes. The new character retains the old one'sclass(es), but begins at Id4 levels lower than the previouscharacter.Human : The player transfers all old ability scores tothe new character, and begins one level lower in the previouscharacter's class(es).Human : The player may add 1d4 points to any singleability score of his old character (to maximum 18), andthen transfer all of the old character's scores to new character.The new character begins at the same level as the oldone and retains the previous character's class(es).Nirvana: The character achieves unity with the Brahmanand is retired from play. A completely new characteris generated to replace the old one, but the new characterreceives +2 modifier on all of its saving throws.The reincarnation appears within a day's time, havingonly vague memories of his previous life. All karma pointsfrom the previous character are lost, and the new characterstarts over at 0 karma. If a raise dead or similar spell isused on the previous character's body, both the reincarnationand the old character die and are removed from play.</blockquote>

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