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A Trickster who specializes in unstuffing stuffed shirts, deflating puffed-up egos, trivializing the self-important, and confusing know-it-alls. The Karmic Trickster is normally harmless, even friendly, if left unmolested. Once his dignity is dented or his person threatened, however, it's no holds barred -- the target is in for humiliation, embarrassment and bewilderment. Any tactic is fair game as long as it does not cause actual physical harm to the target. Only when the target has surrendered does the Karmic Trickster conclude his vengeance. See also: Karmic Protection.

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  • Karmic Trickster
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  • A Trickster who specializes in unstuffing stuffed shirts, deflating puffed-up egos, trivializing the self-important, and confusing know-it-alls. The Karmic Trickster is normally harmless, even friendly, if left unmolested. Once his dignity is dented or his person threatened, however, it's no holds barred -- the target is in for humiliation, embarrassment and bewilderment. Any tactic is fair game as long as it does not cause actual physical harm to the target. Only when the target has surrendered does the Karmic Trickster conclude his vengeance. See also: Karmic Protection.
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  • A Trickster who specializes in unstuffing stuffed shirts, deflating puffed-up egos, trivializing the self-important, and confusing know-it-alls. The Karmic Trickster is normally harmless, even friendly, if left unmolested. Once his dignity is dented or his person threatened, however, it's no holds barred -- the target is in for humiliation, embarrassment and bewilderment. Any tactic is fair game as long as it does not cause actual physical harm to the target. Only when the target has surrendered does the Karmic Trickster conclude his vengeance. Being completely self-centered, the Karmic Trickster normally acts only on his own behalf, but can be convinced to help others -- he has a soft spot for babies, innocents, and those who are truly good, and when his sympathy is evoked will go to the ends of the earth for them. Sometimes he sows chaos for the sake of chaos, but only when he gets carried away in the midst of one of his campaigns. Most of the time he simply wants to be left alone, and heaven help whoever messes with him! Given all of their righteous retribution, sometimes these characters can exist somewhere between this, Screwy Squirrel and borderline Chaotic Evil if their self-righteous attitudes end up attacking characters for little more than existing nearby them. Between them, Karmic Trickster and Screwy Squirrel comprise two-thirds of the classic Trickster Archetype. His actions are as much to teach as to gain revenge, where Screwy Squirrel is the embodiment of mischief for mischief's sake. See also: Karmic Protection. May masquerade as The Fool, or vice versa; whether silly or wise, he will always display Hidden Depths (if only a knack for Comedy and Simpleminded Wisdom) whom the audience supports and invariably laughs with, not at. This is not always true of other Tricksters in general, who are sometimes cast as cloud cuckoolanders, irrepressible agents of chaos, lesser chaos-bringers who are constantly being taught a lesson themselves, or cosmic butt monkeys. Such traits rarely apply here. Examples of Karmic Trickster include:
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