Karmic creatures are a special kind of monster in ADOM. They are notorious for the ability to reduce the Luck of a character attacking them in melee. Whenever the player does that, there is a chance the first item from the following list that would result in a change to intrinsics will occur: * Losing the "fate smiles" intrinsic * Losing the "lucky" intrinsic * Receiving the "cursed" intrinsic * Receiving the "doomed" intrinsic Note that eating the corpse of a karmic creature is beneficial and works similarly, but in the opposite direction: A comprehensive list of karmic creatures: