Olympus 2249 Karmic Types — Quest Impact

Karmic Types are Olympus 2249's identity system. The official store page states that your Karmic Type, one of five, shapes the entire playthrough, and that you can start as a Moralist, an Asshole, or somewhere in between. The choice changes how people react to you, which dialogues are available, which quests appear and which opportunities open up. Karma then shifts across the run as you make choices, so the character who finishes the story need not be the one who started it.

What a Karmic Type does

Read the store description closely and the Karmic Type is not a stat package but a social lens. It changes how NPCs treat you, which dialogue lines exist, which quests you are offered and which opportunities appear. The same conversation can therefore play out differently for two players standing in the same room.

The system also carries real costs. The official text warns that a choice can come back to bite you in the form of a faction that will not take you in, or a quest you will never be offered. That is the clearest signal in the material that your type gates content rather than merely recoloring it.

The five types and what is documented

The store page names two ends of the scale and confirms the total count, but it does not publish the middle of the list. The table below separates what is confirmed from what is not.

Question	Status in the official source
How many types exist	Five, stated on the store page
Types named	Moralist and Asshole, with anything in between
Remaining three names	Not documented yet
Effects on play	Dialogue, quests, opportunities and NPC reactions
Related system	Karma shifts with your choices during the run

There is a second, separate five-option system worth keeping straight. The description says your peaceful specialization matters just as much, with five to choose from, each unlocking new dialogue options and new ways to solve problems. So two independent choices each offer five options: one governs who you are, the other governs how you solve problems.

How to choose for a first playthrough

Because the midpoints are not documented yet, the practical first-run advice is to pick an end of the scale you can role-play for a long game. A Moralist run and an Asshole run are both explicitly supported, and the description frames the extremes as viable paths rather than a good or bad option. If you prefer non-combat solutions, pair the type with a peaceful specialization, since the two systems reinforce each other through dialogue.

One thing to settle at the start: whether you want to see the blunt social consequences of an extreme type or the flexibility of a middle position. Nothing in the official text documents a way to respec the type later, so treat it as locked until the game says otherwise. To see how that identity feeds into fights and quests, continue to the gameplay page or the beginner guide.