Editing Ravenloft Campaign (section)

===Taint===
Instead of alignment, characters possess a Taint score.  Taint functions the way it does in Unearthed Arcana (page 189) and [http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/campaigns/taint.htm here], with the following exceptions:
* Taint does not apply as a penalty to Constitution and Wisdom.
* Determining one's level of Taint is based off of Wisdom rather than Constitution.
* Taint can be gained both from tainted places/objects and from bad deeds.  There is no save against taint from deeds you willing enact.
* Characters that are not tainted, or who have only Mild taint are treated as Good for the purposes of spells and effects. Characters that are Moderately tainted are treated as Neutral for the purposes of spells and effects. Characters that are Severely tainted are treated as Evil for the purposes of spells and effects.
* When a character's Taint score equals or surpasses her Wisdom score she does not die.  Instead she has become so evil and bestial she is no longer a player character.  This cannot be escaped by "embracing taint."
* Spells--with the exception of Atonement, Miracle and Wish--cannot remove Taint.  Taint must be removed through good deeds and sacred springs.
* Taint-absorbing objects do not exist.
* The Dark Powers try to tempt the tainted into falling further (see below).

====Tainted Boons====
The Dark Powers try to tempt those who have given in to taint, to fall even further, becomming even more tainted.  Any character who has mild, moderate or severe taint automatically becomes aware when they acquire taint that they are being offered power that's there for them to seize--tempting and just within arm's reach.  Mechanically, any character who gains the reqresite level of taint can use any of the below as spell-like abilities at will.  These are the boons the Dark Powers offer.  The catch, however, is that using any of these tainted boons is considered a tainted action.  Any time a character makes use of any of these abilities, her taint score automatically increases by one.

* '''Mild Taint:''' Cause Fear, Chill Touch, Doom.

* '''Moderate Taint:''' Death Knell, False Life, Scare

* '''Severe Taint:''' Animate Dead, Bestow Curse, Vampiric Touch