Karen

I have long known what a "Karen" is because of the abundant memes to be found on the internet but I have never seen one in action until tonight. My wife and I were at "Once Upon A Child" (a children's clothing store). We were waiting in the checkout line with three other sets of customers and a woman at the front counter was arguing with the cashier over the return/exchange of a pair of pants.

After several minutes, this Karen demanded to speak with manager. The manager came over, listened to the Karen's complaint, politely informed her "Yes, these are a different price" (which turned out to be a difference of 41 cents), but sensing that Karen was too dense and/or belligerent to understand just said "don't worry about it", traded her the pants and sent the Karen on her way.

The whole exchange ended up taking close to 20 minutes, during which time, the Karen simply refused to listen to anything the cashier had to say while holding up the line. The encounter got me to thinking and here we are. I hope you enjoy.

A blond woman with a bob haircut and acrylic nails stands before you. She is accompanied by three children and has a sour expression on her face. She wants to speak with your manager.

Karen is a template that can be added to any female humanoid (referred to hereafter as the Base Creature).

Size/Type: The base creatures type does not change, but the creature gains the Karen subtype. A Karen uses the base creatures statistics and special abilities in addition to those described here.

Hit Dice/Hit Points: Unchanged

Speed: as base creature

Base Attack/Grapple: as Base Creature

Damage: as Base Creature

Special Attacks: as Base Creature plus Belittle and Speak With Your Manager

Special Qualities: as Base Creature plus Entitled

Skills: as Base Creature

Feats: as Base Creature plus Iron Will

Gear: Karens gain a Volvo after acquiring this template.

Climate/Terrain: Any/Urban

Organization: Solitary (plus 50% chance to be accompanied by 1d3 children), Complaint (1d4)

Advancement: by Character Class

Challenge Rating: as Base Creature

• Belittle (Ex): A Karen will verbally abuse and harass anyone to get what she wants. She gains a +2 bonus on intimidate check when dealing with merchants or vendors.

• Entitled (Ex): Karen's believe that they are always right and receive a +2 bonus to resist any attempt at persuasion.

• Speak With Your Manager (Ex): After spending at least three consecutive rounds in negotiation with a merchant or vendor of any type, a Karen can demand to speak with a manager. The target Merchant or vendor must make a Will save (DC equal to the Karen's Intimidate check) or summon their supervisor. If the Karen succeeds, she gains an additional +2 morale bonus (stacks with bonus from Belittle) on all Bluff/Diplomacy/Intimidate checks for the remainder of the encounter.