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<blockquote data-quote="Aplus" data-source="post: 5213887" data-attributes="member: 89491"><p>Thanks for all the tips. </p><p></p><p>I think I am going to make him change his alignment from good to unaligned, and give him a curse of some sort. It will give him a new power or buff, and also a penalty which will probably be slightly worse than the buff, but happen at random. I'll just have to work out the details. I'll have his dreams be plagued by visions of Orcus, and have him wake up from extended rests one or two healing surges short of his max per day.</p><p></p><p>I'll have to find a way to integrate into the story how he and everyone else learns he has the curse, and how it can be undone.</p><p></p><p>I think I'll have to take him aside and explain to him that he can do what he wants, but once his actions contradict the goals of the party to the point that going on together is no longer possible, his character will probably have to become an evil NPC and make a new character.</p><p></p><p>I think I will also have to encourage the rest of the party to allow him to make the choices for his character, and have faith that I will not screw the entire party based on his actions. A lot of them were really getting on his case about the decisions he wanted to make, and I think some of them (myself included) need to back off and let it play out.</p><p></p><p>Really, he hasn't done anything overtly chaotic. He's just done a few things that people didn't like, such as searching bodies of dead villagers for loot and things like that.</p><p></p><p>Another thing that makes it difficult is that his character has no backstory whatsoever. As a result, he doesn't have much direction and his choices seem completely random. I've encouraged him to make up a backstory, but so far he hasn't done so.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully, I can artfully find a way to give him the freedom he is looking to exercise without having the path of the entire group disrupted. Wish me luck, and more ideas are always welcome!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aplus, post: 5213887, member: 89491"] Thanks for all the tips. I think I am going to make him change his alignment from good to unaligned, and give him a curse of some sort. It will give him a new power or buff, and also a penalty which will probably be slightly worse than the buff, but happen at random. I'll just have to work out the details. I'll have his dreams be plagued by visions of Orcus, and have him wake up from extended rests one or two healing surges short of his max per day. I'll have to find a way to integrate into the story how he and everyone else learns he has the curse, and how it can be undone. I think I'll have to take him aside and explain to him that he can do what he wants, but once his actions contradict the goals of the party to the point that going on together is no longer possible, his character will probably have to become an evil NPC and make a new character. I think I will also have to encourage the rest of the party to allow him to make the choices for his character, and have faith that I will not screw the entire party based on his actions. A lot of them were really getting on his case about the decisions he wanted to make, and I think some of them (myself included) need to back off and let it play out. Really, he hasn't done anything overtly chaotic. He's just done a few things that people didn't like, such as searching bodies of dead villagers for loot and things like that. Another thing that makes it difficult is that his character has no backstory whatsoever. As a result, he doesn't have much direction and his choices seem completely random. I've encouraged him to make up a backstory, but so far he hasn't done so. Hopefully, I can artfully find a way to give him the freedom he is looking to exercise without having the path of the entire group disrupted. Wish me luck, and more ideas are always welcome! [/QUOTE]
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