[...]( Kotor dark-side-mutations and empowerment comes to mind). [...]
Also reminded me a lot of KOTOR. Force persuade was a lot of fun (although this is even more grounded in well known star wars setting).
I could see very much the reward in not using the tadpole powers. Not choosing the easy (bad) path, not being controled by another force but stay yourself, is kind of a challenge.
