Exactly. I'm playing my drow warlock as a manipulative and deceptive chaotic neutral. He's not overly cruel or evil, he's made BFF with Shadowheart, is on good terms with both Karlach and Astarion, too (Wyll sits in camp because he's boring, I hate Lae'zel so she got left for dead, and Gale left because I wouldnt' feed him my loot). He got Astarion and SH to go the "goodish" path too.

But he LIES. And his sole goal is to become a mindflayer and work with the Emperor. Does that mean he wants mass slaughter and death? Nope, actually not at all-- like the Emperor he'd rather pull strings from the shadows and have relative peace and stability so long as -he- has power and control over -his- life and wants, and the only way to do that is become as powerful as possible. Brain worms and allying with the Emperor allows that. Keeping his allies close and winning them over allows for that to be easier than genocide and making enemies everywhere he goes.

Last edited by sijjvravisz; 13/09/23 03:05 PM.