#when the ceo came up to him and asked if he'd like to switch sides for a lab and funding

[mysticarcanum]

skfkvkgkhkhkh i just pitched my dm a character for her next campaign and she had to break it to me that my character's ideals and goals line up identically to the bbeg and we'd have to work a direct conflict between them into my backstory otherwise im likely to betray the party and join the villains. Again

#to be FAIR #the first time i had a character betray the party #i made the character at a weird place in the campaign #where we were working for the evil megacorp but the party wasnt jiving well with it #and so i asked my dm if she wanted ne to make a character who would jive a bit better with the megacorp #to steer us back on track #she said sure #so i made my horrible little nightmare alchemist #but then the party immediately betrayed their boss #and so 20 sessions later #when the ceo came up to him and asked if he'd like to switch sides for a lab and funding #he said gee whiz! a research grant? for me? #and sold them out instantly #because the party trajectory had pivoted so hard from everything he cared about #but THIS TIME #it's NOT GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN #we are building THIS amoral scientist (another one? shh) #to be BETRAYAL FREE #due to BEEF WITH THE RELIGIOUS STATE AND GOD #and a LOVE OF BEING A FREELANCE VIVISECTIONIST