[Oogly Mage]

Ya I think you hit the nail right on the head there about how I feel about playing evil characters(its interesting at first and the idea of evil power is ecstatic, but after a while you don't really like playing the role of evil anymore. Too hard to interact positively with people). I myself also LOVE the archer as a hero, and like playing as a good person. I suppose my real question was really "How can I relish the power that the evil characters provide if I don't like the downsides of being evil. The thought of taking viconia and edwin into the party as a good character came to mind, but I thought that they would complain if I was good and they were evil.

I am the kind of guy who likes to go all the way with something rather balance stuff so It felt a little strange to mix allignments like that. I will try to include the NPC's in question with my archer game then.

But going back to my p.s. question from before, if you join the vampires is the plot affected seriously(I have tried it for a bit, but it felt so wrong that I started over). I know it moves you to chapter 3 with a slightly different chapter transition movie thingy.

Edit: I going to be gone for a few hours so feel free to post all kinds of random answers, tips and garbage here until I get back.