So I have a player in my current game that has the story feat Damned. What I'm trying to figure out is why a player would take this feat? I get it adds some story flare and what not. And he has a back story for why he is a devil summoner. He is seeking to take vengeance on Usher and all of cheliax for his mother's horrific death. He feels it poetic to use the very friends they love so much to do it. He is also banking on the fact that being LE they won't break his contract and do his bidding, ei burn down all of Cheliax.
I am having a hard time understanding the reason for taking the story feat. Once he sells his soul, which was attempted session one, he gets a +2 bonus to any one attribute, and bonuses against good aligned outsiders. I am just at a loss as to why. I get he can have a stat boost but there are far easier and less messy way of acquiring the bonuses that I can't for the life of me get why he would run this feat with the negatives attached. More over he's not an evil character. He's LN. I just as I said, am at a loss...
Any help with aiding in helping me resolve this is much appreciated. I get playing thematic characters I encourage it. But this seems less of a bonus and more of an unnecessary handicap.