I am currently playing as a DS male and I want to turn some of my goody-goody companions to the dark side (Bao Dur, Handmaiden, Atton Rand). How does one go about doing htis? All of the dialog options I have with them are all LS oriented... if I try to gain influence with the Handmaiden, for example, I end up getting LS points (yuk) but then she ends up hating me if I go with DS dialog options. Is there another way to turn these pions into my powerful underlings? I am a Sith Marauder, BTW, so I guess the DS Corruption force power won't work here...

it's touchy. I was lightside, so I had similar problems with HK47.

 

The only thing to do is suck up the light side points to gain influence then turn her once she trusts you. There's a ton of chances for light and dark points in this game tho.

I am currently playing as a DS male and I want to turn some of my goody-goody companions to the dark side (Bao Dur, Handmaiden, Atton Rand). How does one go about doing htis? All of the dialog options I have with them are all LS oriented... if I try to gain influence with the Handmaiden, for example, I end up getting LS points (yuk) but then she ends up hating me if I go with DS dialog options. Is there another way to turn these pions into my powerful underlings? I am a Sith Marauder, BTW, so I guess the DS Corruption force power won't work here...

 

With the handmaiden just train with her, I think three times, and every time you train with her your influence will go up. Then if you have enough after your last one you can make her a dark jedi guardian if your DS, or, god forbid, a light jedi guardian.