Just a friendly OOC recruitment notice. Got to keep up with the competition!

House Montezzi is a player faction which has enjoyed a great deal of success since its two founding PCs started it a few months ago. One of them is dead now, and many of the initial members which helped it come to eminence as well, so we're currently more than ever in recruitment mode.

The basic premise for those who don't know is a Lawful Evil-inclined noble house ruled by an authoritative Prince which has come to control a historically very rebellious and chaotic district in the setting through a variety of means including intrigue, diplomacy and of course violence. Suffice to say the faction is full of action of all kinds. I can't get into spoilers, but we've got lots of cool plans which will be alot of fun for everybody involved and the server in general.

All of our existing players are very welcoming of new PCs and players, and we go to alot of effort to see that they are immediately involved in our RP opportunities and plotting, often allotting tasks to them they can get started on, promoting them if they succeed and making sure they get equipment and other kinds of support.

We've a variety of IC recruitment posters around at the moment, so if you're new to the server and want to get straight into the action, make sure you check them out and follow them up!

Thanks.

I'd just like to encourage people to consider joining this faction and help give it your own spin and flair. It is really a lot of fun and a very action-packed group. A lot of the original members have either died or moved on, so there's plenty of room for new characters.

I am really hoping it continues to prosper and be a fun faction to be involved in.

There's a lot I could say about the faction, but just to touch on a few of the major things we do:

- Trying to breath life into the Canal Ward, which has been a slow process but the DMs have been receptive

- Roleplaying nobility or at least the trappings of nobility

- Court intrigue

- Spying

- Conflict with just about everybody else, and sometimes each other

- Recruitment/opportunities to gain your own retainers and be considered a "Lord"

- Doing dangerous stuff, whether headed out on exploration trips or tough quests

- Plot advancement

I could go on, I just want to post here to encourage people to consider making characters for a faction that I'd love to see be given new colorful twists by the efforts of other players.

I am very receptive to private Pms or chats IG or IRC about character ideas if you are interested, particularly for new players.

All recruitment is done IG, if you're having trouble meeting me or another member of th Court just let me know.

A common misconception that I hear is that Montezzi is all about being pure evil and PvP and killing innocents. The truth is that while PvP occurs, it rarely occurs anymore. It is not rampant, and we try to shy away from it due to the bad feelings that occur through such events, and that there is always a loser in PvP, which sucks. The current house does not even make up most of the best PvPers, or those who would even be good at it! I will take for example Andrew Datten, who I consider to be an excellent character. He is not that good at PvP, or even acts evil most of the time. From what I have seen, he is just a shy lower kid who wants to serve his lord, but is fearful and colorful in personality. Characters like this make the server much better, and move it away from solving every problem through fighting, and more towards exploiting members weaknesses in other ways. These types of characters are always sought after, and loved, in factions, including and especially Montezzi, where there is more than enough room for anything you can possibly imagine.

I'll be straight with people about the faction. It is large, and more populated than any other faction on the server, but it also neds to be large. Montezzi currently represents almost 100% of PCs who will be on its side, while other factions can band together to easily outnumber it. It is not as large as people make it out to be on IRC, and can always use fresh blood (lol punny). You do not have to be evil in thinking, or even evil in alignment. I discussed earlier the possibility of a LG Ilmaterian (LUCIUS WESTMORE) trying to join Montezzi in an effort to secure rights for the commoners, and ultimately convert Rinaldo to good. Even if this concept ultimately ends in death, or at least failure, it would definately make an impact on everyone, and allow you to make your mark. There are a plethora of options to explore, and Montezzi has room for every type of PC, except maybe paladins, though I can see that work in extreme circumstances. If you want to play a monster race, Montezzi is your one stop shop to survival and success in any way you imagine.

Finally, when we make these OOC recruitment posts, we are not looking for people to only join the House. The major difference, right now, between Upper and Lower is that Upper has a ton of different factions and groups, which are fun and cool. However, Lower only has one or two. We eagerly support the creation of smaller groups in Lower, whether it be a mercenary company led by a grizzled duergar trying to pay off a debt to Fort Mur, or a sweet group of goblins who will hang out with the new goblintown and rock things by being cute, cuddly, and vicious. As Charm said, all of us are open to listening to your concerns, or ideas for concepts. I would go so far as to say that we will lend an idea to plot ideas you might have, even if you are not part of the faction. Conversely, if you require us to aid you in creating a concept, whether it be for the house, an affiliate of the house, or anything else related to the house, lend us your ear and we will lend you our knowledge.

Well, there's no reason for it to be just the Montezzi guys themselves tooting their horn. I think it's safe to say that the Montezzi Court has been the most impactful PC faction ever made. If you're interested in joining something that's truly unique, check them out.

Lastly,

I discussed earlier the possibility of a LG Ilmaterian (LUCIUS WESTMORE) trying to join Montezzi in an effort to secure rights for the commoners, and ultimately convert Rinaldo to good.

LOL on so many levels. I never read this mentioned, link me in a PM. Thanks trendy, that made my day.

It should be noted that House Montezzi is not simply a group where all the bloodthirsty evil fellows in the server goes, it's the one PC faction with influence over several DM factions and atleast some impact on any PC faction out there. You can generally be any alignment, as has been stated, unless you're Good. Chaotic people might have a trouble with dictatorship also.

It's a wonderful way to find out secrets of the server, gain attention from DM's and players alike, and advance your characters plot, be it positive for the House or not.

After those bloody days as the House arose to power, the amount of PvP has severely lessened, to the current state of a completely dead Lower apart from the occasional low lvl running through to do errands.

In fact, I'd go out on a limb and say that we not only want people that can join the House and work for it that way, we need people who generally interact with it. The feeling of the server has become that of the Non-Montezzi, who refuse to enter Lower unless in large groups, and the Montezzi, who walk around alone and hunger for attention apart from insults thrown while in Upper.

This is an awesome faction, in so many ways. We don't need more mindless slaves, but rather people to stir up some interest and avoid having our own older members shift over to alt characters from lack of interaction.

Consider it should you die, you won't be disappointed.

So a follower of Bane would be a prime recruit? Since their all about Law, Order, Tyranny?

There have been Banites in the House, yes, though really we recruit anyone with the right attitude and alignment.