I like people being jerks in my order. After all, my tenets are hatred, greed and conflict. Real machiavellian scheming is the way to get ahead - or it's supposed to be. Forums aside, it's surprisingly hard to get players to be nasty to each other.

I've always thought requirements should be...slim, to say the least.

Like, From what I remember, Lyreth's order, when he was around, was way laid back. It was have fun, and when you've been around long enough, and not pissed him off, you would get a bone thrown to you.

He had a few tasks that would be "Recommendations" that never really got written down, because he left before we could get fully, truly established, but things like "Submit some designs involving Lyreth" or "Write a poem showing your devotion." They weren't requirements, they were suggestions to prove your loyalty. I think that's how it should be

E is for eggs, because I love eggs and you make me think of eggs.

*sigh* If Lyreth was still around and writing a poem was a task, I would so go acrostic:

L is for Lyreth, because he's just the first and coolest of them all.
O is for overwhelmingly handsome, because seriously, who wouldn't look hot in just a loincloth.
V is for vestiphobia for again the loincloth.
E is for eggs, because I love eggs and you make me think of eggs.

Al this makes LOVE because I love you Lord Lyreth now give me a promotion!

Work for anybody?

And point taken Fain. But, at the same time, you wouldn't go "to advance to the next rank, offer 1 million essence to Me, then backstab a close (blood!) relative, and then lie to an official in your guild to help advance your personal career."

In other words, "requiring" things that might fit "rp" makes for...odd rp...