Is there only one guild for infernals?

Sitha

that is my basic question, though wondering why an infernal couldn't join say the Merchant's of the Crown or Ty Beirdd

Bukariin

Short answer is no, if you want to be an Infernal, you'd better belong to Mhaldor or you'll find the better part of one skillset stripped from you.

And belonging to the military doesn't necessarily force you to PVP regularly, or at all.  It just means you're fair game as a target if some group raids Mhaldor.  You're not free to kill outside of Mhaldor.

E: And I'm not sure how you would roleplay a "powerful" character who doesn't fight.  Political power you can get being any class, but Infernals, as a Lawful Evil Knight archetype, generally go straight for the heart, no pun intended.

Bukariin

There are no Guilds anymore, we have Houses instead.

And I'll just quote HELP INFERNAL:

** Please be advised that this class comes with restrictions on your

actions. The skill of Necromancy is dependent to some extent upon the will

of the forces of Evil; if you choose this class but act against them, you

may find that your ability to use such skills are revoked. Thus, this class

requires at least some roleplaying.

Sitha

ok, yes I meant house. I know they're different but I mix up the terms sometimes. My question really is based on wanting to roleplay a character who is an infernal because of wanting power, but I don't want to be in the military per se and that's what Mahdooi seems like to me. So do any other houses accept Infernals? I am serving Evil just no nessisarily Mhaaldor.

Mishgul

you could always give it a try. I hear Carmain is pretty lenient and ok about things, and willing to let you run your own story to a degree, though I can't be 100% sure because i'm a Sentaari blademaster and have never interacted with the guy.

Nim

Mishgul said:

you could always give it a try. I hear Carmain is pretty lenient and ok about things, and willing to let you run your own story to a degree, though I can't be 100% sure because i'm a Sentaari blademaster and have never interacted with the guy.

um i have bad news for you...

they nerfed bm hunting. also something else but i dont remember what

Bukariin

To be clear for the OP: The preceding two posts were completely sarcastic, if you are a non-Mhaldorian Infernal then Carmain will literally vivisect you IRL in real life

Bukariin

On that subject, how awesome is the job title "Dread Ecclesiarch of Transvital Corruption"?

Stuneree

@Sitha‌
Nobody really answered your question.

There is technically only one house for Infernals, and that is the Maldaathi. That's in the most basic sense.
Being somewhere other than Mhaldor as a necromancer exists, but it comes with the risk of losing a huge portion of your abilities.

There ARE necromancers in non-Mhaldor houses, but that's a moderately rare situation, and normally it's because they joined many IRL years ago.

Your basic options as an infernal:
Join Mhaldor and the Maldaathi house...
Or be a rogue (cityless/houseless), and go from there, while avoiding pissing Mhaldor off or even letting them know really.
I think Hashan also accepts necromancers, but I do not believe their houses do.

As for your "power" question: While the description of Infernals is pretty badass and the idea of them is cool, they aren't necessarily "more powerful" than other classes (not counting the part where they're OP as Hell in PvP right now).
All classes have extremely similar, if not identical, power capabilities. 

The best tip I can give you is: If you don't want to be in Mhaldor, I'd advise not playing infernal. And if you do, remember that your abilities could be stripped at any given time.

Nakari

Also probably relevant is that Mhaldor's houses are going to get replaced soon with houses that will accept all classes (assuming the pattern continues), so there's a good chance that there will be room to be in a less militaristic evil house in the near future (though evil itself is a pretty militarist concept in Achaea anyways)

Sitha

So yeah I changed class the a runewarden so that I could be in a different house.

Stuneree

Sitha said:

So yeah I changed class the a runewarden so that I could be in a different house.

That would have been my first choice for you, Runewarden. Welcome to Achaea!

Halos

I feel like Mhaldor has been working on its new Houses for over a decade now.

Silas

Just as a note, while it's true in most games that you can serve an ideal without serving its paragon city/deity, the same is really not true in Achaea. It's been decreed that you are not truly serving evil outside of Mhaldor, good outside of Targ, etc., by the relevant Gods several times. Flying in the face of that is just kind of silly.

Probably inoffensive for the odd individual to try it for their own personal RP, but these attempts peter out pretty quickly because of the established canon of Achaea. Probably better to join Mhaldor or roll a class other than Infernal/Apostate.

Orzaansyn

Sitha said:

So yeah I changed class the a runewarden so that I could be in a different house.

But the Maldaathi accepts runewadens too.  

Bukariin

It sounds like he just really doesn't want to be Maldaathi (which is reasonable for a new player, since it sounds like a pretty intimidating/elite House from its HELP description).

Sitha

Yeah, I was quite intimidated by their hpuse help files even.