Assassins Creed Brotherhood – Does Dyeing Clothes or Cape Have Any Effect?

There is one thing I know of to do in Monteriggioni during your limited exploration, aside from the mandatory plot points and the email.

There are five items, remnants of the villa from before the battle.

They are found at:

Maria's Feather Chest: On the villa's roof. Mario's Sword: Under a tree on the street. Ezio's Belt: Far right corner of the city facing the gates from the villa. Medici Cape: Left of the villa, inside a church. Record Book: Inside the villa on the right.

For finding them, you get:

A trophy/achievement, Dust to Dust, for the first one you find, and as far as I know, nothing else for the rest.

From a review of the german GameStar

Wie Assassin’s Creed 2 verwendet auch Brotherhood den Game-Launcher-Kopierschutz, den Ubisoft allerdings leicht entschärft hat. So müssen Sie beim Klettern und Meucheln nicht mehr online bleiben, nach der ersten Internet-Aktivierung läuft das Spiel auch im Offline-Modus.

And from Gamespot

There are a number of key differences between Assassin's Creed II and its follow-up, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, but if there's one that some PC enthusiasts will appreciate the most, it's that Ubisoft's stringent copy-protection scheme has been jettisoned.

And from StrategyInformer

Fortunately, Ubisoft has seen sense this time around, and although certain security elements are present, it's barely noticeable anymore and definitely doesn't feel as intrusive. The game requires a one-time activation to begin with, but after that you can play the single player offline whenever you desire. The multiplayer requires you have a connection (duuh) and some of the DLC does too, but that's it.

This seems to indicate that there is still an online activation needed, but that afterwards no online connection is needed anymore. So you don't seem to need a permanent internet connection to be able to play the game.