Hi there! I have two quick questions, folks…
1) Acquire Asset says on a crit result you get an “exceptional” item. Alchemy rules refer to certain alchemical goods as “exquisite” items for the purposes of Acquire Asset. Safe to assume that “exceptional” and “exquisite” are meant to be one and the same?
2) A Tier 1 crew with Weak hold starts a war. As per p.56, this temporarily reduces their hold by 1 and can knock them down a Tier, so they become a Tier 0 crew with Weak hold for the war’s duration. When the war ends and the lost hold is returned to the crew, what does their new status become?
a) A Tier 1 crew with Weak hold
b) A Tier 0 crew with Firm hold
c) Something else
Thanks, everyone!
For number 2, I assume they become a tier 1 crew with a weak hold.
Otherwise it didn’t “temporarily” reduce their hold. (Instead, it reduced their hold when the war started, then gave them +1 hold afterwards.)
1) Your assumption sounds sane. Especially as below, exquisite is the adjective for the results of the alchemicals obtained from the example formula with 4-ticks clock.
2) + Tony.
The world’s harsh already. If having been at war could also cause a Tier drop after the end of the war, i’d think John would have mentionned it
Being at war is already providing opportunities for other factions to take actions against the Crew that they wouldn’t have dared otherwise. And depending on the results of the war, they may even feel encouraged to do that after it’s ended.
Yep, that’s right. Also, “exquisite” was a typo. It should be “exceptional” in both instances.