Our group’s cult is ramping up to Tier 1, so I’ve been reading up on those rules and I’ve a couple of (stupid/obvious) questions, that might make perfect sense to people who’ve actually used them on the table already:
1. when you advance in tier, your hold drops by one level – is it possible to advance when your hold is weak?
2. when you go to war, your hold is reduced by one level temporarily (for the duration of the war) and if your hold is already weak, you drop a tier – does this mean that when the war finished, you go back up the tier you lost because your hold was already weak, or do you remain down on the lower tier and just gain hold instead?
3. Does the drop in Tier affect everything (Rep for taking them on, size of gangs, downtime actions etc.) that depends on Tier?
Regarding 1.
Funny. I searched the same topic today and found this https://plus.google.com/110457491581059265390/posts/BSkYK3y5Gmy
Answer is: No, you need firm to advance.
1. No.
2. You go back up.
3. Yes.
Thanks John Harper – that makes sense!