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 -   [Equal Advancement](#equal-advancement) [(240)]{.og-ref}
 -   [Optional Character Advancements](#optional-character-advancements) [(OG-CSRD)]{.og-ref .og-ref-og}
--   [Starting at Tier 0](#optional-rule-starting-at-tier-0) [(OG-CSRD)]{.og-ref .og-ref-og}
 -   [XP Advance](#optional-rule-xp-advance) [(OG-CSRD)]{.og-ref .og-ref-og}
 
 Related Sections
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 These examples are not exhaustive, and might not be appropriate for every game or setting. For more ideas on balancing
 an XP advance with a complication, see [Drawbacks and Penalties](#drawbacks-and-penalties) and [Serious Injuries and
 Conditions](#horror-rules-serious-injuries-and-conditions).
-
-##### Optional Rule: Starting at Tier 0 [#](#optional-rule-starting-at-tier-0){.og-h-anchor aria-hidden="true"}
-
-[(OG-CSRD Editorial Addition)]{.og-ref .og-ref-og}
-
-This optional rule allows the GM to start the game with less powerful PCs. If you are playing tier 0 PC, start by
-selecting a [descriptor](#choose-descriptor) and [type](#choose-type) (and perhaps a [flavor](#choose-flavor)) for your
-PC.
-
--   **Stat Pools:** Your starting [Pools](#pool) are determined by your [type](#choose-type):
-
-::: table-responsive
-  Stat        Adept   Explorer   Speaker   Warrior
-  ----------- ------- ---------- --------- ---------
-  Might       7       10         8         10
-  Speed       9       9          9         10
-  Intellect   12      9          11        8
-
-  : Tier 0 Stat Pools by Type
-:::
-
--   **Effort:** Your [Effort](#effort) is 0.
-
--   **Edge:** Your [Edge](#edge) for all stats is 0.
-
--   **Cypher Limit:** If you are an [explorer](#type-explorer), [speaker](#type-speaker), or [warrior](#type-warrior),
-    you can bear one [cypher](#choose-cyphers) at a time. If you are an [adept](#type-adept), you can bear two.
-
--   **Special Abilities:** You gain two [special abilities](#choose-abilities) available to your [type](#choose-type)
-    (or [flavor](#choose-flavor)) at tier 1.
-
--   **Skills and Equipment:** Your starting [skills](#skills) (including with [weapons](#equipment-weapons)) and
-    [equipment](#chapter-10-equipment) are identical to those listed for a first-tier PC of your [type](#choose-type).
-
-###### Advancing to Tier 1 [#](#optional-rule-starting-at-tier-0-advancing){.og-h-anchor aria-hidden="true"} {#optional-rule-starting-at-tier-0-advancing}
-
-Advancing to tier 1 involves four steps. Each step costs 4 [XP](#choose-xp). The steps cans be purchased in any order.
-
--   **Increased Pools:** You gain 6 points to add to your [stat](#character-stats) [Pools](#pool). You can allocate the
-    points among your Pools however you wish.
-
--   **Increased Edge:** If you are a [warrior](#type-warrior), you add 1 to your [Might](#might) or [Speed](#speed)
-    [Edge](#edge) (your choice). If you are an [explorer](#type-explorer), you add 1 to your [Might](#might)
-    [Edge](#edge). If you are an [adept](#type-adept) or [speaker](#type-speaker), you add 1 to your
-    [Intellect](#intellect) [Edge](#edge).
-
--   **Increased Effort:** Your [Effort](#effort) score increases to 1.
-
--   **Focus:** You gain a [focus](#choose-focus), including any [special abilities](#choose-abilities) it offers to a
-    tier 1 PC.
-
--   **Reaching Tier 1:** Once you have purchased all four steps, you reach tier 1, gaining two more [special
-    abilities](#choose-abilities) from your [type](#choose-type) (or [flavor](#choose-flavor), and increasing your
-    [cypher limit](#cypher-limits) by 1. From now on, you use the standard rules for [character
-    advancement](#character-advancement).
 :::
 
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 -   [Equal Advancement](#equal-advancement) [(240)]{.og-ref}
 -   [Optional Character Advancements](#optional-character-advancements) [(OG-CSRD)]{.og-ref .og-ref-og}
 -   [Spending XP](#choose-xp) [(OG-CSRD)]{.og-ref .og-ref-og}
--   [Starting at Tier 0](#optional-rule-starting-at-tier-0) [(OG-CSRD)]{.og-ref .og-ref-og}
 -   [Starting Just Past Tier 1](#starting-just-past-tier-1) [(CTS, 9)]{.og-ref}
 -   [Tall Tales](#weird-west-tall-tales) [(HNAM, 63)]{.og-ref}
 -   [XP Advance](#optional-rule-xp-advance) [(232)]{.og-ref}[(OG-CSRD)]{.og-ref .og-ref-og}