Tiers

Tier is the measure of strength and capacity of self a person has. Tier is explained as a color -- an ethereal flicker lingering about every person's soul and self. This flicker of color may change over time, growing to swell bright or fading away to nothing.

Strength outside of Reality
Every person, thing or creature which passes beyond the boundaries of reality finds themselves out of place. A character's measure of ability or strength here is not the same as it may have been in their reality. Someone may have been exceptionally powerful and skilled, or inexperienced and ungifted in their reality, but this is somewhere different...

Rules and understanding, control and capacity are not the same for a person here. Everyone who enters begins at teh same

Pale
The lowest and weakest, those of Pale Tier have only a weak flicker so dim it can barely be seen. When a soul slips down to Pale, there is a real danger of beginning to Fade away into nothingness. Many Mundane who find their way out of reality are Mundane, though it's not unheard of for Outsiders or Chambion to be forced down the ranks into this Tier.

RP Mechanics
Character Tier is a mechanic which is used throughout the HUD to show strength and ability. Tier can be raised (or lowered) through the use of Keys and Locks which may be acquired. While Playtesting, these items are able to be bought for Secrets from various NPCs around the world.

Within The Space Between, there is no leveling or direct increase of base stats over time; after Character Creation; base stats remain static. Instead, as a character traverses through Unreality, they may find strange items in the form of Oddments. These altered objects offer bonuses (and hindrances) to Traits, Mysticism, and DR.

A weak character of low Tier is only able to hold onto so many Oddments at once. As a character grows stronger, they are able to juggle more at one time. Certain Oddments can have restrictions based on Tier making them impossible to use unless these are met.

Additionally, those of higher Tiers are able to select more Quirks with more slots and points to use for them.