This question has come up in the game a couple of times, and I have given my ruling on it before, however, there have been discussions regarding my reasoning. I will let you know my reasoning and thought process in making my decision.

The issue: It is not possible to do a Predomination Action as a Group Action. Period. That also means you cannot Aid someone in Predomination actions. **

Reasoning: The rubric and the theory of Predomination as it is described in the BRB do not match up well yet, and I'm unsure that what "Predomination" means is fully understood.
- When you Predominate an area, what you are doing is infusing the area with, for lack of better terms, aspects of you. Whether you understand this to be aspects of your soul or mind or whatever, the important bit is 'aspects of you'.

- Predomination is a willful act. That is, you cannot 'accidentally' Predominate an area, and an area does not 'become' Predominated without your INTENDING to do so. (Note: Predomination is different from an area becoming an affection).

- Predomination is a highly, intensely personal act. You are bending the Symphony in an area to resonate as you resonate. Your Will shapes the Symphony. That's huge.

- When you Predominate an area, your Embodiment (and aspects of your Morality) seep into the minds of the people in that area.

- If an area is already Predominated, there will be a mechanic for 'attuning' it further (ie. If someone Predominates an area to a Pleasant Temperance area, a Moral Charity could 'attune' the area to Pleasant Charity. Because this doesn't actually change the Morality of an area, the Charity ought to be able to have an easier time attuning it). Currently, there is no mechanic for this, but I have suggested reducing the Difficulties, so that attuning a Paradise/Hellhole would be a Difficulty of 5, and attuning a Pleasant/Slum area would be a Difficulty of 2. This is still an Opposed Roll, however. This is my suggestion, and it is what we will use for now until I hear otherwise.

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** Previously, I had allowed people to Aid one another in Predomination actions, providing their Embodiments and Moralities matched. I believe this used to be tangentially mentioned in the BRB. However, with the introduction of Secular Potency (it's in the Secular Actions section of the BRB), Predomination is *only* a personal action.

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Also, for anyone who submitted a "Group Predominate" or "Aid Predominate" action this month, I'm willing to change that one action into something else, to free up those points.