House Rule: Manipulating Reputation Options

[HentaiZonga]

Occasionally, a character will want to adjust their Reputation - either new up-and-coming runners will want to quickly make a name for themselves, or experienced runners will want to "disappear" back into the shadows. Either way, the mechanics work the same.

In-character, the process involves hitting up all the local dives, hang-outs, and Matrix boards and chatting people up - inserting rumors, countering opinions, and the like. Mechanically, character makes an extended Charisma + Con (1 Hour) test, with a threshold of the character's Notoriety. If successful, one aspect of reputation (Street Cred, Notoriety, or Public Awareness) may be raised or lowered by one. The Face character must choose which aspect is being modified, and in which direction. If a Glitch occurs during this process, one additional aspect will modified at random, as rumors and feelings get twisted in the public's mind. If a Critical Glitch occurs, the attempt has its opposite intended effect. A character's reputation may not be modified more than [Edge] times per month, without all further rolls incurring an automatic Glitch effect, as the sheer amount of rumor and counter-rumor gets distorted in a massive game of "Telephone".

Modifiers (all modifiers are cumulative):
+1: Telling the truth (or mostly the truth), and there were witnesses
+2: Telling the truth (or mostly the truth), to people who were there
-1: Telling tall tales or outright lies, and there were witnesses
-2: Telling tall tales or outright lies (or mostly the truth), to people who were there
-2: Attempting to modify someone else's Reputation
-2: Attempting to modify the Reputation of someone you don't know well (a Contact or a fellow runner)


What do you think, Sirs?