New Qualities, Homebrew stylez Options

[The Jake]

Hi all

I had an idea for a Negative Quality I wanted to put out there and get some feedback on.

Negative Quality -
Altered Memories

Similar in many ways to amnesia, Altered Memories indicates that the person with this quality has memories of a lifestyle that never was. Perhaps they are the subject of psychotropic IC, magical memory tampering or full blown simsense reprogramming.

I'm thinking the drawbacks at the low end range would be in the form of mild confusion (Compsure test or something) when a memory does not conform with facts provided to the character which completely contradict their memory (e.g. the PC believes they were in a given place at a different time and date but several people known to the PC can prove he was elsewhere and provide evidence) all the way to conflicting memories which will jeopardise the character's health and/or long term career(e.g. A mafioso PC believes the Don had his mother murdered and thus, hates the Don and is secretly plotting his revenge).

I'm wondering on the points cost and in game mechanics.

At 10pts, only certain portions of a person's memory have undergone significant retampering.
At 15 pts, extended periods (several months to years) of a person's lifespan have undergone severe re-writing.
At 20 pts, years (arguably an entire lifespan at the GMs discretion) have been re-written.

I was thinking that in this day and age, with cloning technology, simsense and magic being what it is, this sort of tampering is achievable and would not only be a good Negative Quality but a solid plot hook as well.

- J.