Pretenders, They're among us. New racial quality. Options

[Makki]

I stumbled over a very old thread ( http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?showtopic=4763 ), but I wanted to get creative


New Quality:
Pretender
Cost: 50 BP

A character with this quality is a Pretender. Due to their innate ability to "pretend" to be anybody they want to be,
by now only few have been identified and almost all of those are held in megacorp research labs. No one knows
how many Pretenders are living among us, most of them probably have no idea of their gift themselves. Those
who recognize their ability usually try to stay under the radar, as megacorp research departments are highly
interested in exploring and abusing the Pretender phenomenon.
Game Information:
Pretender characters may make a Studying, an Int+Log (see below, 1 day) extended Test. During the studying
time, they cannot focus on anything else, further they tend to not sleep while not suffering from any sleep
deprivation. The studying usually consists of extensive data research, legwork and some trial and error
techniques that look weird and incomprehensible to bystanders.
After the player has picked the Active Skill(s), Skill group or Knowledge Skill(s) he wants to learn, the threshold is calculated as follows:
Active skill rating x2, Skill Group rating x5, Knowledge Skill rating x1.
Pretenders may learn up to Int/2 (rounded down) skills at a time by adding the desired skill ratings together. They
may also improve existing skills by adding the difference between the desired rating and the current rating to the
threshold. Skill groups count as two skills.
The attained skills function without restriction, but degrade at a rating of 1 per week and are fully lost when a
new Studying test is made.
The Studying interval may be halved by the rules of "Rushing a test" like any other extended test. Glitches indicate
dificulties in the studying process. Increase the threshold by two for every glitch. A critical glitch results in
memorizing wrong ideas and aspects, effectively halving the skill rating (rounded down).
A Pretender may only be identified through brain examination and psychologic evaluation; 5 hits on an
assensing test will only tell they are not simply mundane.
This Quality does not count against the 35BP limit, like the Infected Qualities do and is incompatible with
any quality granting a Magic or Resonance attribute.
Appropriate qualities for Pretender characters are First Impression, Blandness and Wanted. Further, a
Pretender character usually excels at Etiquette, Con and Disguise, as these will help him fooling society.