Hi. As most you probably know, Eclipse Phase is a new product line (the first) of a new company. It was first released a few years ago. As such, growing pains are to be expected. This brings me to a specific problem... Identity. The rules makes a distinction between the ego (your mind) and morphs (your body). You have the morph traits (and other qualities) that your morph has so long as you are sleeved in the morph, and you lose them when you switch out. As for ego traits, they are (some of) the qualities of your ego and are something that comes and goes with you as you resleeve. However, certain ego traits don't seem to fit the pattern of being... well... ego traits. These traits are things that don't seem to be part of how your mind works. These traits and qualities are more responses as to how people react to who they think you are. I'm making a distinction and calling this your identity. Your identity is something that can be hidden, and while hidden you can neither benefit nor suffer from the traits. The only way that you can suffer from your identity or benefit from it, is to be found out or for you to reveal it. Likewise, you can also try to pretend to be someone else, either real or fabricated, during which time your old identity is hidden while you benefit (and suffer) from your new identity. I'm wondering if anyone is interested in discussing this topic, or if I should develop this on my own (I feel that I'm half finished) and present the results later. ---- Right now, I think that these should be part of your identity. Positive Identity traits -Allies [30] -Parton [30] Negative Identity traits -Black Listed [5 or 20] -Black Mark (lv. 1, 2, or 3) [10, 20, or 30] -Enemy [10] -On The Run [10] -Social Stigma (Morph, or Identity) [10] Social Stigma trait is a little bit tricky with regards to egos. With the right technology, it is possible to determine that an ego is an AGI or Uplift, which is the source of the social stigma. Technically, this makes it an ego trait, but it is a trait (I think) that can be hidden like an identity trait. Of course, a detailed background check can reveal just about everything else about a character's history. A topic about how your past can haunt you is probably worth discussing. Likewise, a rep score should be tied to your identity as well. On (core rulebook, p. 331), it lists "Fake Ego ID" under services, and it is listed with a cost of [High]. I'm thinking that a more detailed fake ID (one useable rimward and with rep) should be priced at [Expensive] and would come starting with 50 rep points (like a starting character would have). Using morph brokerage as mentioned on (core rulebook, p. 276) as a base, positive identity traits should cost have an extra cost of 500 cr per cp, and negative identity traits would get a discount of 200 cr per cp. Since good rep is beneficial, you could get 1 rep point for 50 cr (1 cp = 10 rep, 500 cr / 10 rep = 50 cr per 1 rep). I'm not sure if you should be allowed to start with less rep than 50 though. Without any rep, one might wonder if you are not better off starting with a [High] priced fake id. If allowed, the price should be at a discount rate of 1 rep per 20 cr, though you wouldn't be able to save more than 1000 cr doing this.