Parallel Lives Cost: Variable.
Copyright (c) 1996 by S.D. Anderson <102250.1425@CompuServe.COM>

Events in the character's life match those of someone else, perhaps
a person of historical importance, perhaps a twin who was separated
from the character at birth, a previous incarnation, etc.

At quirk level the connection between the character with the
disadvantage and the person whose life he "follows" is fairly
obvious and similarities easy to find, but they have no real
significance. (ie Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy while
Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln.) Or at least no real
significance that the secret masters want revealed at the present
time in an illuminated campaign.

At higher levels, the disadvantage is akin to destiny. The stronger
the relationship to the other character the closer events that
occured to one occur to the other. PCs will have to take skills
and advantages buy off/acquire disadvantages similar to what the
parallel did at about the same stage in life.  They don't have to
be identical, a parallel who was poisoned at a certain age may have
a follower who gets a severe illness instead. A PC may find himself
wedding bound because the parallel got married, etc.

It's legal to set another PC up as a parallel, but this means the
player with the disadvantaged character is obligated to spend
experience points along the lines the parallel's player does.
Mutually paralleled characters may be allowed on a tentative basis.
If the GM decides the character development is proceeding relatively
unhindered because the players are too cooperative he may reduce
it's value accordingly and give the PCs replacement disadvantages.

The cost of the disadvantage is based on the strength of the
parallel. -10 pts for a 9- chance of having to spend CP to match
the parallel, half that for a 6-, double for a 12- and triple for
a 15-.