House Rule: Initiation for mundane, Expertise and tricks insteadof magic Options

[Dentris]

Hi, it's been a while since i posted in this forums, but after much time, here are my brand new house rule.

Expertise rank.

As a mundane character progresses, he learns more than what skills and attributes can cover. He learns to survive in a world of magic, matrix-omnipresence and cyber-monsters. Expertise ranks work just like initiation or submersion, but is limited only to mundanes. No characterwith the Adept, Mystic Adept, Magician or Technomancer quality may ever increase his expertise rank.

The maximum expertise rank a character may have is equal to his edge rating, and the maximum edge rating is equal to 6+edge (+1 for humans, +1 for lucky characters) This is pretty much the initation rules, but switchmagic attribute for edge.

To increase his expertise rank, a character must spend 10+(3 times new rank) karma points. In addition of increasing his maximum edge value, increasing an expertise rank by one also enable the character to choose a single trick.

Tricks:

+1 IP (this is incompatible with any magical or implant improvement to initiative)
+1 to street cred (this may increase a character's street cred above its charisma rating. May be selected thrice)
+1/-1 to notoriety (may be selected thrice)
+1/-1 to Public awareness (may be selected thrice)
Mundane Spirit (the character is considered to have a counterspelling skill equal to his expertise rank /2, min.1, but may only use it on himself)
Henchmen (the character has attracted a number of henchmen equal to his public awareness to his service. They have a professional rating equal to his expertise rank /2, min.1 and share the same edge points than the character. If they ever die, they are replaced within a month)
+1 to any physical or mental attribute (they are not compatible with any magical or implant improvement. The attribute may go above its natural maximum, but not abive its augmented maximum)
+1 to any group of skill (social, physical, combat. Any skill with an initial rating of 0 is not improved with this trick)
Jack-of-all-trade (unskilled attempt do not suffer from the normal -1 penalty, athough skills that cannot be used untrained may not be used by the character)

comments, thoughts?