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[DMFubar]

Okay, I have discussed this with Psychopete, and decided to once again bring a matter before the forums.

The current rules for getting in touch with a specific contact is to roll 1d6, if the roll is equal or greater than the contacts connection rating, you have made contact (need to use the word contact a little more in that sentence). Therefore, the contacts of the most use are the hardest to reach. This die roll is not affected by anything else, and is therefore a matter of straight up luck. Even for the runner who has been around awhile with a high rep has the same chance to contact his connection 6 contact as the noob just coming off the bus. What I want to do is make this a little easier for players to do.

Option 1: A new Positive Quality - Connected For every 5 BP spent, you get one additional die to roll on reaching your contact, Max 20 BP.
Option 2: Edge - For every point of Edge, you get an additional die to roll for reaching your contact. This use of Edge does not burn or count as spent in any way, and even if you have spent edge previously, you add your full Edge Attribute to your dice pool in regards to reaching your contact only. This is being considered as we already use a House Rule that beginning characters only receive 1 Edge to start with, no more.
Option 3: Street Cred/Notoriety - I just thought of this one, and had not discussed it with Pete, but it may be the best option. Your dice pool for reaching your Contact is equal to your Street Cred - Notoriety +1 (initial Die) with a minimum of one die.

Opinions, thoughts, and just general thrashing of my ideas here?