Traditions: A Simple Idea Options

[Moirdryd]

Just been leafing through Street Grimoire and, as people mentioned, I noticed that there really hasn't been much of a defining aspect brought back in for Shaman vs Magician, but they did list all the Traditions just like back in MiTS. I also noted, again as people mentioned, the Tradition Spell Lists and Adept powers that don't have any mechanical benefit they're just thematically appropriate. I was a tad disappointed. I nearly dug out MiTS to apply the Tradition bonuses from there, but then a more "elegant" idea struck me... And I'm shocked I haven't seen it anywhere on here.

Simply, at my table, those using the Tradition will be getting a +2 bonus dice for Tradition Spells (yep, im awar that thats a pretty big bonus, and that if you mix the right Mentor + Tradition + Specialisations + Foci you can get one hell of a dice pool). I haven't looked through the Adept stuff yet completely so haven't settled on a mechanic for them (probably be a reduced PP cost for buying those Powers).

Thoughts? Has this been done before and I missed it?

[Sendaz]

My question would be what are you defining as Tradition Spells?

Are you referring only to the 4-5 Preferred spells mentioned for Tradition or something else?

Because it could work, but I suspect you are going to have people debating what spells might fit better than the 'preferred' list.

[Moirdryd]

Currently, yep, I'm talking about the "Preferred spells" although I'm still tempted to translate across the mechanics from MitS.

[Shortstraw]

Would you have it stack with specialization or would it count as a free minor specialization?

[Moirdryd]

I'd allow it to stack, mostly because the Tradition bonuses stacked in SR3. So it's a free bonus if you follow the Tradition and a big boost if you match your specialisations to your Tradition. I'm also looking at some downsides though (because the old tradition mechanics also provided that too).