That's one reason they now have a limit on the group initiation benefits you get with small magical groups.

Getting back to Emo's post, my players tend to look for magical groups outside the core runner team, otherwise the mortality rate tends to put a cramp on group development. :evil:

The Oxford Great Circle in the Street Magic's fiction introduction to Magical Groups recruited one of my players during the Wild Ley War, just before Pendragon vanished...

Currently, the Benandanti/Travellers and Vigilia Evangelica are providing the backdrop for a globe-trotting magical conspiracy campaign involving the Black Lodge (well, I had to do something with all the notes I had left over from the Vigilia). Though the team is aiding a pair of Benandanti, at least one player is likely to be recruited to replace a fallen Benandanti (if he continues to play his cards right).

Never deal with a dragon.

Never trust an elf.

I'm working on getting all my teammates to form our magical group.

We ended up with only one pc that isn't magically active in some way, and the GM is considering letting him buy the "Latent Awakening" quality retroactively. So we had a ready made group.

The side benefit is that I'm going to work it up to include the Fraternity restriction, as well as an Oath which prevents backstabbing. It makes a nice twist to have a Shadowrunning team that knows they will drop in power if they betray their comrades....