Ok, I just got my Street Magic book in today and I'm just reading though it to kill time on the weekend. I'm liking what I'm reading so far, it's good stuff.
One thing I came across that interests me though is the Latent Awakening quality. In the first paragraph it rambles off that you cant have any magical ability at Char Gen and whatnot... What the hell, let me quote it...

I thought it was an interesting idea. I've ran a game where a character awakened (female character during Hq'sB on the isle, seemed appropriate), and it was interesting watching her try to develop the character, especially since thecharacter had a ton of cyber, including a cyber arm.

Has anyone used this yet?

Konsaki:I think there's a foot note in there directing the GM to ritually sacrifice anyone that suggests this to the DarkKing/Deus totem.

I agree with you that the quality is a grand RP tool on developing a character.
I was just poking some fun at making the greatest karma sink ever.

For a second I actually belived you and looked in a few pages looking for that footnote, you kidder you.

Yet they make a point to restate it in the Spell/Spirit Knack and Astral Sight quality.

As for your not using it, thats your own thing. I personally think it would be a great way to bring a character back to life if it becomes stagnant or just to throw a monkey wrench into the mix.

Way back when, I had a campaign arc that included Harly 2 module, and as a reward, one char who's backstory was that he was a mage, but got experimented on/turned into a 0.05 essence char, had all the cyberware flow out of his skin, replaced with brand new, as good as original, parts.

Char had all the skills and experience of a street sam, but now had to learn all the mage skills now.


It was priceless to watch the player's face when several million worth of cyberware flowed out of his char. From creation, his char had complained and lamented about the loss if his magic.

Before anyone jumps all over me for railroading a player, I did offer to have a "reality shift" happen, and he not lose his cyber. He declined.

That had to have been one happy player, Mist and it truly had to be a scene to behold for everyone involved.

Garrowolf: I think he's just toying with the idea that it isn't specifically stated.

Either that or Fist has the 'Hallucinations' Neg Qual.

Check the descriptors of the Positive Qualities that Latent Awakening can lead to. They all state that someone with the Technomancer Quality cannot take them. But remember the thread where some of the official writers said that in roder to take Incompetence, there should be a possibility to take the skill? Now, there is a possibility for a Technomancer to take Incomp: Magical Skills and be justified, because it is a possibility that he may lose his Resonance and Awaken and actually find a use for those skills.

It should not be, but now it is. With 35pts or Negative Qualiteis in Incompetent: Magical Skills and 5 points of Positive, if the GM chooses ANYTHING other than the 5BP Positives, he gains the excess BPs although he might not be able to use most of the abilities, if not, he does not lose anything.

Latent Awakening with Resonance + Incomp: Magic Skills is a get-bass-quick power boost.

Not quite. Sure, the GM can do that. Just as the GM can have an space cow fall from the sky.

But

Some people have already hinted around it, but if a TM in my group did take this edge, my thinking would be that the new magic rating replaces the resonance score.

Anyway, Since the erratta is gonna kill the hole it hardle matters.

[Sends a sprite to mfb's commlink to corrupt his datafiles]

Is the new module Entitles "The Wesley Crusher adventure book"?

it probably should be if it is about TMs

Does it give new TM powers? Is it part sourcebook?