I went through every CMP in the 2018 series, including Las Vegas and the Caribbean, and only one mission calls for any Edge tests at all outside of Suppressive Fire (Which can happen on any run). All of these Edge tests are related to being in the right place at the right time, and if they got lucky or not.
We'll talk to the GM's before Gen Con to sort this out.
- Mike
CDT Shadowrun XO
This is in the SRM FAQ on p.14:
Magic is common in Neo-Tokyo and simply usi
ng it may not be enough to garner any attention.
Combat Magic higher than Force 3, any Mental Manipulation, and
other uses of magic at the discretion of the GM
may garner attention from astral surveillance. When the GM det
ermines that magic use would be suspicious, the GM
may have the player roll their character’s Edge rating as a dic
e pool opposed by a dice pool created by the Force of
the spell being cast and an add
itional die for every security r
ating level over C in that neighborhood.
If they do not get any net hits, then a watcher spirit has tagg
ed their action as suspicious and an astrally
projecting NTMP mage will arrive on sight at the beginning of t
he next combat round and assense the situation. Based
on their findings, they may remain on sight to monitor, determi
ne that the activity is not criminal related, call in a local
patrol to check things out in the mundane, or trigger an HTR re
sponse.
Why Edge? Are Masking, et.al., Spellcasting, Stealth, etc, all irrelevant?
