Interesting continuation of a Destiny's Price character. Although set in one specific town in Illinois, the setpiece locations would work elsewhere with minimal changes. . .

Great little side adventure to add as a random encounter or jump start for your next Mage game. The structure leaves avenues open for how your PCs want to play it and gives them NPCs that they can meet up with again in future sessions. The only thing missing, I feel, is the Hermetic Jamie's character sheet. I understand that he can really be anything that the Storyteller wants him to be, but some stats or suggested spheres would be a good reference for those newer to the system or not the greatest at improv. Travis does a very interesting version of Jamie in the actual play and I'd like to add him to my game! TL;DR Worth adding to your library if you want a more realistic or subtle encounter for your Mage game that can lead to greater possibilities in the future.

A solid little mini-story from Travis Legge, A Blessing and a Curse is largely an excuse to get Tradiiton PCs to stop in Rockford, IL to check on something weird, and which ties in to the Technocracy Reloaded Jumpstart material. The story is short and doesn't have particularly high stakes, but does what it sets out to do by giving the PCs a reason to turn a stop at a gas station into the hook for several future stories. The only real critique I have is that, despite the title, the situation in question doesn't really seem to have much negative consequence for the relevant NPC, so there's little reason for the PCs to want to remove it, but that's a minor issue given that they've already stopped to investigate at all by that point.