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So if you have a Talisman with a stored rote, and you use it to cast that rote, how does that interface with your casting your own spells?

The Talisman has its own Arete, separate from yours. Does that mean that you can will it to operate, and have it roll versus its Arete, and then you can cast a spell, and use your Arete, and there's no splitting dice pools? Or do you use whichever is the smaller dice pool?

Can you use your Willpower to get the Talisman a guaranteed success? If you can, is that all the Willpower you can spend that turn, or can you also buy a guaranteed success for your own spell?