Talisman from a partially opened device?

[Salutor]

@rgd20

Symbolic representations count, and these do not take up slots of MT. From the box marked “standard Talisman” in TM:RE:

That is, at best, controversial - this thread (Talisman Shapes) argues about it a bit. The key counter argument from my point of view is that:

@Salutor

According to HoH: Societas (pg 132), being able to incorporate an image of a shape found on the Shape and Materials table, for only half of the standard bonus (rounded down), is a specific ability of characters with the Craft Magic virtue.