Hidden High Speech Qestion

[ForgeEternal]

The new Merit Hidden High Speech from Signs of Sorcery allows the mage to use High Speech as a Yantra in front of Sleepers without making the spell obvious to them. Awesome. Except in order to use it verbally, you need to spend a point of Willpower.

So I can either spent 1 Willpower to use High Speech as a Yantra (+2 die bonus) or just straight spend 1 Willpower to get a three-die bonus to the roll (and still be able to use a different Yantra if available)? Or can I spend two Willpower on the roll now to get a total bonus of 5 dice to the spell?

[Tessie]

Speaking a mantra is one action, casting the spell is another. Spending WP on both doesn't break the limit of one Willpower point per action.

[Dave Brookshaw]

Exactly. High Speech always increases the casting time by one turn - it is quite impossible to use the Merit on the same turn that spend Willpower on casting.

[Tessie]

The rule has changed from one per turn to one per action, but since using a Yantra is an action it doesn't matter if it's used on the same turn or not.