The mage effects a transaction between two individuals, the recipient and the donor, permanently shifting a Willpower dot from the latter to the former.
The recipient must have recently sacrificed a dot of Willpower to relinquish control of a spell or to contribute to some other magical working, such as the animation of a homunculus (see p. 151). The recipient regains the lost Willpower dot, and the donor loses a dot. The spell only works in the case of an entirely willing donor, who may not be in any way coerced, tricked or mentally influenced.
Silver Ladder Rote: Spreading the Burden
The Silver Ladder fi nds this useful when one of its members has the capacity to work a taxing spell that will mostly benefi t someone else. The former mage completes the spell, and the latter pays the toll.