The talisman editor may make from new, but you can just freely edit trash talismans you have sitting around anyway to any sort of stats and type, irrespective of its past form.
Very simple question. This should in theory be legal based on the check. However after giving it some equipment ingame and then sending it on a mission, it has no skills or moves equipped as though it was deemed illegal. What has gone wrong? The Emergency Retreat was dojo taught.