Clerics and their Holy Symbols


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Part of the original reason why I started question/thread was because I wanted to get an idea/opinion from everyone in reagrds to the missing Holy Symbol as my players started off as slaves aboard a ship.

They have since escaped captivity and have made their way to an island.

I allowed them to make very rough wooden holy symbols and told them it would only be counted as a Divine Focus for spells under 3rd level. This wasn't really a problem as they haven't even gotten 2nd level spells yet.

Basically I had them make Craft Checks (I allowed this to be untrained in this case) and then told them they would have to forgoe a day's spell activity, instead pouring that "holy energy" into theri symbols, so empowering their very rough symbols into very rough Holy Symbols.
 

No where in the PHB does it describe a holy symbols special properties, other than "It channels positive energy". That in no way suggests it is blessed or otherwise special.

If it WAS blessed like holy water, all symbols would cost 25 gold more, like holy water.
 

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