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Does a worn Holy Symbol take up an Item Slot?
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<blockquote data-quote="kevkas" data-source="post: 4813007" data-attributes="member: 83869"><p>Well, this issue hasn't come up at my table, but it's interesting.</p><p> </p><p>The "wear" aspect got me thinking about two implements in particular: orbs and tomes (from Arcane Power). Clearly there's kind of a workaround for orbs, in that a character could just put it in a pouch and hang it form its belt (for example), but "wearing" a tome??? That not only sounds weird, but functionally bad too.. I mean, to me (as a DM) having to open a tome to use it would be a reasonable use of it.</p><p> </p><p>I think that in the end, it comes to thinking of each implement invidivually, but I know that sucks. It would be something like this:</p><p><u><strong>Hands</strong></u></p><p>-Staff/Wand</p><p>-Rods</p><p>-Daggers</p><p> </p><p><u><strong>Hands and/or Wear</strong></u></p><p>-Holy Symbol: hands, neck, or hanging from your belt.</p><p>-Orb: hands, or wear them (e.g. belt pouch)</p><p>-Totems: just wearing sounds good to me, but could also be used in your hand.</p><p> </p><p>In some of those case a slot would have to be used, but in others it sounds good to allow a character to have that slot available for a magic item (for example: if you wear a Holy Symbol hanging from your belt, it could be fine to let that character use his waist slot for a magic item, specially if it is a belt).</p><p> </p><p>I can't really think of a ruling that is so general as to be applied to ALL implements without exceptions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kevkas, post: 4813007, member: 83869"] Well, this issue hasn't come up at my table, but it's interesting. The "wear" aspect got me thinking about two implements in particular: orbs and tomes (from Arcane Power). Clearly there's kind of a workaround for orbs, in that a character could just put it in a pouch and hang it form its belt (for example), but "wearing" a tome??? That not only sounds weird, but functionally bad too.. I mean, to me (as a DM) having to open a tome to use it would be a reasonable use of it. I think that in the end, it comes to thinking of each implement invidivually, but I know that sucks. It would be something like this: [U][B]Hands[/B][/U] -Staff/Wand -Rods -Daggers [U][B]Hands and/or Wear[/B][/U] -Holy Symbol: hands, neck, or hanging from your belt. -Orb: hands, or wear them (e.g. belt pouch) -Totems: just wearing sounds good to me, but could also be used in your hand. In some of those case a slot would have to be used, but in others it sounds good to allow a character to have that slot available for a magic item (for example: if you wear a Holy Symbol hanging from your belt, it could be fine to let that character use his waist slot for a magic item, specially if it is a belt). I can't really think of a ruling that is so general as to be applied to ALL implements without exceptions. [/QUOTE]
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