Drinking holy water and barfing it up on a monster...

[Emirikol]

Here's a childish one I heard at the game store last night. Character drinks a bunch of holy water and then vomits on a grappled vampire... Acid plus holy h2o? The DM let the kid do it

 

[Hedgemage]

Very no. What makes holy water holy is that it it has a certain level of purity, ritual or otherwise. Mixing in anything else taints it and then its just water with chunks.

 

[smootrk]

Very no. What makes holy water holy is that it it has a certain level of purity, ritual or otherwise. Mixing in anything else taints it and then its just water with chunks.

Agreed. Basically as soon as it touches anything other than its special container it causes its initial reaction (such as the holy damage to susceptible objects/creatures) then becomes regular liquid thereafter. Not to get into the religious discussions, but this is based mostly upon the Catholic Holy Water concept. Holy water removed from a sanctified container is no longer 'holy water'.

 

[zeroorez]

where is the RAW on this? I say no rules to support your Catholic ways, thus DM's call

 

[Quartz]

I might allow a paladin or character with appropriate Exalted feats to hold a charge of Holy Water in their mouth, but not to swallow then vomit. Besides, vomitting isn't that easy.

 

[Darklone]

I might allow a paladin or character with appropriate Exalted feats to hold a charge of Holy Water in their mouth, but not to swallow then vomit. Besides, vomitting isn't that easy.

Check out Shilsens sig, in that paladin story the dude has his teeth enchanted as a succubus grapples him.

For such a paladin, I'd allow it.

 

[Nellisir]

Here's a childish one I heard at the game store last night. Character drinks a bunch of holy water and then vomits on a grappled vampire... Acid plus holy h2o? The DM let the kid do it

Not in my game, thanks. Not even for a standard paladin or cleric. A character good enough to vomit holy water would have the [good] subtype and do holy damage with her unarmed attacks.

 

[Patlin]

Acid plus holy h2o?

Several have responded to the holy water side, but as to the acid... about 4 years ago my little girl was feeling sick and crawled into bed with her mom and dad, and then threw up directly in my ear! While I went from sleeping to jumping 6 feet into the air in half a second, I assure you I took no acid damage.

 

[Cabled]

Yeah, I'd likely allow it provided it happened within a couple minutes of drinking the holy water. Because honestly, why not? It's not going to turn the character into some kind of living holy water fire hose, I would probably allow it to do a vial's worth of holy water damage plus a vial's worth of acid damage...that's roughly the damage potential of a greataxe, one use only. It's the kind of thing the players will probably remember for years. It's a decent way to sneak a shot of holy water into the domain of an intelligent undead of you planto open with the "parlay then ambush" tactic.

And given where many undead live and the form they take, it might be easier to throw up than you think. Heck, carry a vial of epicac or some similar herb around for the purpose of it. By the time you set it all up just to do it, the extra effect would probably not be viewed as worth the extra effort.

 

[werk]

Several have responded to the holy water side, but as to the acid... about 4 years ago my little girl was feeling sick and crawled into bed with her mom and dad, and then threw up directly in my ear! While I went from sleeping to jumping 6 feet into the air in half a second, I assure you I took no acid damage.

Yeah...presence of acid does not equal acid damage.


Sounds like the DM is just letting the kid have fun.