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Forging Arcane Focus or Holy Symbol into a Weapon or Shield?
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<blockquote data-quote="gyor" data-source="post: 6373499" data-attributes="member: 6670153"><p>Unsheathing or Sheathing a single weapon (or 2 weapons if you have the twf feat) does not count as either an action or bonus action. Its essentially a free action.</p><p></p><p> Then there is the warcaster feat.</p><p></p><p> As for holy symbols there are 3 types mentioned in the PHB, Shield Embalem which has been mentioned already, which maoes your shield a holy symbol, Amulet (a holy symbol you wear around your neck), or my personal favourite a relic, a small pice of something really sacred in your religion. Think having a small finger bone of a saint in a wooden box vs. wearing a cross, a hindu with holy ash from a saint vs. a symbol of one of the Hindu Gods.</p><p></p><p> Amulets and Shield Embalems are more practical, but relics have more flavour and a story to them.</p><p></p><p> Maybe your relic is single hair from your God's time during the Time of Troubles when they had to take on mortal form, maybe its a piece of a saint, or a piece of rubble from a destroyed temple, or a trophy from killing a major enemy of the faith, or the tears of joy from your Gods Empyrean Children, or a feather from a Solar in service to your God, a drop of blood from one of your Gods Chosen, a physical manifestation of your Gods presence from when that God chose you to serve, or a medicine bag filled with sacred objects, a some object from your God's divine realms, a piece of a sacred prophecy, and so many, many more ideas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gyor, post: 6373499, member: 6670153"] Unsheathing or Sheathing a single weapon (or 2 weapons if you have the twf feat) does not count as either an action or bonus action. Its essentially a free action. Then there is the warcaster feat. As for holy symbols there are 3 types mentioned in the PHB, Shield Embalem which has been mentioned already, which maoes your shield a holy symbol, Amulet (a holy symbol you wear around your neck), or my personal favourite a relic, a small pice of something really sacred in your religion. Think having a small finger bone of a saint in a wooden box vs. wearing a cross, a hindu with holy ash from a saint vs. a symbol of one of the Hindu Gods. Amulets and Shield Embalems are more practical, but relics have more flavour and a story to them. Maybe your relic is single hair from your God's time during the Time of Troubles when they had to take on mortal form, maybe its a piece of a saint, or a piece of rubble from a destroyed temple, or a trophy from killing a major enemy of the faith, or the tears of joy from your Gods Empyrean Children, or a feather from a Solar in service to your God, a drop of blood from one of your Gods Chosen, a physical manifestation of your Gods presence from when that God chose you to serve, or a medicine bag filled with sacred objects, a some object from your God's divine realms, a piece of a sacred prophecy, and so many, many more ideas. [/QUOTE]
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