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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lurker37" data-source="post: 4380923" data-attributes="member: 9522">You're correct that the RAW do not cover this. It's a fairly safe bet, however, that it was intended that found holy symbols could be used by the PCs without any additional gold outlay, because of how treasure packets work in 4E.Most common solution I've seen is to treat it like resizing magical armour (which is really what you're doing in game mechanics terms - making a cosmetic alteration to allow the PC to use the item.) So either use the Enchant Item ritual (like resizing armour this use has no component cost) or else have the PC rededicate the symbol in an hour-long prayer.  Alternatively, you could have the symbol respond to the faith of whoever holds it, so that it slowly changes over the course of an hour when held/worn by a character with the divine power source.Failing that, you could perhaps rule that the local temple could rededicate holy symbols. You could explain them not charging anything for this service simply by the fact that the divine PC is a member in good standing of the temple, and this strengthens the temple's deity while weakening another. (And let's face it, if the PCs found a symbol of a specific deity, chances are they took it off the body of an enemy, and it is thus a deity worshipped by their enemies. Most temples would regard weakening the power of the agents of an opposing deity as a win.)</blockquote>