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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AverageTable" data-source="post: 4388717" data-attributes="member: 71718">I agree that this idea is probably better. If you don't want an incompatible holy symbol to be completely useless to a cleric, then it's probably better to treat it as technically usable but effectively crappy (like a fighter with an inoptimal weapon), rather than simply letting him turn a holy symbol of Lloth into one of Pelor with a quick, half-assed prayer. Exactly what the limitations of using an incompatible holy symbol should be, however, would a question requiring further thought. ------------------------------------------------------------------- But if we're going to start talking about using incompatible symbols without somehow miraculously "changing" them, then we raise a whole new problem. The real issue with incompatible holy symbols is that, from any sort of roleplaying perspective, the mere notion of a cleric using the symbol of a god other than his own, particularly one opposed to his own, is downright rediculous. Clerics aren't merely "guys who like gods", they're people who have built their entire lives around their faith and have pledged to dedicate and devote those lives to the worship and service of one deity (or possibly a few related and compatible deities). In other words, no cleric remotely worthy of the title is going to look at a holy symbol of another god, no matter how powerful a treasure it may be, and wonder "How can I get away with using this?". The idea of actually using another god's holy symbol won't even cross his mind. It would be akin to a Rabbi choosing to carry a Christian cross, or the worshippers at an Islamic mosque deciding to decorate the place with crazy, new-age Wiccan paraphenalia. The mere notion is blasphemous in the extreme. Mind you that this is, of course, a roleplaying issue only and not a mechanical one. But if you're playing anything more than a kick-in-the-door, beer-and-pretzel game, then how a cleric might use an incompatible holy symbol is a question that shouldn't even come up, because no one should even suggest the idea.</blockquote>

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