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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 2731815" data-attributes="member: 19675">Public service, dude...I'm trying to find a BoED FAQ and I can't find one...got a link?Ah...nevermind- I found it.Interestingly enough, the next entry in the FAQ contemplates the combination of a Kensai taking VoP, and the writer does an interesting tap dance about how broken the combo could be...And the entry after that expressly allows the tattooed monk's tattoos as a "class feature"... as if turning undead or casting key clerical spells were not.I've seen this kind of tap dancing in depositions and testimony.  WOTC is aware of the problem with the wording of VoP...but won't correct it.I've said it before: IMHO, the stricture against a holy symbol is nonsensical and antithetical to the purposes of the intent of the VoP.  Its contrary to the inspirational sources of the VoP, and it removes the ability of the cleric to perform core, essential clerical duties...and I mean that not just in the game mechanical way (turning) but also in the heirarchical, day-to-day duties of a priest or holy man (the power and duty to offer absolutions and blessings, to consecrate holy ground, or sanctify the vows of others).  A priest who cannot do these things is no priest.</blockquote>