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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 3117300" data-attributes="member: 3424">Yeah, there are some quirky things in the BoED, but that doesn't stop me from liking most if it anyway. It's great inspirational reading, and if the rules don't always exactly fit in with what I want from my game, they are about 90% there and the remaining 10% of effort required to make it work in my game isn't too hard for me. It's as easy as house-ruling that a VOP character can carry around a wooden holy symbol.Alternatively, the problem could be overcome with an exalted feat (VOP characters get bonus exalted feats anyway) that worked like Eschew Materials. This shouldn't cause balance problems since there is already a feat in Faiths of Eberron (Worldy Focus) which allows does this. With the exalted feat, you have a servant of the divine who is so holy that he does not even need a holy symbol to cast his spells (and I'd broaden it to turning undead as well).Mind you, even by the strictest interpretation of VOP, an ascetic wouldn't lose his powers simply by touching a holy symbol, only by claiming it as a possession or by using it.</blockquote>