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I cannot find anything in the rules to imply that a silver holy symbol is in any way superior to a wooden holy symbol. Is there any reason to buy the more expensive silver holy symbol? A holy symbol is required to channel energy, and presumably for the divine focus component of spells, but I see no functional difference between the silver and wood symbols.
I cannot find anything in the rules to imply that a silver holy symbol is in any way superior to a wooden holy symbol. Is there any reason to buy the more expensive silver holy symbol? A holy symbol is required to channel energy, and presumably for the divine focus component of spells, but I see no functional difference between the silver and wood symbols.
There really isnt much, i believe it's easier to sunder a wooden symbol as opposed to a silver one. Thats pretty much it in terms of raw that I am aware of.
There is no functional difference. It's a roleplaying difference, though. A poor, backwoods priest isn't likely to be able to afford a silver holy symbol, while someone from a big city wouldn't be caught dead with a wooden one, etc.
As far as I know, a silver holy symbol is just bling for clerics. You just can't have a high priest performing the weekly rituals with a wooden holy symbol.
As far as I know, a silver holy symbol is just bling for clerics. You just can't have a high priest performing the weekly rituals with a wooden holy symbol.Depends on the deity.
Depends on how detailed deities are in the campaign setting. Some will have copious information about holy symbols, fonts, altars, and places of worship while others will hand-wave a lot of that.
For the base-line generic setting, a silver holy symbol is mostly there as a show-piece.
They are mostly there for RP purposes. And in some cases a priest may feel the wood is better then the silver due to a vow of poverty or revering nature. But silver is technically worth more, so more important NPC priests would carry one. In theory they should list gold and platinum as options too.
Well, you could throw your silver holy symbol at a werewolf and overcome its DR.... and a wooden holy symbol you could set on fire and stop a troll's regen... just sayin'
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I had a wooden symbol up to now, but surely a dwarf in Torag's service should have a silver holy symbol. I have the cash; I'll have to upgrade.
I do think there ought to be some consequence to the material, though. Surely a wooden symbol is more appropriate for an "outdoorsy" deity like Erastil, while Torag would insist on metal.
Or pawn it.
I had a wooden symbol up to now, but surely a dwarf in Torag's service should have a silver holy symbol. I have the cash; I'll have to upgrade.
I do think there ought to be some consequence to the material, though. Surely a wooden symbol is more appropriate for an "outdoorsy" deity like Erastil, while Torag would insist on metal.
Its a roleplay thing. Just like a nobles outfit costs more then a travelers outfit. Theres very little mechanical distinction, its just a matter of roleplay and character preferences most of the time.
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Not every piece of equipment has to have a mechanical benefit.
Not every piece of equipment has to have a mechanical benefit.
Heresy!