A lot of deities have some sort of a face as their holy symbol; Norgorber has a black mask, Besmara has a traditional skull and crossbones, and Charon has a skull with coins for eyes. What I'm wondering is can you change your head to make it work as a holy symbol?
For example, a lich cleric of Besmara can attach femur bones to the side of his skull so he can channel negative energy from his head. How would the channel work? Could it come out of his mouth like a breath attack or a scream? Or could it come out of his eyes, still focusing like a cone? If he used a variant channel, such as weather, which turns some of the damage into elemental damage, how would that impact him, if at all?
A less extreme example would be to simply use it as a mask. I suppose it could fit around your entire face so any additional parts of the head (like Besmara's femur bones or Charon's coin eyes) wouldn't be surgically implanted into your head. It could also simply emanate energy from the mask rather than from a body part, which could be far less harmful to the face, too.
Finally, are there any ways to make such body modifications/masks? Maybe through Craft Wondrous Item or Create Requilary Arms and Shields?
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My Warpriest of Desna has a holy symbol tattoo (100 gp, Ultimate Equipment) of an angry butterfly on his face.
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Fun idea - I'm thinking you could homebrew a divine magic variant of the Elongated Cranium feat for this!
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How about a fantastic hat?
As a GM, I'd let the player describe it anyway they want so long as the actual mechanics remained unchanged.
So, as long as you spent money on a holy symbol, and possibly the extra cost to have a hands free version, you can describe what it is and how it works in any way you like.
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My Warpriest of Desna has a holy symbol tattoo (100 gp, Ultimate Equipment) of an angry butterfly on his face.
I love that it is an angry butterfly.
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If you follow the Devourer from Starfinder you can have a head like a hole, black as your soul.
My Warpriest of Desna has a holy symbol tattoo (100 gp, Ultimate Equipment) of an angry butterfly on his face.I love that it is an angry butterfly.
Well, besides being a Warpriest of Desna, he's also a Bloodrager. And an Intimidate build. :-)
There is a trait called Birthmark.. Gives you a holy symbol mark that could be on your face/head..
My PFS/CORE Cleric/Fighter/Shadowdancer/Barbarian has a birthmark of Pharasma's Holy Symbol on her forehead...Which has made things real awkward ever since she converted to Urgathoa...
I have a cleric of Norgorber who has the Birthmark trait.
It manifests as a Port Wine stain covering his left eye/side of face.
Sometimes he'll wear a mask because people stare...then out come the knives...
Go full bad-ass and get a Holy Tattoo on your face.