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Wooden Crosses

Sam was outraged that silver holy symbols cost 25gp. He refused on principle to buy any, and all the clerics were equipped with wooden symbols instead.

He is duly impressed the first time the clerics are able to turn a group of skeletons. He asks if he can throw a wooden holy symbol along with a flaming flask of oil to make holy fire. I'm shocked and pleased with this idea. I tell him either it's blasphemy, and the Lord's anger will turn on him, or it will indeed cook the undead. I'm still calculating what die to roll. Whatever the result I want it to be memorable.

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