Re: Through the Mists: Out of Character Discussion
You don't need to have any divine classes to present a holy symbol though, I'm not talking about turning attempts, but about the vampire specific weakness to symbols of faith. This of course depends on which ruleset you use, the 5.0 'roof' rule doesn't have it, but in Ravenloft core a vampire recoils from a strongly presented holy symbol or mirror. Recoils as in, they can't attack or touch you, though even a normal vampire can still hypnotize you or send a wolfpack after you, Strahd propably adds shadow tentacles and army of the dead on top of that.
Then again, in Ravenloft, Strahd can ignore the non entering of building clause because the entire domain is his, but basically its your story, your lore and, having learned only hearsay information about vampires, Rovana and I know just the same about this. I doubt she even met a proper cleric or paladin on her naval travels.