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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8200382" data-attributes="member: 6779196">Yeah, in the time since I wrote the post you quoted, [USER=23751]@Maxperson[/USER] pointed out DMG 116, which states swimming for an hour or more (which would be at most 4 miles if swimming at a fast pace) incurs a DC 10 Con save to avoid gaining a level of exhaustion, unless the creature has a swim speed, in which case they use the normal rules for traveling and forced marches when swimming. I concede that I was mistaken about the RAW there.There’s also sort of two discussions going on here: “what does the RAW say?” and “how would you rule it?” Personally, I would have the con save DC increase by 5 per hour of swimming, as per a normal forced march, and I would probably apply a similar ruling to climbing.Agreed. I think the RAW consequence of a level of exhaustion is appropriate here. Though I would absolutely tell the player the consequence, as well as the DC. I don’t think that’s required in the rules by any means, but it’s very important to me as a DM that my players feel confident in their knowledge of the stakes and can make informed decisions about what to do in light of those stakes.Agreed!</blockquote>