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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeremy" data-source="post: 223085" data-attributes="member: 4036">The spell doesn't specifically say you can speak so you can't?  But there isn't really an alternative and might easily be an oversight.  As pointed out before, wizards made the spell, you don't think they'd want to be able to cast as well as breath underwater?But you just said if the spell doesn't say you can, then you can't.  Neither of those spells (even the 9th level one) says you can speak underwater.Are you proposing we find 18th level sorcerers to cast 9th level Freedom spells on us when we want to run underwater spellcasting combats?  Or rather, at least when we want to speak?There are some good points made in prior posts.  They point out reasons why water breathing is a good spell to allow V components in underwater spellcasting.  Check them out.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />He should prep his weapon.  With spells like water breathing for V components and Freedom of Movement for S components.  Freedom of Movement specifically says it doesn't grant you the ability to breathe water, so it is a poor choice for V components.  Is there a better one out there in the Core Rulebooks that you know of or do you think D&D discourages underwater combat?</blockquote>