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<blockquote data-quote="paradox42" data-source="post: 5959701" data-attributes="member: 29746">The Pearl definitely will not work, nor will any other means of getting a Swim speed magically or with Extraordinary abilities. When the template says &quot;the base creature,&quot; it means the base creature before any alterations from anything else. Without her class levels and munchkinesque use of spells and items, not to mention without the Vampire template, a Human woman does not have a racial Swim speed. Therefore, as a Vampire she's vulnerable to running water.The only way she could get around it is by some sort of permanent transformation into a Mermaid or something similar, which would require a Wish or something of that power level in most campaigns; she has to directly and permanently alter the race on her basic character stats line in order to negate the weakness that way (i.e. instead of Female Human Vampire Sorcerer X, it changes to Female Merfolk Vampire Sorcerer X). That's not an easy thing to do, nor is it worth the trouble to just get rid of a weakness like this IMO.Use of her spells, particularly such as having a Dimension Door or the like always ready to go, is the best bet. She's probably acquired Contingency scrolls and cast a few on herself, like &quot;If I am ever immersed in running water, this goes off.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="paradox42, post: 5959701, member: 29746"] The Pearl definitely will not work, nor will any other means of getting a Swim speed magically or with Extraordinary abilities. When the template says "the base creature," it means the [B]base creature[/B] before any alterations from anything else. Without her class levels and munchkinesque use of spells and items, not to mention without the Vampire template, a Human woman does not have a racial Swim speed. Therefore, as a Vampire she's vulnerable to running water. The only way she could get around it is by some sort of permanent transformation into a Mermaid or something similar, which would require a [I]Wish[/I] or something of that power level in most campaigns; she has to directly and permanently alter the race on her basic character stats line in order to negate the weakness that way (i.e. instead of Female Human Vampire Sorcerer X, it changes to Female Merfolk Vampire Sorcerer X). That's not an easy thing to do, nor is it worth the trouble to just get rid of a weakness like this IMO. Use of her spells, particularly such as having a [I]Dimension Door[/I] or the like always ready to go, is the best bet. She's probably acquired [I]Contingency[/I] scrolls and cast a few on herself, like "If I am ever immersed in running water, [B]this[/B] goes off." [/QUOTE]

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