D&D 5E (2014) Should crab swim speed be adjusted?

[Ancalagon]

Because, well, hot damn.

(for more information: Portunidae - Wikipedia )

 

[Guest 7030100]

Whoah, it's a helicrabter!

Give it a fly speed, too, while you're at it.

 

[LordEntrails]

Fun video, but their is no way to scale that Plus no comments on how much of that was due to currents etc.

But hey, use it however it makes for more fun for your table.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Lots of different species of crab. Some are better swimmers, some are better walkers. My advice: give your crabs whatever speed best suits their role in the encounter.

 

[Ancalagon]

The timing of this discovery is rather fortuitous.

I'm a player in a starting campaign, set in a sort of "place at the end of time" locale. My character is a space probe - an autognome warlock, but with all their powers being robot-based. For example, a familiar is a small drone. EB is a death ray. etc etc. As they level up, they repair and upgrade themselves. The patron is the builder of the probe - and the PC doesn't know who built it, or why, but knows his primary mission is to explore.

His subclass is fathomless - he's built to explore water worlds. This means he has a swim speed. And now I know how it works

(why not an artificer? another player is playing one, and there was a need for a "face" in the party)

 

[Seramus]

Lots of different species of crab. Some are better swimmers, some are better walkers. My advice: give your crabs whatever speed best suits their role in the encounter.

Reaction: 20' Teleport.
That fits best.