Underwater Spellcasting

[Saeviomagy]

I've always envisaged speaking spellcasting words to be a rather precise thing, hence the spellcraft check to make sure you adapt the forming of the words to the new medium. Water Breathing would take away the requirement to concentrate on breathing or holding your breath while casting, but you've still got to pronounce those words properly. I'm not sure if that's how it really works, but that's the way I play it, hence the spellcraft check for casting with Water Breathing. Generally, you right, though, speaking underwater is easy - you just expel air from your lungs, but will water have the same effect on your vocal cords as air?

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The frequency changes, that's about it. Your own adjusting of your speech operates through your internal passages, which I don't think would fill with water, so that's unchanged. The main problem I can forsee is that if you can't breathe water you're trying to speak through bubbles, which might alter the words. Once you're breathing water, that goes away.

 

[Pinotage]

The frequency changes, that's about it. Your own adjusting of your speech operates through your internal passages, which I don't think would fill with water, so that's unchanged. The main problem I can forsee is that if you can't breathe water you're trying to speak through bubbles, which might alter the words. Once you're breathing water, that goes away.

But your speech is to a certain extent in a feedback system with your ears. You make a sound and hear it, adjusting if needed. That's difficult underwater, so I think there should be some check to discern whether you get the words out properly.

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