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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thresher" data-source="post: 920742" data-attributes="member: 9983">Theres a dwarf in our group who has a helm of underwater action since he was about level 6, after a particually nasty accident on a boat one day. 22 levels and 11years later that item is still on his character sheet <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=":)" />The most recent 'nasty' swim check was our half celestial cleric Thomas we lovingly call "Budgie"...Scene: we're poking around looking for this set of caverns which are somewhere in the Howling Hills north of Doraka, long story, anyway he's following the way with the "Find the path" spell up front. Ankle deep in some particually fetid water, so far it hasnt gotten much deeper and then the DM calls for a reflex save.Being a cleric, he borks the reflex save as only a cleric can and goes 'blOp!' into the lake.Breastplate                 -4Large metal shield      -2Weapons, 20pds        -4Generic gear 45pds    -9Just to be a bastard the GM adds an extra -8 for waterlogged feathers <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Whats your swim skill Thomas?Umm. What swim skill?What about Strength?Umm, 18...Well, theres a +4 so its not all bad. Actually its worse than bad with the -23 to the roll, lucky he's got a good con... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Pity about the Kraken though...Other PC's2 fighters wearing more metal than most MBT's, an aformentioned dwarf cleric wearing as much metal as the fighters and he isnt going in there! One Sorc- elemental savant who will take D6 per gallon of water he's exposed too, and my poor little gimp wizard who is the only one, probably through a fluke who's got anything to help, a necklace of adaption and a few points in Swim skill.3rds after the Kraken is merrily having its way with Budgie like some nasty animae cartoon, my vain little wizard decides she can go in after him and throws a Hold monster on the Kraken before it was about to flee with its prize and drag Budgie out with a TK.Was a funny encounter <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=":)" /></blockquote>

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