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===Aquatic Terrain===

Aquatic terrain is the least hospitable to most PCs, because they can’t breathe there. Aquatic terrain doesn’t offer the variety that land terrain does. The ocean floor holds many marvels, including undersea analogues of any of the terrain elements described earlier in this section. But if characters find themselves in the water because they were bull rushed off the deck of a pirate ship, the tall kelp beds hundreds of feet below them don’t matter. Accordingly, these rules simply divide aquatic terrain into two categories: flowing water (such as streams and rivers) and nonflowing water (such as lakes and oceans).

=====Flowing Water=====

Large, placid rivers move at only a few miles per hour, so they function as still water for most purposes. But some rivers and streams are swifter; anything floating in them moves downstream at a speed of 10 to 40 feet per [[SRD:Round|round]]. The fastest rapids send swimmers bobbing downstream at 60 to 90 feet per [[SRD:Round|round]]. Fast rivers are always at least rough water ([[SRD:Swim Skill|Swim]] [[SRD:DC|DC]] 15), and whitewater rapids are stormy water ([[SRD:Swim Skill|Swim]] [[SRD:DC|DC]] 20). If a character is in moving water, move her downstream the indicated distance at the end of her turn. A character trying to maintain her position relative to the riverbank can spend some or all of her turn swimming upstream.

======Swept Away======

Characters swept away by a river moving 60 feet per [[SRD:Round|round]] or faster must make [[SRD:DC|DC]] 20 [[SRD:Swim Skill|Swim]] checks every [[SRD:Round|round]] to avoid going under. If a character gets a check result of 5 or more over the minimum necessary, he arrests his motion by catching a rock, tree limb, or bottom snag—he is no longer being carried along by the flow of the water. Escaping the rapids by reaching the bank requires three [[SRD:DC|DC]] 20 [[SRD:Swim Skill|Swim]] checks in a row. Characters arrested by a rock, limb, or snag can’t escape under their own power unless they strike out into the water and attempt to swim their way clear. Other characters can rescue them as if they were trapped in quicksand (described in Marsh Terrain, above).

=====Nonflowing Water=====

Lakes and oceans simply require a swim speed or successful [[SRD:Swim Skill|Swim]] checks to move through ([[SRD:DC|DC]] 10 in calm water, [[SRD:DC|DC]] 15 in rough water, [[SRD:DC|DC]] 20 in stormy water). Characters need a way to breathe if they’re underwater; failing that, they risk drowning. When underwater, characters can move in any direction as if they were flying with perfect maneuverability.

=====Stealth and Detection Underwater=====

How far you can see underwater depends on the water’s clarity. As a guideline, creatures can see 4d8×10 feet if the water is clear, and 1d8×10 feet if it’s murky. Moving water is always murky, unless it’s in a particularly large, slow-moving river.

It’s hard to find [[SRD:Cover|cover]] or [[SRD:Concealment|concealment]] to hide underwater (except along the seafloor). [[SRD:Listen Skill|Listen]] and [[SRD:Move Silently Skill|Move Silently]] checks function normally underwater.

======Invisibility======

An [[SRD:Invisible|invisible]] creature displaces water and leaves a visible, body-shaped “bubble” where the water was displaced. The creature still has [[SRD:Concealment|concealment]] (20% miss chance), but not total [[SRD:Concealment|concealment]] (50% miss chance).

====Underwater Combat====

Land-based creatures can have considerable difficulty when fighting in water. Water affects a creature’s [[SRD:Armor Class|Armor Class]], [[SRD:Attack Roll|attack rolls]], damage, and movement. In some cases a creature’s opponents may get a bonus on attacks. The effects are summarized in the accompanying table. They apply whenever a character is swimming, walking in chestdeep water, or walking along the bottom.

=====Ranged Attacks Underwater=====

Thrown weapons are ineffective underwater, even when launched from land. Attacks with other ranged weapons take a –2 penalty on [[SRD:Attack Roll|attack rolls]] for every 5 feet of water they pass through, in addition to the normal penalties for range.

=====Attacks from Land=====

Characters swimming, floating, or treading water on the surface, or wading in water at least chest deep, have improved [[SRD:Cover|cover]] (+8 bonus to [[SRD:AC|AC]], +4 bonus on [[SRD:Saving Throw|Reflex]] saves) from opponents on land. Landbound opponents who have ''freedom of movement ''effects ignore this [[SRD:Cover|cover]] when making [[SRD:Melee Attack|melee attacks]] against targets in the water. A completely submerged creature has total [[SRD:Cover|cover]] against opponents on land unless those opponents have ''freedom of movement ''effects. Magical effects are unaffected except for those that require [[SRD:Attack Roll|attack rolls]] (which are treated like any other effects) and fire effects.

=====Fire=====

Nonmagical fire (including alchemist’s fire) does not burn underwater. Spells or spell-like effects with the fire descriptor are ineffective underwater unless the caster makes a [[SRD:Spellcraft Skill|Spellcraft]] check ([[SRD:DC|DC]] 20 + [[SRD:Spell Level|spell level]]). If the check succeeds, the spell creates a bubble of steam instead of its usual fiery effect, but otherwise the spell works as described. A supernatural fire effect is ineffective underwater unless its description states otherwise. The surface of a body of water blocks line of effect for any fire spell. If the caster has made a [[SRD:Spellcraft Skill|Spellcraft]] check to make the fire spell usable underwater, the surface still blocks the spell’s line of effect.

{| class="d20"
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=====Table: Combat Adjustments Underwater=====
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!COLSPAN="2"| Attack/Damage || ||
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!Condition !!Slashing or Bludgeoning !!Tail !!Movement !!Off [[SRD:Balance Skill|Balance]] 4
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|''Freedom of movement'' ||normal/normal ||normal/normal ||normal ||No
|-class="even"
|Has a swim speed ||–2/half ||normal ||normal ||No
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|Successful [[SRD:Swim Skill|Swim]] check ||–2/half1 ||–2/half ||quarter or half2 ||No
|-class="even"
|Firm footing3 ||–2/half ||–2/half ||half ||No
|-
|None of the above ||–2/half ||–2/half ||normal ||Yes
|-
|COLSPAN="5" class="foot"|
# A creature without a ''freedom of movement ''effects or a swim speed makes [[SRD:Grapple|grapple]] checks underwater at a –2 penalty, but deals damage normally when [[SRD:Grappling|grappling]].
# A successful [[SRD:Swim Skill|Swim]] check lets a creature move one-quarter its speed as a [[SRD:Move Actions|move action]] or one-half its speed as a [[SRD:Full-Round Actions|full-round action]].
# Creatures have firm footing when walking along the bottom, braced against a ship’s hull, or the like. A creature can only walk along the bottom if it wears or carries enough gear to weigh itself down—at least 16 pounds for Medium creatures, twice that for each [[SRD:Size Category|size category]] larger than Medium, and half that for each [[SRD:Size Category|size category]] smaller than Medium.
# Creatures flailing about in the water (usually because they failed their [[SRD:Swim Skill|Swim]] checks) have a hard time fighting effectively. An off-balance creature loses its [[SRD:Dexterity|Dexterity]] bonus to [[SRD:Armor Class|Armor Class]], and opponents gain a +2 bonus on attacks against it.
|}

====Floods====

In many wilderness areas, river floods are a common occurrence.

In spring, an enormous snowmelt can engorge the streams and rivers it feeds. Other catastrophic events such as massive rainstorms or the destruction of a dam can create floods as well.

During a flood, rivers become wider, deeper, and swifter. Assume that a river rises by 1d10+10 feet during the spring flood, and its width increases by a factor of 1d4×50%. Fords may disappear for days, bridges may be swept away, and even ferries might not be able to manage the crossing of a flooded river. A river in flood makes [[SRD:Swim Skill|Swim]] checks one category harder (calm water becomes rough, and rough water becomes stormy). Rivers also become 50% swifter.

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