Swimming
Attribute: Constitution
Swimming is the ability to stay afloat and move in water. Floating is a Standard task when fully clothed; Routine with little or no clothing. Each kilogram of equipment effectively reduces a character's Swimming skill level by 1. If the task is failed, the character sinks and will drown within a number of combat turns equal to his or her Constitution score. Shedding clothing and/or equipment (one turn) allows a new attempt at the task.
If the task is successful, the character floats and may swim at a speed equal to the (adjusted) Swimming skill (not asset), in meters per combat turn. Characters have a Swimming endurance equal to 5 times their Constitution. Floating without clothes uses 0 endurance points; floating while clothed uses 1 point per minute (1 2 combat turns). Swimming unclothed uses 1 per minute at half speed and 5 per minute at full speed. Clothed swimmers use double that endurance and move at half that speed.
To tow another person while swimming requires a Standard skill check and halves speed. Diving without an aqualung is a Standard task for up to five meters in depth, or a Formidable task up to 10 meters.
This skill also allows the use of scuba and rebreather gear, as well as the use of wet underwater vehicles such as diving sleds.
Swimming is the ability to stay afloat and move in water. Floating is a Standard task when fully clothed; Routine with little or no clothing. Each kilogram of equipment effectively reduces a character's Swimming skill level by 1. If the task is failed, the character sinks and will drown within a number of combat turns equal to his or her Constitution score. Shedding clothing and/or equipment (one turn) allows a new attempt at the task.
If the task is successful, the character floats and may swim at a speed equal to the (adjusted) Swimming skill (not asset), in meters per combat turn. Characters have a Swimming endurance equal to 5 times their Constitution. Floating without clothes uses 0 endurance points; floating while clothed uses 1 point per minute (1 2 combat turns). Swimming unclothed uses 1 per minute at half speed and 5 per minute at full speed. Clothed swimmers use double that endurance and move at half that speed.
To tow another person while swimming requires a Standard skill check and halves speed. Diving without an aqualung is a Standard task for up to five meters in depth, or a Formidable task up to 10 meters.
This skill also allows the use of scuba and rebreather gear, as well as the use of wet underwater vehicles such as diving sleds.
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