Swimming In Armor 5e

Swimming In Armor 5e. Just to bring up a point not covered already; heavy armor already has a whole lot going against it in 5e (cost, weight, high requirements, stealth penalty, discouraging primary save ability DEX, etc.) so really doesn. Heavier armor interferes with the wearer's ability to move quickly, stealthily, and freely


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DC 5 check to move around Medium armor with stealth penalty: DC 5 check to thread water (stay in place) Joining late, but I do it this way.anyone swimming in armor that gives a stealth disadvantage requires a rough water check

My jury is still out as to whether that person could have been able to swim in 5e's scale mail Swimming in armor is at half speed, or rather uses two feet of movement for each foot traveled When sailors didn't wear armor it was because of cost, or because no one was wearing armor anymore

. DC 5 check to move around Medium armor with stealth penalty: DC 5 check to thread water (stay in place) Swimming in armor is at half speed, or rather uses two feet of movement for each foot traveled

. Use this as a starting point and the chart in the DM guide to judge how high to set the DC I don't think that swimming in armor would be that much worse than swimming in, say wizards robes