I was actually thinking about this earlier when a GM friend of mine wanted to talk to me about a possible ocean/pirate campaign he wanted to do in the future. Their weather based casting and ability to interactive with the sea wildlife will come in quite handy. In the end I would say that a druid would be most effective. Make sure to keep that in mind for your fighting capabilities and for DMing that you will need to keep track of player and monster depth. In that vein as well there are special underwater crossbows that have a 20ft range increment underwater allowing ranged combat.Īs David Haller stated any sea fight can be three dimensional. There are potion sponges that allow you to have a potion underwater but since they are one use and cost 2gp a pop it can be expensive for a low level character. This can make life hell for an alchemist. Armored coat can be useful as a quick emergency armor since it can be donned with a move action.Īlso remember that you can't consume potions underwater. As well you likely won't be doing daily ship duties in your Full Plate and spending several minutes trying to get into armor will be a hassle. Anything that can supply those to others such as Touch of the Sea can help in any situation in which you are out of the boat.Ī lot of the time you want to avoid heavy armored characters in this kind of campaign since the impact on their swimming and balancing capabilities can be crippling.

Having played a bit of the Skull and Shackles campaign there are a few things I can offer:Ī swim speed just adds many options.

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