Quote Originally Posted by ChubbyRain View Post
I absolutely love the Water Genasi. So many DMs forget about their swim movement and their water breathing that it is starting to not be funny anymore.

My character was captured by the enemy and put in chains with 20 lbs weight on it (random note my PC had 16 str). The enemy threatened to push me into a deep lake if the party didn't surrender.

The party did not surrender and I jumped in myself (so that the enemies wouldn't be able to stab me while restrained). The DM was confused and asked if I wanted to roll up a new character. My response as my allies were killing the hell out of the enemies was "water genasi, WATER genasi". The look on the DM's face was priceless. I used my thieves tools to get out of the shackles (in retrospect I could have just done a strength check...) and I swam back up to join the fight.

Fun times fun times...
Does heavy armor or similar things even slow you done in water as a water genasi? I can't find anything that says no to that in the book. Or yes for that matter.