Rules: Going negative while underwater

[harmor]

If you are holding your breath and say have a Constitution of 12, but then go negative due to damage, what happens exactly?

[TheYeti1775]

Ya drown unless saved.

[cplmac]

I agree with the Yeti. Unless another member of your party intervenes and saves you, basically you are spending eternity with Davey Jones Locker.

[WhiteTiger]

Either that or the character sinks too far down and you hit crush depth.
even if the rules don't explicitly cover that. :bathbaby::smow:

[TheYeti1775]

Either that or the character sinks too far down and you hit crush depth.
even if the rules don't explicitly cover that. :bathbaby::smow:
Actually I think it was either DMG or Stormwrack that covered the crush depth rules.
We had to look them up for a game we were doing that required us to attempt entrance into the underwater city. :D

[harmor]

Well specifically if you're holding your breath and go unconscious, but then get healed do you loose your held breath?

[wizarddog]

The rules don't say.
However, it depends if the DM runs a gritty campaign or a heroic campaign.

In the gritty campaign, realism is thrust upon the PC's; going unconscious means they no longer are holding their breath (requiring conscious effort), and they drown.

In the heroic campaign, the player still can maintain his/her heroic efforts until every last hitpoint is gone.

Both have their merits.

But in my experience, going unconscious while in the water is never a good thing ;)