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Old 09-29-2017, 10:38 AM   #8
David Johnston2
 
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Default Re: Waterfowl: Amphibious or Racial Swimming Skill?

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Originally Posted by ravenfish View Post
I would lean towards amphibious. A duck can, for example, stay on the water indefinitely without risk of tiring out and drowning. Moreover, while a dabbling duck is not overly graceful in the water, my impression is that it isn't much more graceful when walking about on dry land.

A creative solution, of which I may not have considered all the implications, would be to give dabbling ducks Walk on Liquid (refluffed as "Float on Liquid") so they can hang out on the surface all day unimpeded, but need to make swimming rolls like anyone else if they want to dive [EDIT: and suffer the usual non-aquatic penalties to skills while doing so].
Walk on liquid would be the right choice. Ducks aren't good at swimming as such. They're just buoyant.
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