Nadar (CON)

Except to determine if a hero can tread water to avoid drowning, this skill can’t be used untrained.

This specialty skill is necessary for a hero to be able to use his swim movement rate. Without this skill, a hero can only tread water and paddle in a crude fashion.

Rank Benefits

• Rank 1 [Holding Breath]: Any Stamina-endurance checks a hero must make to keep holding his breath are made with a -1 bonus.
• Rank 4, 8, 12 [Improved Breathing]: The bonus to Stamina-endurance checks improves to -2 (rank 4), -3 (rank 8), and -4 (rank 12).
• Rank 4, 8, 12 [Movement Rate]: Both swim and easy swim rates increase by 1 meter at each of these ranks.