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Are there rules for falling in water vs. diving vs. just jumping in for various depths of water?

Are there rules for using gaming sets?Are there rules for weapons dealing more or less damage against bigger or littler monsters?When does jumping down become falling, for damage purposes?Are there rules for prolonged combat causing exhaustion for PCs?Are there any rules for damage from an explosion?What is falling damage into water?Are there creatures that are resistant/immune to falling damage?Are there rules for “uncontrollable lycanthropy”?If you are falling, can you Misty Step to the ground to avoid damage?Are there rules for player-managed businesses?

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Just realized that in DMing 5e I have unconsciously used a falling-in-water rule-of-thumb that I inherited from somewhere (maybe 2e or AD&D or maybe even Pathfinder). The ruling I've been using is as follows:

• No damage for 20 feet of falling.


• Half-damage next 20 feet.


• Normal damage beyond that.

Realizing there should be a Strength (Athletics) for "swimming" (in context, "diving") to take even less damage with a proper dive in sufficiently deep water, I started to look for specifics on that. Am I just missing it somewhere? (Also didn't find it searching this stack.)

Are there clear 5e rules for both jumping and diving in water of various depths?

dnd-5e damage falling

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Just realized that in DMing 5e I have unconsciously used a falling-in-water rule-of-thumb that I inherited from somewhere (maybe 2e or AD&D or maybe even Pathfinder). The ruling I've been using is as follows:

• No damage for 20 feet of falling.


• Half-damage next 20 feet.


• Normal damage beyond that.

Realizing there should be a Strength (Athletics) for "swimming" (in context, "diving") to take even less damage with a proper dive in sufficiently deep water, I started to look for specifics on that. Am I just missing it somewhere? (Also didn't find it searching this stack.)

Are there clear 5e rules for both jumping and diving in water of various depths?

dnd-5e damage falling

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edited 16 mins ago

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Just realized that in DMing 5e I have unconsciously used a falling-in-water rule-of-thumb that I inherited from somewhere (maybe 2e or AD&D or maybe even Pathfinder). The ruling I've been using is as follows:

• No damage for 20 feet of falling.


• Half-damage next 20 feet.


• Normal damage beyond that.

Realizing there should be a Strength (Athletics) for "swimming" (in context, "diving") to take even less damage with a proper dive in sufficiently deep water, I started to look for specifics on that. Am I just missing it somewhere? (Also didn't find it searching this stack.)

Are there clear 5e rules for both jumping and diving in water of various depths?

dnd-5e damage falling

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edited 16 mins ago

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There are no rules for falling or diving into water in 5e at all

Right now, this is an area the rules don't touch on at all. It is left completely to the DM.

The only rules listed in any of the rule books for falling in any medium is the basic rule in the PHB and the optional rules for flying creatures and falling from great heights in XGE. Other than that, nothing else is mentioned about water or otherwise.

Jeremy Crawford confirms this and offers up a personal house rule in this tweet:

There's no official rule for falling into water. As DM, halving the falling damage is what I typically do.

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  Thx! I wonder if there's a non-opinion-based way of asking a stack question about a bit more sophisticated ruling than that. Players with good swimming skill are entitled to ask for better treatment, no?
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  @ValleyLad Hmmm I'm not sure if there is, but there might be. I might take your idea and a proposed question to Role-playing Games Meta and/or Role-playing Games Chat and see if they have any suggestions.
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There are no rules for falling or diving into water in 5e at all

Right now, this is an area the rules don't touch on at all. It is left completely to the DM.

The only rules listed in any of the rule books for falling in any medium is the basic rule in the PHB and the optional rules for flying creatures and falling from great heights in XGE. Other than that, nothing else is mentioned about water or otherwise.

Jeremy Crawford confirms this and offers up a personal house rule in this tweet:

There's no official rule for falling into water. As DM, halving the falling damage is what I typically do.

share|improve this answer

edited 22 mins ago

answered 49 mins ago

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  Thx! I wonder if there's a non-opinion-based way of asking a stack question about a bit more sophisticated ruling than that. Players with good swimming skill are entitled to ask for better treatment, no?
  $endgroup$
  – Valley Lad
  14 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  @ValleyLad Hmmm I'm not sure if there is, but there might be. I might take your idea and a proposed question to Role-playing Games Meta and/or Role-playing Games Chat and see if they have any suggestions.
  $endgroup$
  – Rubiksmoose
  55 secs ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

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$begingroup$

There are no rules for falling or diving into water in 5e at all

Right now, this is an area the rules don't touch on at all. It is left completely to the DM.

The only rules listed in any of the rule books for falling in any medium is the basic rule in the PHB and the optional rules for flying creatures and falling from great heights in XGE. Other than that, nothing else is mentioned about water or otherwise.

Jeremy Crawford confirms this and offers up a personal house rule in this tweet:

There's no official rule for falling into water. As DM, halving the falling damage is what I typically do.

share|improve this answer

edited 22 mins ago

answered 49 mins ago

RubiksmooseRubiksmoose

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  Thx! I wonder if there's a non-opinion-based way of asking a stack question about a bit more sophisticated ruling than that. Players with good swimming skill are entitled to ask for better treatment, no?
  $endgroup$
  – Valley Lad
  14 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  @ValleyLad Hmmm I'm not sure if there is, but there might be. I might take your idea and a proposed question to Role-playing Games Meta and/or Role-playing Games Chat and see if they have any suggestions.
  $endgroup$
  – Rubiksmoose
  55 secs ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

$begingroup$

There are no rules for falling or diving into water in 5e at all

Right now, this is an area the rules don't touch on at all. It is left completely to the DM.

The only rules listed in any of the rule books for falling in any medium is the basic rule in the PHB and the optional rules for flying creatures and falling from great heights in XGE. Other than that, nothing else is mentioned about water or otherwise.

Jeremy Crawford confirms this and offers up a personal house rule in this tweet:

There's no official rule for falling into water. As DM, halving the falling damage is what I typically do.

share|improve this answer

edited 22 mins ago

answered 49 mins ago

RubiksmooseRubiksmoose

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share|improve this answer

edited 22 mins ago

answered 49 mins ago

RubiksmooseRubiksmoose

55.7k9272417

answered 49 mins ago

RubiksmooseRubiksmoose

55.7k9272417

answered 49 mins ago

RubiksmooseRubiksmoose

55.7k9272417