In the game I'm playing in currently, I'm playing one of the characters with wings and we're in the middle of the shackles.
Well, I was looking over the necklace of adaptation and needed to get a handle of how it would work with this character.
First off, how do you deal with the scent ability an the necklace? Never mind if the wearer is the one with the scent ability.
If you're wearing the necklace and jump off a ship, do you fall at a rate as normal for someone sinking through water, or do you reach terminal velocity?
Would a flyer with wings be able to fly underwater with the necklace?
The necklace doesn't affect scent (tracking the PC or using it to track with) nor would it affect your descent through water. The description is confusing in that "shell of air" bit though, I could see why a DM might consider ruling that it affects scent. The descent speed through water shouldn't be affected either.
As for the swimming via wings, I would have to assume that that is a no-go. The rules don't allow for that to work that way and stepping back and looking at it from a realistic standpoint, wings are not suited for aiding in the water.
The necklace doesn't affect scent (tracking the PC or using it to track with) nor would it affect your descent through water. The description is confusing in that "shell of air" bit though, I could see why a DM might consider ruling that it affects scent. The descent speed through water shouldn't be affected either.
As for the swimming via wings, I would have to assume that that is a no-go. The rules don't allow for that to work that way and stepping back and looking at it from a realistic standpoint, wings are not suited for aiding in the water.
The question of flying underwater came up because the wings, like the rest of the body, would be inside that shell of air.
That is true, but I can't help but feel like wings and fins have several major differences.
Penguins use their wings to swim. Of course their wings are more similar to the average fin than they are to the average wing.