Swimming using create water spell.

[Rowmeista]

The GM allowed this, but I'm questioning the viability. I was playing as a merfolk oracle (with the strong tail alternate racial trait to have 15 land speed and 30 swim speed), and I had create water as an orison, and since I could cast it any number of times per day I would cast it along the ground and swim through it, just for the purpose of traveling with the group outside of combat and not slowing them down since my swim speed is equivalent to their land speeds.

The GM laughed when I told him what I was doing, but he allowed it. Is this even allowed?

[Seannoss]

I think the laugh was the right response. Casting create water would be like dumping gallons of water on the ground. There's nothing in the spell that keeps it in any kind of shape.

But... if he doesn't care and people are having fun then it doesn't matter a whole lot.

[KainPen]

I would say no, but if your gm is letting you do, it. even at level 20 you only make 40 gallons of water which is a lot to drink, but not enough to swim. to give you estimate of the volume of that. a 40 gallon water heaters are most often 5ft tall by 20 inches wide. So game wise this is being generous it would fill one square on a map with 20 inches of water. realistically it would take 4 casting to fill fill one square with 20 inches of water.

So at level 20 you can make enough water to maybe cover your body and that is it. now you could spend a crap load of rounds filling a room like that putting out 40 gallons every 6 seconds.

[Claxon]

No, not even a little bit.

Each casting of the spell creates 2 gallons of water per level. If you were level 20 that would be 40 gallons. Have you seen a 55 gallon drum? They're basically big enough for you stand in as a human being but will only come to your waist/mid-chest. And that with the water being contained. You cast create water on the ground with noting to contain it? You have wet ground, maybe some mud puddles. Certainly nothing deep enough to swim in.

But it's nice of your GM to play along.