RE: MUCH BETTER drowning

[Steve Ames <steve>]

> Nope, sorry, don't like it.  John's proposal is _not_ about holding one's
> breath.  His very first sentence describes the situation; "A character
> begins to drown when he begins aspirating water."  So, sorry, Mickey,
> you've already begun breathing water and your lungs are starting to
> burn, aren't they?  You should be glad that your tremendous health
> will keep you conscious 12 seconds longer than the average Joe.
> Your friends might be able to save your sorry a$$ by then (but then
> again, with this crew, don't count on it    ;-)    ).

Good point. If you say your prepared and get a deep breath then maybe
you should propose "how long can an adventurer hold his breath" rules.
Drowning starts after that. So yeah, if you are prepped and deliberately
swim under the water you can go longer without drowning. I think we'd
all agree with that.

Prepped is not a judgement call. Rules would have to be pretty precise
and I think the underlying theme would have to be intent. If you planned
on going under you can hold your breath. If you fall through the ice, NO.
If Bruno grapples to hold your head under water, NO.

							-Steve