Professional Freediver

You are a professional freediver. After spending many years holding your breath while you swim under the sea, your lungs have adapted to allow you to spend a much longer time deep underwater than the rest of your party members.

The benefits of this class include:

• Being able to hold your breath for twice as long as you normally could.
• Have an increased swim speed of +15ft while swimming underwater.
• Being able to remain calm in very dangerous situations while underwater.
• Increased agility when fighting underwater.
• Many sea creatures tend to be less hostile towards you unless you are hostile towards them.

(These benefits only come to effect while holding your breath underwater.)

Languages: You are able to use the ancient language of the Underwater Hand Gestures.

These hand gestures allow you to communicate with several Sea Creatures.

You can ask a sea creature of any size to blow an air bubble, take you to the surface, take you deeper underwater, help you on your journey, give you an item, give you some air via mouth to mouth, and so much more.

Suggested Characteristics

This background can fit with any type of underwater play style.

d4	Personality Trait
1	When I often see someone drowning, I just can't help but try to save them.
2	When I'm about to drown, I won't hesitate to swim quickly up to the surface and gasp for air.
3	For some reason, I often find far more air bubbles than the rest of my crew.
4	I'm very well known with many deep-sea creatures, some I even consider to be my friends.

d1	Ideal
1	Survival, I hold my breath for as long as I can, ever waiting to let out a gasp for air whenever I come across an air bubble. (Any)

d1	Bond
1	I would have drowned if not for a deep-sea creature taking me to the surface. Now I intend to find that sea creature in order to thank him.

d1	Flaw
1	I have an unhealthy obsession with staying underwater, I often find myself about to drown because of this obsession.