When a character fails a swimming check, he begins to drown. Roll 2D at the begining of each round; if the total is less than the number of rounds that the character has been drowning, the character drowns and dies. Characters can attempt other actions while drowning at a -3D penalty. Characters who are drowning may attempt to save themselves once per round. they must make a swimming total at one difficulty higher than the one in which they failed their swimming roll (the character doesn't suffer the -3D penalty when making this roll).