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Most people in the 21st century can swim thanks to swimming pools, easy travel to lakes and beaches, or educational efforts. Historically, however, those who weren’t raised around a temperate body of water could not.

Characters with this Hindrance suffer a -2 penalty to the Athletics skill when swimming and each inch moved in water costs 3“ of Pace. See Movement (page 92) for more details and Drowning (page 126).