[RPG] Can you take fall damage falling into water under the effects of the Water Walk spell

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The water walk spell states that it "grants the ability to move across any liquid surface […] as if it were harmless solid ground".

If you fall off a cliff with water walk active on you and the water below you is treated as solid ground, will you take normal fall damage? Or can you suspend the spell, causing the water to soften the fall as usual?

Best Answer

The accepted answer of this question from last year covers your question I feel.

The quick of it is that the spell gives you the ability to move over water as if it was solid ground, but it’s not forced on you. You can choose not to use the ability and treat it as normal water for the purposes of crossing over it.

The bouyance part of that spell does say:

If you target a creature submerged in a liquid, the spell carries the target to the surface of the liquid at a rate of 60 feet per round.

Emphasis mine.

So this presents two scenarios:

  • Water Walk cast on you outside of water, you do not get the buoyancy benefit/detriment for the duration of the spell.
  • Water Walk cast on you while submerged, you do get the buoyancy benefit/detriment for the duration of the spell.
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