The following are IMHO only. On 10/17/05, Joshua Wilson < josh at woosworld.net > wrote: > Do the undead (Devourer) breathe? yes, but they don't do anything with the oxygen. > And if not, can they simple sink to the bottom anyway and walk as far as > they want? in theory, but, since water will contain trace amounts of holy water (being one large interconnected system into which such water will at some point have been introduced), and since holy water is fatal to undead, when they tire and sink, they start to swallow water and the component of that that is holy water kills them. > Do those who were once Devourer and now 1/2 undead breathe? same as above. The advantage of this interpretation is that exactly the same effect is observed as for everyone else.