--- Martin <pentaclebreaker@...> wrote:

> as he shapes into an air breathing creature (porpoise)
> with LUNGS and remains his aquatic subtype dependent
> on GILLS he will drown, as the type does NOT change
> to non-aquatic.

While you are certainly free to rule as such in a home game, subtype (aquatic)
<> gills -- who really knows how things like chuuls or water nagas physiology
works? Regardless, you're overthinking things -- it's magic, it simply works...

> ok, if you see a porpoise still being able to use
> his lungs as gills, then imagine an aquatic wildshaping
> into a wolf . . . . . no change in subtype ===> exitus!

If he stays in the water, I got no problems -- sure, it'll look funny doing a
doggie-paddle 100 feet underwater, but if that's what you want him to do...

Besides, such an argument is a moot point -- no PC races (TMK) available in
Living Greyhawk have the (aquatic) subtype, so we don't really have to worry
about just such a situation :-)