A pair of these gloves appear as normal lightweight handwear, but they are most useful magic items, and radiate their dweomer if a detection is attempted. 

The wearer can have hands of large (human) or small (halfling) size. 

He or she will be enabled to swim as fast as a triton (15") under water, and as fast as a merman (18") on the surface. Of course, these gauntlets do not empower the wearer to breathe water. 

These gloves also give the wearer a very strong and able gripping and holding ability with respect to climbing, so as to enable him or her to climb vertical or nearly vertical surfaces, upwards or downwards, with a 95% probability of not slipping and falling — and if the wearer is a thief the gauntlets increase success probability to 99.5%.

Class Requirement. Cleric (Druid), Fighter (Ranger, Paladin), Thief (Assassin)