Intelligent magic items possess all three mental ability scores: Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. Each one of these ability scores begins at a value of 10, but can be increased to as high as 20.
What happens when you make an intelligent weapon?
If you’re generating a random intelligent weapon, that weapon’s alignment must fit with any alignment-oriented special abilities it has. Any character whose alignment does not correspond to that of the item (except as noted by the asterisks on the table) gains one negative level if he or she so much as picks up the item.
Are there any intelligent items in the game?
(This means that potions, scrolls, and wands, among other items, are never intelligent.) In general, less than 1% of magic items have intelligence. Intelligent items can actually be considered creatures because they have Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. Treat them as constructs.
Can a intelligent item have a greater power?
The intelligent item can have a special purpose (and corresponding dedicated power) rather than a greater power, if appropriate. The table above determines how many lesser and greater powers an intelligent item has. To find the item’s specific powers, choose or roll on the appropriate tables below.
Why are intelligent items considered to be creatures?
Intelligent items can actually be considered creatures because they have Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. Treat them as constructs. Intelligent items often have the ability to illuminate their surroundings at will (as magic weapons do); many cannot see otherwise.
Why are intelligent people more prone to mental illness?
There may, in fact, be many different explanations for this phenomenon in addition to the overexcitability hypothesis, and they may all be relevant to some degree. One possibility is that the genes associated with intelligence also make you more prone to mental illness, but intelligence doesn’t directly increase your risk of mental illness.
Can a intelligent item refuse to use its powers?
Unlike its other powers, an intelligent item can refuse to use its dedicated powers even if the owner is dominant (see Items Against Characters). The caster level for these effects is equal to the item’s caster level. Save DCs are based on the item’s highest mental ability score.
Is the Changeling’s shapechange ability detectable with a detect magic spell?
It has a “shapechange” ability, which allows for a superficial polymorph to change their appearance. Is this change detectable with a Detect Magic spell? Or is there any other way to detect the changeling’s use of this ability?
Can a polymorphed Changeling be detected by Detect Magic?
Detect Magic will not identify a polymorphed Changeling. Only spells (or abilities that replicate specific spell effects or invoke a “spell attack”), magical items, and effects specifically clarified as being magical by descriptive text count as capital-M Magic, which would be detected by Detect Magic.
