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<blockquote data-quote="hong" data-source="post: 127390" data-attributes="member: 537">That's _your_ interpretation of what Ex and Su abilities are, and frankly, I think it's a silly one. The distinction between different types of special abilities is there basically to allow different activation mechanics, and counters to them -- antimagic works on Sp and Su, but not on Ex; you get AoOs against Sp but not Su; and so on. There's nothing in the rules that specifies exactly how these special abilities are gained, or what justifies their presence in any particular creature.In fact, in many creatures (if not most), it makes perfect sense to think of Sp abilities as being innate. A marilith doesn't have to learn to teleport or throw unholy blights; it's a part of its demonic essence. A gnome doesn't have to learn how to speak with burrowing animals either; it's part of being a gnome. Having your Int reduced to 1 doesn't have any effect on your innate essence, and so should not impact Sp abilities.Chapter and verse, please.Chapter and verse, please.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hong, post: 127390, member: 537"] That's _your_ interpretation of what Ex and Su abilities are, and frankly, I think it's a silly one. The distinction between different types of special abilities is there basically to allow different activation mechanics, and counters to them -- antimagic works on Sp and Su, but not on Ex; you get AoOs against Sp but not Su; and so on. There's nothing in the rules that specifies exactly how these special abilities are gained, or what justifies their presence in any particular creature. In fact, in many creatures (if not most), it makes perfect sense to think of Sp abilities as being innate. A marilith doesn't have to learn to teleport or throw unholy blights; it's a part of its demonic essence. A gnome doesn't have to learn how to speak with burrowing animals either; it's part of being a gnome. Having your Int reduced to 1 doesn't have any effect on your innate essence, and so should not impact Sp abilities. Chapter and verse, please. Chapter and verse, please. [/QUOTE]

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