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<blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 4148234" data-attributes="member: 1165"><p>In 4e, giant spiders have Int 3.</p><p></p><p>IMO, in 3.x, Int 3+ isn't enough to change the animal's type. Any naturally-occurring animal will have Int 1 or 2, but it can be buffed without changing its type.</p><p></p><p>Unless you keep the headband on the animal a long time, though, its Int won't help much. It takes a long time to learn a language if your brain isn't built for it. (Just ask anyone trying to learn a new language at age 40! And humans have an advantage there over any non-intelligent animal, for obvious reasons.) It also won't be educated. Schooling can lasts thirteen years minimum in Canada (age 3-16, senior kindergarten to earliest age of legally dropping out) and, honestly, the animal would still be less intelligent than a person.</p><p></p><p>If the buff lasts long enough, maybe you could change it into a Magical Beast. IMO, it would have to be a buff like Permanency (does that work on stat buffs?) because an item can always be taken off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="(Psi)SeveredHead, post: 4148234, member: 1165"] In 4e, giant spiders have Int 3. IMO, in 3.x, Int 3+ isn't enough to change the animal's type. Any naturally-occurring animal will have Int 1 or 2, but it can be buffed without changing its type. Unless you keep the headband on the animal a long time, though, its Int won't help much. It takes a long time to learn a language if your brain isn't built for it. (Just ask anyone trying to learn a new language at age 40! And humans have an advantage there over any non-intelligent animal, for obvious reasons.) It also won't be educated. Schooling can lasts thirteen years minimum in Canada (age 3-16, senior kindergarten to earliest age of legally dropping out) and, honestly, the animal would still be less intelligent than a person. If the buff lasts long enough, maybe you could change it into a Magical Beast. IMO, it would have to be a buff like Permanency (does that work on stat buffs?) because an item can always be taken off. [/QUOTE]
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