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<blockquote data-quote="Dursk Starkfire" data-source="post: 517538" data-attributes="member: 7561">I don't see how this would be any different than training their companion such tasks as &quot;attack&quot;, &quot;defend&quot;, or &quot;sit&quot;.If we put it into perspective, Int 2 isn't a blob, but has some sentient capacity. For instance, a rat has INT2, but they are actually highly trainable and have a fairly good memory. Probably one of the reasons they are so often used as the guinea pigs of psychology experiments. They even have a rat olympics: (<a href="http://www.nebrwesleyan.edu/depts/psyc/fair.htm" target="_blank">http://www.nebrwesleyan.edu/depts/psyc/fair.htm</a>) where the rats are trained to such tasks as weight lifting and tight-rope walking. I've even seen them trained to a higher degree that they can predict outcomes of a series of flashing lights. Anything is possible in training an animal given enough time, repetition, and food.Conversely, just because someone looks like the druid doesn't mean it IS the druid. Case in point, if a doppleganger were to &quot;appear&quot; as the druid, the familiar would recognize that it wasn't its master. On that same token, if the master did not appear in their normal form, the companion would most readily recognize them via other means. (voice, scent, mannerisms)You'd be surprised what creatures can be trained to recognize over time, even at INT2.dursk</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dursk Starkfire, post: 517538, member: 7561"] I don't see how this would be any different than training their companion such tasks as "attack", "defend", or "sit". If we put it into perspective, Int 2 isn't a blob, but has some sentient capacity. For instance, a rat has INT2, but they are actually highly trainable and have a fairly good memory. Probably one of the reasons they are so often used as the guinea pigs of psychology experiments. They even have a rat olympics: ([url]http://www.nebrwesleyan.edu/depts/psyc/fair.htm[/url]) where the rats are trained to such tasks as weight lifting and tight-rope walking. I've even seen them trained to a higher degree that they can predict outcomes of a series of flashing lights. Anything is possible in training an animal given enough time, repetition, and food. Conversely, just because someone looks like the druid doesn't mean it IS the druid. Case in point, if a doppleganger were to "appear" as the druid, the familiar would recognize that it wasn't its master. On that same token, if the master did not appear in their normal form, the companion would most readily recognize them via other means. (voice, scent, mannerisms) You'd be surprised what creatures can be trained to recognize over time, even at INT2. dursk [/QUOTE]

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