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Message: <blockquote data-quote="irdeggman" data-source="post: 2188103" data-attributes="member: 16285">Not quite true.For one the DM is never wrong although he can change his mind.Setting that aside, it all depends on how you handle things.  An intelligent item does have a set of actions to choose from (as you pointed out) since it is treated as an NPC (see SRD quote).  It cannot do a movement action unless it has a special ability to allow it to move (e.g., it can’t move, run, charge, etc. unless it has a speed – most don’t).  It could do a full round action, a delay, a standard action, etc.Now comes the interesting part.  No where that I have found does it address when a familiar (or summoned creature for that matter) goes in the initiative order or whether they have their own set of independent actions for that matter (e.g., roll their own initiative, etc.).For Intelligent items it does specifically state that they act in their wielder’s turn in the initiative order.  I read the treat them as NPCs comment more for having a distinct personality (something that is greatly expounded on in the section on Intelligent items), with particular emphasis on what role the item wishes to have and what it considers to be important (including itself).  An intelligent item has its [bold]own set of priorities[/bold] (hence the treat them as an NPC notation).So how is a summoned creature or a familiar handled as far as actions and turn in the initiative order handled? This is something that is totally left up to the DM as far as I can tell. IMO this and handled an intelligent item are very closely related, although the personality of the intelligent items appears to give more weight to my derivation as to what treating it as an NPC means.From the SRDSo while I was incorrect in my statement concerning what actions an item can make (it can make more, but not all of the action selections a PC can) The whole delay, ready function and the item has its own actions independent of its wielder is a real issue that is not clear in the RAW how to handle.</blockquote>

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