Vermin with an intelligence

[trentonjoe]

Say for one reason or another a Vertmin type creature gets an intelligence score, does it's creture type change?

Would it become an animal?
MAgical Beast?
Augmented Vermin?

 

[Bagpuss]

Say for one reason or another a Vertmin type creature gets an intelligence score, does it's creture type change?

Would it become an animal?
MAgical Beast?
Augmented Vermin?

Magical Beast I would imagine

 

[Wippit Guud]

Well... not being at home at the moment, I don't have access to Savage Species, and so can't see the effects of awaken vermin (Lord of the Flies PrC, I believe), but if it's on par with awaken animal. their type would change to magical beast. Celestial template changes animals and vermin to magical beasts because of the 3 int, but other creatures keep their type, so that might be enough to rule that Magical Beast is the answer.

 

[Grazzt]

vermin that gains an Int would become a magical beast.

 

[Flyspeck23]

OTOH...

Skill points equal to (2 + Int modifier, minimum 1) per Hit Die, with quadruple skill points for the first Hit Die, if the vermin has an Intelligence score. However, most vermin are mindless and gain no skill points or feats. (SRD, Vermin features)

So an Int score is quite possible for a vermin. An Int-score alone wouldn't change the creature type.
IMHO of course