[PlaneTouchedOne]

better to give them intelligent items that are a pain in the [CHAIR]. like a ring of power or vecna's hand (or was it a glove?).

[blacxthornE]

Maybe... Something "intelligent" can also be irritating .

[Shadowborn]

There was an "intelligent" sword in Baldur's Gate 2 that I just loved. It was just intelligent enough to be stupid, loud, and annoying...

"Can we kill something now? Huh? Please? ... No?"

*wait three seconds*

"How about now? *humming* Now?"

[Darius]

Shadowborn, on Jul 13 2004, 12:43 AM, said:

There was an "intelligent" sword in Baldur's Gate 2 that I just loved. It was just intelligent enough to be stupid, loud, and annoying...

"Can we kill something now? Huh? Please? ... No?"

*wait three seconds*

"How about now? *humming* Now?"

That was Lillacor , He's also been copied into Morrowind , problem is Ive caught myself singing along with him as were chopping up badguys

"It doesn't matter how my name's spelled , It's pronounced Bob , Ok" - Lillacor

D

[Shadowkami]

A bit like the sword from The Colour of Magic from the Discworld series then- It can talk, but is impossible to shut up, and keeps trying to tell anyone who will listen (or not) it's life story.

[Lyinginbedmon]

"As lightning flashes from the west, so shall this thread be split"

[Shadowkami]

Ok, point taken, shutting up

[Lyinginbedmon]

I've always considered intelligent weapons or items to be a bit more reserved, since they've seen so much death and destruction by their own nature.

Guess I was wrong

[Ssri-Tel-Quessir Hitokiri]

What if the intelligent weapon were a unholy devestator?

[Shadowkami]

Well... It might have a kind and gentle personality?

[Lyinginbedmon]

That's exactly what most thought of Adolf before the second World War, they thought he was a very nice person, that slaughtered millions.

At the very least, we know it's possible

[Shadowkami]

Exactly, Intelegent or not, It is an item, and ultimately the used decides how to use it.

[Ssri-Tel-Quessir Hitokiri]

Unless, of course, the user cannot overcome the Ego of the item that is being used.

[Jimp]

What I think would be fun is an intelligent item with a HUGE ego, very lazy and very cowardly and wont leave it's owner's side. One someone picks it up it's really grateful for saving it and lies saying that it's really powerful. Thing is, it's too lazy or scared to do anything. Try and swing it in battle and it'll just retract in fear. Try and swap it for another weapon and it wont let go of your hand for fear of being lost and forgotten forever. Try and leave it down away anywhere and it wont incase you forget it. It also will weigh itself down and thus the bearer if he does anything the sword doesn't want to. It's ego is too large to do anything about it.
Well, we can toy around with the idea anyway. Nevermind logic, its meant to be a pure annoyance. If the player complains about the logic of the sword just answer "Don't ask me, ask the sword". Maybe it's something like it's creator abandoned it in an ancient temple for centuries on it's own until someone discovered it, so it's scared of being lost again. and thusly clings to whoever owns it.

[Shadowkami]

How about a sword with a personality similar to Marvin from the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy? Now THAT would be annoying. You would try and attack something and the sword would just say "what's the use?"