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Appreciate everyone's feedback. Thank you.

OK - so let's give the actual example.

I would like to have an intelligent item made with the following abilities:

Shield 3/day CL1
Protection from Evil 3/day CL1
See Invisibility 1/day CL 3
Deadly Juggernaut 1/day CL 5

Now the issue is that the party spell caster (a mystic theurge) cannot bestow spell casting abilities upon others (restriction due to deity). So adding these abilities as spell casting abilities to the intelligent item is out. The solution is to add these abilities as command word activated powers to the base item. The intelligent item abilities will be:

Senses (120 ft)
Telepathy
Darkvision
Speech (assuming this will be needed to activate its own powers, otherwise, not needed)
5 ranks in a skill.

First question, can the item activate these powers?

Second question, should the item have ability scores high enough to cast 3rd level spells or is this not needed, since these abilities are command word activated?

Third question, by RAW, how much will this item cost? Please do not mention GM fiat or the fact that intelligent items are too inexpensive as is. I'm not arguing these points and actually agree that they are inexpensive and the GM can price them at whatever he feels like.

I think the argument is that one of the command word activated powers of the item is Deadly Juggernaut, which the wearer can activate with a command word. This is NOT a spell that item can cast. Can the item activate this power? I believe the item can activate the power.

If I have an intelligent item, an intelligent Helm of Brilliance for example, can the intelligent helm activate the helm's powers on its own, or can it only cast/activate its intelligent item powers?

The rules state, "Unlike most magic items, intelligent items can activate their own powers without waiting for a command word from their owner."

I think the statement, "intelligent items can activate their own powers..." is pretty self explanatory, but there is some disagreement in our group about the rules regarding this. My take is that, the item can use all of the helm's abilities in addition to any other specific spells the item may have. My friend thinks that the statement, "intelligent items can activate their own powers..." refers only to the spells / powers under the Intelligent Item Powers Table.

It would be helpful to know what the general consensus is in this?