Does your familiar merge with you? No.
Intelligent items are creatures in their own right. They do not merge.
/cevah
Might seem weird, but I think Cevah is right
"Intelligent items can actually be considered creatures because they have Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. Treat them as constructs. "
i'd say nope.
The intelligent item would still merge, but could still speak and activate it's own abilities as normal.
You see a long suffering looking wolf and hear a disembodied voice moaning "are we there yet? I can't see a blasted thing when you do this..."
Sometimes with magic just don't overthink it and go with the flow.
Black Hole.
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dragonhunterq, that's actually not far from my desired use of the item in question - as an aid to roleplay and communication.
However, more power oriented players could easily use intelligent items to overcome the (perhaps unnecessary) ban on activation of magic items while under polymorph effects.
There's also the bizarre and potentially humorous situation of an item deciding to use, say, the "sprout limbs and move with a speed of 10 feet" power while melded...
For rule of cool's sake, I would rule that sprouting limbs counts as a polymorph effect and causes the item to unmeld as part of activation. Just imagine that in your mind for a second.
By RAW I'm pretty sure that this would count as activating a melded item, which cannot be done. For simplicities sake I would rule it doesn't matter who activates the item, it just can't be activated.
Constructs count as both objects and creatures. In this case I'd rule that they count as objects and meld. Their passive abilities would still function, but their activated stuff could not be used.
This may soon be relevant in a game I'm playing, too. One of the players has a construct with the armor modification from ultimate magic.
BONUS QUESTION: A sorcerer of the impossible bloodline can cast Polymorph on a construct. They could also, if they crafted it, wear a construct as armor (breastplate). If they cast polymorph on their construct while using it as armor, what happens?
BONUS QUESTION: A sorcerer of the impossible bloodline can cast Polymorph on a construct. They could also, if they crafted it, wear a construct as armor (breastplate). If they cast polymorph on their construct while using it as armor, what happens?
You got yourself a inteligent breastplate with a pissed off ego.
Intelligent items are mixture between creatures and items and require a fair amount of interpretation.
I think though for physical purposes, any item being worn should be treated like an item, not a creature (mentally it is always itself, whether worn or not).
IF we accept that, then an intelligent item would merge into the new form.
We don't have a great definition for 'melds into your form' as to what really happens. All we know is that constant bonuses continue to work, but activation powers cannot be used. Presumably this is more than just an inability to physically manipulate the item, since even mental activation powers cannot be used.
Given this, I think that it is best to view these items as in a kind of stasis. They cannot activate any powers. Whether they are aware of their surroundings and/or can communicate is unclear, I think either could make for interesting role playing and would be a fine call to make.
