Intelligent weapon question

[Martin Sheaffer]

So my party should be hitting an intelligent weapon soon and I was wondering when do you do the roll for ego vs ego? I am thinking that when someone picks it up identify the "magic" weapon would be the time for the fun to start.

[Firewarrior44]

Item's vs Players wrote:

When an item has an Ego of its own, it has a will of its own. The item is absolutely true to its alignment. If the character who possesses the item is not true to that alignment’s goals or the item’s special purpose, personality conflict—item against character—results. Similarly, any item with an Ego score of 20 or higher always considers itself superior to any character, and a personality conflict results if the possessor does not always agree with the item.

When a personality conflict occurs, the possessor must make a Will saving throw (DC = item’s Ego).

It would depend entirely on the item and on the person(s) interacting with the item.

So if for that particular item identifying the item constitutes a personality conflict then that would provoke an ego check. Or perhaps it just demands that the possessor take an action and they fail to comply.

[Martin Sheaffer]

True, just thinking who in the party does most of the identifying vs the weapon it could be "fun".

[QuidEst]

Make the personality "mysterious", and there's your conflict.