Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Alan Smithee 01-25-06, 01:08 PM	Can it be done?
tarkin 01-25-06, 01:16 PM	Not with the base spell Awaken. It only works on plants or animals. If you are talking about a spell called Awaken Object, that should work. But I don't think Awaken Object exists. In general the spell Animate Object does what you want.
Sarlax 01-25-06, 01:47 PM	Savage Species features Awaken Construct, which will work on any humanoid-shaped construct. Much better, however, is Minor Servitor from the same book. It both permanently animates a small object and grants it Intelligence.
Alan Smithee 01-25-06, 03:13 PM	Well, what I want to animate & awaken is a 3 lb lump of dream matter that the party found in a famous module that I will not name (because I do not want to give anything away - no matter how inconsequential). The stuff is definitely magical and non-humanoid shaped. Ideas?
tarkin 01-25-06, 03:28 PM	I would definitely allow a Wish spell to Awaken a permanently animated object of any size. The benefit is relatively small, and it is basically doing a spell of no more than 7th level.
Alan Smithee 01-25-06, 06:01 PM	Wish should probably work but I was hoping to find a more standard way of doing this. Is there any way to bind a soul to something?
kdyal 01-25-06, 06:51 PM	Maybe a combo of Craft Wondrous Item and the Magic Jar spell. Dunno. But I would allow Awaken Object (or Construct, I do not remember exactly how it is worded) to work regardless of shape. But I doubt that to be RAW...