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unseenmage
2019-03-17, 05:48 PM
As seen in the 3.5 RAW Q&A thread.

For the purposes of cursed or intelligent magic items does just having a hat on one's head count as equipping it?

If the int magic item puts itself on your head or say the hat just falls there does it auto attach to your item slot?
noob
2019-03-17, 06:09 PM
then afterwards there is a lot of jokes involving buckets of alignment change full of cold water.
Psyren
2019-03-17, 07:12 PM
There isn't actually a general rule for what "triggers" a cursed item - it varies depending on the item. Some function as soon as they are "placed on the head" (e.g. crown of blindness) while some work normally until a "life-or-death situation" arises (e.g. gauntlets of fumbling). Another odd example is hat of hatreds, which actually works like a normal hat of disguise for a good chunk of the time, with the curse only applying if you're using it in the presence of a hostile creature. So the answer to your question is that it likely depends on what the specific item says to determine if the animation matters or not.
unseenmage
2019-03-17, 10:04 PM
Hmm, custom Int Magic Items with at will magic that let's them move themselves which are built as a set and instructed to equip themselves to helpless targets eating up their valuable item slots and forcing multiple Ego score contests AND triggering the text about how having multiple Unt Magic Items causes them to actively interfere with and argue with one another.

Every rogue's nightmare.
flappeercraft
2019-03-17, 10:34 PM
As seen in the 3.5 RAW Q&A thread.

For the purposes of cursed or intelligent magic items does just having a hat on one's head count as equipping it?

If the int magic item puts itself on your head or say the hat just falls there does it auto attach to your item slot?

Well as far as qualifying to be on your slot, from what I read in the srd it seems you only need to be wearing it, nothing specifies that the creature must put it on themselves or be willing for the effect to happen. So at least to me it seems that an int magic item could put itself in someone's slot.