Empowering an Item (WatW)

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Metapsionic science empower to infuse it with psionic energy and talents. Empower is described in detail in The Complete Psionics Handbook. so the process will not be repeated here.
When the empowered item is finished, it possesses a minimum Intelligence of 12. It may be capable of communicating with its owner, as described below.
An item learns languages as part of the creation process. It can only learn languages the creator knows. Unless otherwise stated, the item first learns its creator's native tongue. Items can have empathic or telepathic abilities even if not empowered with telepathic powers, if they are sufficiently Intelligent,
If the psionicist wishes, he can minimize the item's Intelligence and communication abilities. He can always provide the item with a lower Intelligence than that indicated by the roll after the empower check, but never lower than 12.