(OOC: It directly forces the wielder to take certain actions and behave in certain ways against their will, that sounds awfully mind-affecting to me. Indirect influence would be whining loudly until I did what it wanted just to shut it up.<br/>http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/intelligentItems.htm#itemsAgainstCharacters (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/intelligentItems.htm#itemsAgainstCharacters))