New Posts For Thread: Intelligence of Planeswalkershttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29488715/Intelligence_of_PlaneswalkersHas it been defined if a certain level of intelligence is required to develop a spark? The only non-humanoid non-dragon planeswalker we’ve seen is that weird demonic leviathan not-an-Eldrazi thing Bolas fought, which was an oldwalker so that miI would presume that Slivers do have a mechanism for queen replacement under normal circumstances, as with social insects. A Planeswalker Queen would likely birth a reproductive female before departing, and upon arrival in the new plane begin to spahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29488715/Intelligence_of_Planeswalkers?post_id=526216875#526216875I would presume that Slivers do have a mechanism for queen replacement under normal circumstances, as with social insects. A Planeswalker Queen would likely birth a reproductive female before departing, and upon arrival in the new plane begin to spaMon, 19 Nov 2012 21:35:43 -0600I don't know if slivers have been described differently elsewhere, but on a recent podcast, MaRo described slivers as shapeshifters. Because they're a hivemind, if one sliver learns how to shapeshift a certain way, the others can do that too. Now, lehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29488715/Intelligence_of_Planeswalkers?post_id=526134941#526134941I don't know if slivers have been described differently elsewhere, but on a recent podcast, MaRo described slivers as shapeshifters. Because they're a hivemind, if one sliver learns how to shapeshift a certain way, the others can do that too. Now, leFri, 16 Nov 2012 21:09:11 -0600Hive mind, and one soul divided, are different concepts. A hive mind means that they all have there own thoughts (to a certain extent), but there shared with everybody else. They are still there own creature. They are technicaly not one thing. Thoughhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29488715/Intelligence_of_Planeswalkers?post_id=526132895#526132895Hive mind, and one soul divided, are different concepts. A hive mind means that they all have there own thoughts (to a certain extent), but there shared with everybody else. They are still there own creature. They are technicaly not one thing. ThoughFri, 16 Nov 2012 18:19:20 -0600Well if a sliver queen did gain the spark and went to another plane, she may not beable to take her brood with her, but she might beable to summon a small number of them to the plane she is on and have them server her there till she's done and releashttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29488715/Intelligence_of_Planeswalkers?post_id=526103371#526103371Well if a sliver queen did gain the spark and went to another plane, she may not beable to take her brood with her, but she might beable to summon a small number of them to the plane she is on and have them server her there till she's done and releasThu, 15 Nov 2012 17:53:08 -0600I don't think a Sliver Queen being a neo-walker would really help the rank and file slivers at all. Neo-walkers aren't neccesarily all that powerful (Venser, for example, had virtually no magical ability outside of his teleporting). She wouldn't be ahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/29488715/Intelligence_of_Planeswalkers?post_id=526091289#526091289I don't think a Sliver Queen being a neo-walker would really help the rank and file slivers at all. Neo-walkers aren't neccesarily all that powerful (Venser, for example, had virtually no magical ability outside of his teleporting). She wouldn't be aThu, 15 Nov 2012 11:25:22 -0600