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Their adaptive mentality however makes humandrills very impressionable. As such, humandrills become 'imprinted' easily, depending on the behaviour and abilities of any sentient creature it observes. Humandrills in peaceful regions tend to grow up to become benign and friendly, open to contact with other creatures, whereas others that grow up in wartorn lands, or amidst cuttrhoats and criminals, have a propensity to become just as morally reprehensible as those they imitate. In summary, under the right circumstances humandrills cultivate a human-like cunning that can be either wondrous or dangerous.
Humandrill are intelligent enough to learn to understand the language of sentient creatures. One year of exposure to a given language allows a humandrill to learn to perfectly interpret it. They are, however, incapable of writing without tutelage or [[#Learn through ObservationImitation|learning through observationimitation]], and lack the vocal chords to speak themselves.
Humandrills stand roughly 5 to 6 feet, and generally weigh between 150 and 250 pounds.
'''{{Anchor|Kick}} {{Ex}}:''' A humandrill can use its lower legs for slam attacks as well, meaning that it can attack even when swinging and climbing with both arms. A humandrill's legs and feet have the same damage potential as its arms.
'''{{Anchor|Learn through ObservationImitation}} {{Ex}}:''' A humandrill's most impressive ability is its nearly peerless potential. Humandrills learn fast, and their sophisticated and adaptive mindsets allows them to learn and develop with nearly no limit. When surrounded by sentient creatures, a humandrill advances with class levels instead of [[SRD:Hit Dice|Hit Dice]], though the class it gains depends on the humandrill's exposure. When living in or near a settlement of sentient creatures, humandrills most often gain levels in the favoured class of the most numerous (or most visible) species. Observing conclaves or societies that focus heavily on specific trades or classes generally make the humandrill develop and gain ranks and levels in the appropriate skills and classes. Humandrills of sufficient intelligence and immersion in sentient culture can even pick and choose what skills they learn. Regardless of their chosen class or profession however, the maximum class level a humandrill is capable of reaching is equal the level of the observed creature with the highest level in that class -3. A humandrill receives all benefits from any level it gains, including an ability score increase every 4 levels.
A humandrill can even learn spellcasting, if sufficiently exposed to the art. Whenever a humandrill takes up a spellcasting class through imitation, its dormant [[Alternative Tradition (3.5e Feat)|Alternative Tradition]] feat becomes linked to that class, and the humandrill will use its [[SRD:Wisdom|Wisdom]] score to determine the amount of spells known, spells per day, and the highest level spells it can cast. Despite being incapable of speech, a humandrill may 'imitate' any verbal components with simple throatnoises.
