UMD worth it for a wizard?

I'm thinking of making a wizard/human paragon, and of course one of the
obvious class skills to pick is UMD.

But is it really all that useful for someone with a wizardly
spellcasting? Ostensibly, those are already the best spells in the game.
Being able to dabble in cleric or druid spells could be fun, but fun
enough to sacrifice another skill at max ranks (since you're almost
required to keep UMD at max ranks if you want to be using scrolls)?


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Jasin Zujovic

Jasin Zujovic wrote:

>I'm thinking of making a wizard/human paragon, and of course one of the
>obvious class skills to pick is UMD.
>
>But is it really all that useful for someone with a wizardly
>spellcasting? Ostensibly, those are already the best spells in the game.
>Being able to dabble in cleric or druid spells could be fun, but fun
>enough to sacrifice another skill at max ranks (since you're almost
>required to keep UMD at max ranks if you want to be using scrolls)?
>
>
>
>
I think it might be worth it. Having the ability to essentially pick
up any spellcaster specific item off of the ground and use it could be
very handy.

Here's another idea: Use Psionic Device. If the game uses the
transparency rule you might convince a GM that UMD and UPD should apply
equally top both magical and psionic devices. Now THAT would be useful...

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Tetsubo
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