Use magic device

A successful Use Magic Device check allows a character to use a magic item as if your character had the required class, race, or alignment.

• Ability: Charisma

• Classes: Bard, Rogue, Assassin

• Cross-Class: No

• Requires Training: Yes

• Check: The base difficulty class (DC) of this task is determined by the value of the item, and modified by the type of emulation the character is attempting. If the character attempts to emulate a specific race, the DC increases by 5; if he attempts to emulate a specific alignment, the DC increases by 10. Emulating a specific class does not modify the base DC. You must make a DC check of 25 + the level of the spell to cast a spell from a scroll if the difficulty mode of the game is set to Hardcore or higher.

• Use: Automatically applied whenever a character attempts to use or equip an item normally unusable by his class, race, or alignment.

Notes

• The 2da skillvsitemcost.2da lists the DCs for different item values:

Item value	Class emulation DC	Race emulation DC	Alignment emulation DC
1,000	1	5	10
4,800	5	10	15
20,000	10	15	20
100,000	15	20	25
300,000	20	25	30
600,000	25	30	35
1,000,000	30	35	40
1,400,000	35	40	45
1,800,000	40	45	50
2,200,000	45	50	55
2,500,000	50	55	60
3,000,000	55	60	65
5,000,000	60	65	70
6,000,000	70	75	80
9,000,000	80	85	90
9,000,000+	impossible	impossible	impossible

• Skill levels between multiples of 5 do not make a difference in the skill check, i.e., a UMD of 14 is effectively the same as 10. However, these levels could become significant if a character is hit by a skill-reducing effect (e.g. curse, Curse Song, Level Drain).
• A UMD of 25 or higher allows full usage of the holy avenger property.
• At hardcore difficulty or higher, UMD on scrolls must beat a DC check of 25 + spell level in order to use the scroll sucessfully. This does not apply if the PC has a level in a caster class identical to that of the scroll being cast. E.g. A PC with bard levels doesn't need a UMD check to cast wounding whispers from a scroll