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

Modifying ability: Charisma

Classes: Bard, Rogue, Warlock, Assassin

Requires training: Yes

Check:

• equip restricted items: 11 points
• use restricted wand: 10 points
• use restricted scroll: generally 11 + 2x spell level

On hardcore rules, an additional successful UMD roll is required to cast a spell from a scroll: UMD [skill + 1d20] vs. [25 + spell level] or the casting fails.

Special: A Warlocks' deceive item feat adds a 4 bonus to UMD checks.

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

Notes

• The UMD skill has changed significantly with game patches. This page now reflects the latest game version 1.023.
• Unlike in NWN1, the player can now gain ranks in Use magic device with any class.
• 11 points are reasonably easy to achieve, even as a cross-class skill. E.g., at character level 13: 8 base skill points + 3 skill focus + 0 charisma modifier.
• The scroll casting UMD check is difficult. E.g., a level 20 bard with 30 points UMD (23 base + 7 points charisma modifier) may still fail casting high-level spells.
• Some scrolls have slightly different UMD values than expected from the spell level.
• No UMD check is required to cast spells from scrolls that have level that is normally too high. E.g., a level 1 Cleric can cast level 9 Cleric spells from scrolls without UMD check.
• Note that UMD does NOT allow a character to use weapons or armour for which they lack proficiency. For example, a Wizard can NOT use a magical warhammer just because he has UMD.
• Note: Tiny races like Deep Gnome STILL can not use Longbow even with approriate UMD.

UMD Ranks Needed for Specific Items

Item	Restriction	UMD Ranks Needed
Eldritch Knight Chain Shirt	Class: Eldritch Knight	11
Anagrys' Mindmaze	Class: Wizard	11
Boots of the Sun Soul +4	Class: Monk	11
Lorne's Falchion	Alignment: Evil	11
Wand of Arcane Disjunction	Class: Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard	10
Wand of Fire	Class: Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard	10

Known Bugs

• If a character needs to have Use magic device to equip a wearable item and if that character must use either a Charisma or skill boosting item, spell, or effect to equip the item using the Use magic device skill, that character may un-equip the item upon area transfers.

See also

• NWNWiki:Use magic device