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Gorbash
2009-05-17, 10:52 AM
Aside from Circlet of Persuasion and Cloak of Charisma, are there any?

I'm trying to boost up UMD with my Wizard in order to shamelessly use Bead of Karma, but I haven't heard of any aside those two.

ocato
2009-05-17, 11:13 AM
Quick glance at the SRD's creating magic items table (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/creatingMagicItems.htm#magicItemGoldPieceValues) shows that you can create an item that grants competence to any skill for the desired bonus squared x100gp. So, +5 is 2,500, for example. +10 is 10,000gp, etc.

Assuming that you want to bump UMD exclusively, you may find that +5 for 2500gp is more appealing than +3 for 4500gp from the circlet of persuasion.

Yuki Akuma
2009-05-17, 11:16 AM
There are psionic items called shards (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/items/universalItems.htm#shards) which provide a one-time bonus to a skill. A +10 shard costs 1,000 gp, although that might be a bit much for a one-use item.

Eldariel
2009-05-17, 11:38 AM
Of course, there's also the whole "Mw. Tool"-part. But you've hit the big ones generally used for this purpose. Specific UMD items haven't seen print to my knowledge.

Darrin
2009-05-17, 09:36 PM
Aside from Circlet of Persuasion and Cloak of Charisma, are there any?


Spellsight Spectacles, +5 competence bonus, 2500 GP, MIC p. 138.

A potion of Guidance of the Avatar might work well as a one-shot. +20 competence bonus, only 300 GP for a 2nd level potion:

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/sb/sb20010504a

A potion of Divine Insight (Spell Compendium) would give you a +8 insight bonus for the same price.