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Ravingdork
2009-12-31, 03:35 PM
I just realized that the Spell Trigger aspect of the Use Magic Device skill specifically states that "this particular use of the skill allows you to use a [spell trigger item] as if you had a particular spell on your class spell list."

What if you are a fighter or rogue with ranks in Use Magic Device? Can you use this application of the skill? You don't have a class spell list with which to apply said spell in the first place.

Foryn Gilnith
2009-12-31, 03:37 PM
When is the last time you saw a rogue with UMD unable to activate a wand?

Yuki Akuma
2009-12-31, 03:38 PM
It says 'as if you had the spell on your class spell list'. It says nothing about needing a class spell list to start with, nor does it say anything about actually adding it to your class spell list. You just get to pretend you're a Wizard or a Cleric or whatever when you use the wand.