Originally Posted by
Kurald Galain
Some chance? Sure. Much? Probably not. Depends on how many splatbooks you're using.
That strategy hasn't worked very well for monks so far, although of course fighters would be slightly better at it (due to less MAD). It has some use at level 20, certainly, but wands are only available for spells up to level 3, and scroll usage DCs can get obnoxiously high for a class that doesn't have UMD on his class list. Overall, "taking ranks in UMD" is a far cry from "optimizing to face a wizard".