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<blockquote data-quote="Magus Coeruleus" data-source="post: 114617" data-attributes="member: 1704">Hi folks,I've got a player with a 5th level rogue who wants to know if he can find a mundane or magic item to help his chances of emulating spell ability when casting from scrolls created for him by the party wizard.His current modifier is +10 total, giving him a 50% chance per attempt to activate scrolls (given the DC of 20).&nbsp; Deciphering the scrolls is a nonissue because he would do that ahead of time.&nbsp; Again, the point is really to use scrolls made for him by the wizard, not so much for ones he finds.&nbsp; Not meeting the caster level is also not really an issue because these scrolls will mostly be spell level 1, caster level 1, for a really easy caster check if he just hits the DC 20 on the nose.Many skills have special equipment associated with them to give you a +2 circumstance bonus, but I'm hard-pressed to think of one that would make sense to help with the Use Magic Device skill.&nbsp; I run a particularly low magic campaign, so I'm not thinking of letting him get an item that just boosts his Charisma enough to improve that whole skill plus other things.&nbsp; A low-powered magic device would be acceptable.&nbsp; It could be use-based like the healing kit, as long as it makes some sense, or permanent if it's something that would logically cost on the order of hundreds (not thousands) of gp.Again, the purpose is very narrow, that is emulating spell ability for the purpose of casting from scrolls.&nbsp; He doesn't necessarily care about getting a bonus for other uses of that skill.So if you were to design a mundane or magic item that would give in the neighborhood of a +2 or +4 to this sort of check, what form would it take?&nbsp; How would you price it?I'm looking for creative ideas that seem fair and balanced so I can let him buy a slight edge.Thanks! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Magus Coeruleus, post: 114617, member: 1704"] Hi folks, I've got a player with a 5th level rogue who wants to know if he can find a mundane or magic item to help his chances of emulating spell ability when casting from scrolls created for him by the party wizard. His current modifier is +10 total, giving him a 50% chance per attempt to activate scrolls (given the DC of 20). Deciphering the scrolls is a nonissue because he would do that ahead of time. Again, the point is really to use scrolls made for him by the wizard, not so much for ones he finds. Not meeting the caster level is also not really an issue because these scrolls will mostly be spell level 1, caster level 1, for a really easy caster check if he just hits the DC 20 on the nose. Many skills have special equipment associated with them to give you a +2 circumstance bonus, but I'm hard-pressed to think of one that would make sense to help with the Use Magic Device skill. I run a particularly low magic campaign, so I'm not thinking of letting him get an item that just boosts his Charisma enough to improve that whole skill plus other things. A low-powered magic device would be acceptable. It could be use-based like the healing kit, as long as it makes some sense, or permanent if it's something that would logically cost on the order of hundreds (not thousands) of gp. Again, the purpose is very narrow, that is emulating spell ability for the purpose of casting from scrolls. He doesn't necessarily care about getting a bonus for other uses of that skill. So if you were to design a mundane or magic item that would give in the neighborhood of a +2 or +4 to this sort of check, what form would it take? How would you price it? I'm looking for creative ideas that seem fair and balanced so I can let him buy a slight edge. Thanks! :) [/QUOTE]

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