Use Magic Device and Continuous Wondrous Items?

[Nekyia]

Suppose I have a wondrous item that only functions for a particular race, and I employ my Use Magic Device skill to emulate that race. How is this adjudicated per RAW? Do I only need to make a single check, or do I have to make checks every round/hour or whatever?

Thanks!

[Yebng]

Once an hour

"If you are using the check
to emulate an alignment or some other quality in an
ongoing manner, you need to make the relevant Use Magic
Device check once per hour." pg 108

[LazarX]

Yebng wrote:

Once an hour

"If you are using the check
to emulate an alignment or some other quality in an
ongoing manner, you need to make the relevant Use Magic
Device check once per hour." pg 108

Unless of course you roll a one, which precludes any further use for 24 hours afterward. One of the things I strongly dislike about Paizo's new version of the skill is the removal of the mishap provisions.

[David Thomassen]

UMD
"Try Again: Yes, but if you ever roll a natural 1 while attempting to activate an item and you fail, then you can't try to activate that item again for 24 hours."

[Nekyia]

LazarX wrote:

Yebng wrote:

Once an hour

"If you are using the check
to emulate an alignment or some other quality in an
ongoing manner, you need to make the relevant Use Magic
Device check once per hour." pg 108

Unless of course you roll a one, which precludes any further use for 24 hours afterward. One of the things I strongly dislike about Paizo's new version of the skill is the removal of the mishap provisions.

I can't believe I missed that one - derp!

Thanks!

[meowstef]

LazarX wrote:

Unless of course you roll a one, which precludes any further use for 24 hours afterward. One of the things I strongly dislike about Paizo's new version of the skill is the removal of the mishap provisions.

also they still have the mishap provisions

prd wrote:

Activate Blindly: Some magic items are activated by special words, thoughts, or actions. You can activate such an item as if you were using the activation word, thought, or action, even when you're not and even if you don't know it. You do have to perform some equivalent activity in order to make the check. That is, you must speak, wave the item around, or otherwise attempt to get it to activate. You get a +2 bonus on your Use Magic Device check if you've activated the item in question at least once before. If you fail by 9 or less, you can't activate the device. If you fail by 10 or more, you suffer a mishap . A mishap means that magical energy gets released but doesn't do what you wanted it to do. The default mishaps are that the item affects the wrong target or that uncontrolled magical energy is released, dealing 2d6 points of damage to you. This mishap is in addition to the chance for a mishap that you normally risk when you cast a spell from a scroll that you could not otherwise cast yourself

even in 3.0 the mishaps were only on activate blindly