just some general questions about dodge, umd, traps and hips

[eddy9000]

Hi guys

Sorry to bother you, I have some very basic questions that I just cant find answers for with a search.

1) Dodge - I have never quite understood dodge, even in NWN1. Does it only grant you +1 AC against one enemy, even if you are surrounded by several?

2) UMD - I love rogues and UMD really fleshes them out. In SoZ I was suprised that my level 5 rogue just couldnt use any scrolls or wands or anything. Then I read in the patch notes that you now need a minimum of 13 ranks for scrolls and 10 fo wands. Without char bonuses and considering SoZ goes up to about lvl 16, is it even worth putting points into?

3 Traps - is the damage and utility of traps and the damage worth the skill points considering the effort t takes to scout, set and lure?

4) HiPS - is it better than Feint? In answers of 3 words or less. I admit that I have found some lengthy discussion about this one but it just confused me!

I would be grateful for any answers or opinons - thank you.

by the way I have to commend this forum for the maturity of the posts, so much friendlier than the bioware forum!