fighter skills? Tumble? Heal? UMD?

[Bolo_Grubb]

ok so to get combat expertise I need a 13 int. This gives me more skill points then I know what to do with.

So far I am completely unimpressed with the healing skill. Unless some one can convince me otherwise I will not take it again.

UMD sounded nice but with a starting Charisma of 8 I can't get it high enough to get better then 30% success on cure serious wands. Potions are faster and cheaper (when you consider the fail rate of wands).

And the cost of non-class skills are part of the problem, 2 skill points for 1 point of most skills.

so of course I am pumping up intimidate and balance, but no other skills seem worthy. Jump and swim? I have yet to see a need for high scores in either, but this is where I might spend the extra points.

Tumble? Does it do any good by itself? I am not taking any feats or enhancements that need the tumble skill.

Disable device? Doubt I could raise it high enough to be of any use, same with spot and search.

Haggle might be useful to save and earn a bit more cash when dealing with vendors.

Am I missing something?

[Visty]

1 rank into tumble, max umd (yes it is worse it as with 20umd you can bypass most weapon restrictions) and balance

[Sinni]

if you are human i'd also take jump. there are more occasions than you think where a good jump skill is useful.

[LewsTherin]

Tumble is good if you're going Stalwart Defender. It's the fastest way to move around in the defensive stance. Jump always comes in handy too.