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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 2126820" data-attributes="member: 13966">It doesn't negate tripping, it just adds +4 to their opposed Strength or Dexterity check to remain standing.  You can trip a giant spider or a centaur or whatnot; even if you can't reach all its legs, you only need to make its front legs slip so it falls on its face, and the rest'll likely slip down in the process; or you swing/push upward and knock it onto its' back; or you smack it sideways to land on its flank.Use enemies that have Improved Trip.  And/or reach weapons.  Or, y'know, enemies who are good at grappling.  That Enlarged, polearm-wielding fellow isn't going to get much use out of tripping nor big weapons when he's struggling to avoid being swallowed by a behir, or wrestling with a particularly muscular ogre, or being pinned by a dire bear, or grappled and eviscerated by a half-fiendish advanced tiger.  Or an advanced, half-dragon displacer beast.  Or whatever.Have enemies cast Dispel Magic on the Kensai, or simply ready a counterspell action against the mage who Enlarges him.  Have enemies use Soften Earth and Stone, or Stone Shape, or similar spells to turn the ground beneath the Kensai to thick, deep mud, or a very deep, wide, smooth pit.  Send enemies to sunder the Kensai's halberd (if it's magic though, the player may get seriously ticked off if his weapon breaks).  Have enemies disarm the Kensai with Improved Disarm and a big weapon (like a troll wielding a (3.5)Large spiked chain).Send enemies to bull rush the Kensai into a corner or a pit trap or some quicksand.  Cast Entangle or Web over the Kensai's area, and in case the Kensai has already engaged the BBEG, make sure that the BBEG has high Reflex saves to avoid the effect and slip away as the Kensai struggles.  Use Summon Monster or Summon Nature's Ally spells to swarm the Kensai with small but nasty buggers that appear right around the Kensai, and have them harass him (maybe weasels or dire weasels so they can Attach and cause him gradual damage until he wastes some of his turns pulling off the nuisances with grapple checks, instead of him spending those rounds hacking at the BBEG).  Use Evard's Black Tentacles to tie up the Kensai.Give enemies the Prone Attack feat and Combat Expertise or something to always keep their AC high, so when the Kensai trips them they just evade his attacks at a reasonable rate, and then strike at him with Combat Expertise inactive to hit him with a high-attack-bonus strike of some sort, springing freely to their feat in the process due to Prone Attack.  Give 'em the Knockdown feat so when they deal the Kensai 10+ damage, they get a free trip attempt against him as part of the attack, or give 'em some feat that bull rushes the Kensai when they cause him such damage.Just don't go overboard with this. {:^DAnd remember that a prone creature can still attack or move normally (though I don't think they can run), so just have them back away once they fall down, then get up outside the Kensai's reach, and attack him with a ranged weapon or something (or maybe just quaff a healing potion).  Your enemies can defend themselves without annoying the Kensai player too much by casting Blur, Displacement, Mirror Image, Blink, or the like just before he can start his attack routines.  There are a few core rules magic items that do this sort of thing for anyone who wears them and knows the command word.</blockquote>

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