Another trip question

[Kahlenar]

Tripping uses an attack normally to perform.
If you have the feat improved trip whichever attack you used you get back to hit the guy you just tripped.
So, what happens if you get a trip attempt at a time when you dont have an attack or attack of opportunity?

Examples are Domino Rush from the feat Shocktrooper in Comp Warrior, Cause Overreach from the feat Elusive Target in Comp Warrior, Improved Combat Throw from D20 Modern, or what about just a normal attempt where they fail and you get to trip them back. Do you then get an attack against them because you just tripped against them?

 

[Dross]

Tripping uses an attack normally to perform.
If you have the feat improved trip whichever attack you used you get back to hit the guy you just tripped.
So, what happens if you get a trip attempt at a time when you dont have an attack or attack of opportunity?

Examples are Domino Rush from the feat Shocktrooper in Comp Warrior, Cause Overreach from the feat Elusive Target in Comp Warrior, Improved Combat Throw from D20 Modern, or what about just a normal attempt where they fail and you get to trip them back. Do you then get an attack against them because you just tripped against them?

The way I read the feat is that if you decide to do a trip you get the attack.

If you have a chance to trip a foe because of a failed trip attack against you it's not an attack per sae, so you don't get the extra attack.

It's the difference (at least to me) between actively trying to put someone on the floor and reactively having someone end up on the floor because they failed to get things right.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Examples are Domino Rush from the feat Shocktrooper in Comp Warrior, Cause Overreach from the feat Elusive Target in Comp Warrior, Improved Combat Throw from D20 Modern, or what about just a normal attempt where they fail and you get to trip them back. Do you then get an attack against them because you just tripped against them?

With Elusive Target, for example, the feat essentially gives you an attack that can only be used to Trip.

Once you trip and succeed, Improved Trip says you get to make a melee attack as if you had not used the attack to Trip - so you essentially get to reuse the attack that can only be used to Trip.

But since you succeeded, your foe is prone... so there's very little you can do to him with your attack which can only be used to Trip.

-Hyp.