Armed Trip

[Xiam]

Hallo,

During yesterdays szession two questions occured which I think aren't exactly dealt with in the rules.
Assuming a fighter with a battleaxe in one hand and a large shield in the other and the Improved Trip feat, can the character...

1. ...generally attack unarmed without having to disready his weapon (e.g. punsh in the foes head or kick in his groin...)?

2. ...trip an opponent (which actually is an unarmed attack) without having to disready his weapon and use his Improved Trip feat for directly attacking with his battleaxe?

On the one hand side, the rules don't explicitly say that a chacter has to disready his carried waepons to attack unarmed, on the other hand, what are trip weapons designed for? And what does your common sense tell you?

 

[Infiniti2000]

1. ...generally attack unarmed without having to disready his weapon (e.g. punsh in the foes head or kick in his groin...)?

Sure he can. However, if you actually want to use the flavor text of "punch", maybe someone would require a hand free, but I think punching while holding the axe is okay. For flavor, it doesn't matter. But, holding an axe in one hand and a shield in the other doesn't stop you from making unarmed attacks.

2. ...trip an opponent (which actually is an unarmed attack) without having to disready his weapon and use his Improved Trip feat for directly attacking with his battleaxe?

Sure, same thing. You can trip with your feet, legs, whatever. The description is irrelevant as far as the action is concerned.

On the one hand side, the rules don't explicitly say that a chacter has to disready his carried waepons to attack unarmed, on the other hand, what are trip weapons designed for? And what does your common sense tell you?

As above. Personally, I can easily trip someone with my hands full.

 

[cmanos]

I agree...unarmed attack can be a kick or a headbutt, and you can trip with a leg sweep with hands full.

 

[Moon-Lancer]

I alwayse saw trip as a leg sweep.