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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jabberwocky" data-source="post: 2390969" data-attributes="member: 2929"><p>Not really - the reason the flaming weapon does damage is because of the line in the flaming property description that says how it does damage, not because I can visualize how a flaming whip or sickle could cause damage.  I can assume that a trip with a sickle against an unarmored opponent is tangling in the clothes or what have you - the point is you're not primarily attempting to cause damage with the weapon, but instead knock the other person down somehow.  Because causing damage is not the goal of a trip attack, the rules don't have it cause damage in the normal way, but a trip attack can still involve having a successful hit, which is sufficient to activate the fire damage from the flaming property.</p></blockquote><p></p>