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<blockquote data-quote="Vegepygmy" data-source="post: 5555628" data-attributes="member: 40109">My answer: maybe. It depends on the maneuver.&nbsp;As Patryn says, not in 3E it doesn't.&nbsp;I'd treat it as an unarmed Trip attack.&nbsp;Sure, just like sweeping him with your own leg would. If you look at the &quot;trip weapons,&quot; you'll see that none of them are just long, straight poles (despite the fact that you can very definitely use long, straight poles to trip people). So there is more to being a &quot;trip weapon&quot; than just being suitable for tripping people; it has to be especially well-suited to tripping people. A hunting spear or quarterstaff isn't good enough to gain the benefits of a &quot;trip weapon,&quot; but nothing stops you from trying to Trip someone with it anyway.&nbsp;Jump check followed by a touch attack to initiate a grapple (if he wants to wrestle with the opponent) or an unarmed Trip attack (if he wants to knock his opponent down). Either way, he gets +1 on the touch attack roll for attacking from higher ground and an approving nod from the DM for adding some cinematic flair to the combat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vegepygmy, post: 5555628, member: 40109"] My answer: maybe. It depends on the maneuver. As Patryn says, not in 3E it doesn't. I'd treat it as an unarmed Trip attack. Sure, just like sweeping him with your own leg would. If you look at the "trip weapons," you'll see that none of them are just long, straight poles (despite the fact that you can very definitely use long, straight poles to trip people). So there is more to being a "trip weapon" than just being suitable for tripping people; it has to be [I]especially well-suited[/I] to tripping people. A hunting spear or quarterstaff isn't good enough to gain the benefits of a "trip weapon," but nothing stops you from trying to Trip someone with it anyway. Jump check followed by a touch attack to initiate a grapple (if he wants to wrestle with the opponent) or an unarmed Trip attack (if he wants to knock his opponent down). Either way, he gets +1 on the touch attack roll for attacking from higher ground and an approving nod from the DM for adding some cinematic flair to the combat. [/QUOTE]

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