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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Egres" data-source="post: 2215938" data-attributes="member: 23200">From the 3.5 FAQ:Suppose a character with the Improved Trip feat usesthe Bluff skill to successfully feint in combat and uses hisnext melee attack to trip the duped opponent. It seems clearthat the character ignores that opponent’s Dexterity bonusto Armor Class for the touch attack to initiate the trip.Assuming that the trip attempt is successful, Improved Tripprovides an additional attack as if the character hadn’tused her attack for the trip attempt. Does this mean thatthe character continues to ignore the tripped opponent’sDexterity bonus to Armor Class for the additional attackgranted by Improved Trip feat? How do other “next attackonly” effects (like the true strike spell) work with theImproved Trip feat?In each case, the initial attack in trip attempt is the “nextattack,” not the extra attack that you get from the ImprovedTrip feat. That is, if you’ve made a successful feint, your foe isdenied any Dexterity bonus to Armor Class when you make theinitial melee touch attack to start your trip attempt, but notwhen you attack him after a successful trip. Likewise, if youuse the true strike spell, the +20 attack bonus applies to thetouch attack, not to the free attack.The Improved Trip feat description says that you get anextra attack after a successful trip attempt “as though youhadn’t used your attack for the trip attempt.” That, however, isjust a shorthand way of explaining what part of your normalattack routine you use for the extra attack; it’s not meant toimply that you enter some kind of strange time warp when youmake trip attacks.</blockquote>

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