Blave wrote:
You're still not making an attack roll. You're making a skill check that has the attack trait. Yes, the trait means it "involves an attack". But that doesn't mean the skill check suddenly changes its type of roll to an attack roll.
That may be the 1e definition of an attack roll, but I think that's not true in 2e.
CRBp446 says "When you use a Strike action or any other attack action, you attempt a check called an attack roll. Attack rolls take
a variety of forms..."
So a Trip attempt is a skill check, but it's also an attack roll.
If this weren't the case, MAP would not be taken into account for trips and grapples, as the rules say MAP is applied to attack rolls.