| Travis Hansel |
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My main question is whether the +4 bonus on checks made to trip foes would apply to Tripping Strike.
I ask is because all the descriptions I've read of Improved Trip and Greater Trip never said the +2 was to CMB so that allows a caster to use those feats with Toppling Spell Metamagic (d20+CL+Relevant Cast Stat vs. CMD).
So that has me think the check would go something like this:
Roll 19 for possible Crit then Roll to confirm. After confirming Crit you'd add the +2 or +4 to what the conformation total was to see if you succeed the trip or not.
It seems odd not to apply the bonus because 1) Combat Expertise (which is a prerequisite to all 3) is going to give -2 to melee and CM rolls and 2) the CMB is going to be higher than the To Hit bonus for melee attacks by the time BAB +9 is gained.
Depending on the answer will determine whether I'll bother with Tripping Strike or not.