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I was looking through the special combat maneuvers and weapon tables, and came up with a question that I couldn't find an answer to, from the rulebook or the messageboard.
Is it possible to use other weapons to e.g. trip your opponents than the ones with the "trip"-special quality on the weapons table?
Trip: You can use a trip weapon to make trip attacks. If you are tripped during your own trip attempt, you can drop the weapon to avoid being tripped.
The part of the book that describes the Trip action doesn't say anything about weapon qualities, just states that you can trip anyone with a melee attack. So, can you use a longsword for tripping, or does it have to be a flail?
Reach: You use a reach weapon to strike opponents 10 feet away, but you can't use it against an adjacent foe.
How about weapons with the reach special quality? Rules state that you can attack a foe 10ft away, but not adjacent to you. Most polearms have this quality, but e.g. halberd doesn't. Can you use a weapon like glaive to strike an opponent that's standing next to you, and if not, why can you do it with a halberd?