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Hi,
Combat Maneuver states:
"When you attempt to perform a combat maneuver, make an attack roll and add your CMB in place of your normal attack bonus. Add any bonuses you currently have on attack rolls due to spells, feats, and other effects. These bonuses must be applicable to the weapon or attack used to perform the maneuver."
Some form of this has been asked several times, but the specific about say, whether a weapon's enhancement bonus applies to a combat maneuver or the like hasn't really been officially answered.
Can we please officially clarify what falls under "other effects" in the context of a combat maneuver with a weapon?
Previous posts include:
http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jvbh?CMB-vs-CMD-FIGHT#19
http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2l16u?Rules-Questions-What-exactly-is-a-combat# 8
Finally it's really specific here:
http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2jzk1?Weapon-Finesse-on-special-kinds-of-attack s#10
The downside of the last post is that James Jacobs doesn't address explicitly the enhancement bonus question in his reply.
I found this update FAQ from Sean K. Reynolds:
"Note: This is a revision of this FAQ entry based on a Paizo blog about combat maneuvers with weapons. The previous version of this FAQ stated that using a trip weapon was the only way you could apply weapon enhancement bonuses, Weapon Focus bonuses, and other such bonuses to the trip combat maneuver roll. The clarification in that blog means any weapon used to trip applies these bonuses when making a trip combat maneuver, so this FAQ was updated to omit the "only trip weapons let you apply these bonuses" limitation.
—Sean K Reynolds, 03/15/11"
All of this seems to imply heavily that yes, enhancement bonuses and anything else that would apply to your attack bonus with a weapon would also apply to a combat maneuver with a weapon. I would just really like this to be a FAQ or at least official ruling somewhere.