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During the events of book 2, Curse of the Lady's light, the
have a tactic of "using bull rush to force PCs into squares
occupied by other enemies or furniture in order to make
them fall down".
Is this a valid use of bull rush, as I can't find rules for it anywhere?
It would not seem to be, based upon my reading of the bull rush rules... do they have any unusual feats or anything that might explain it?
As a thought you could try asking in the GM reference thread for the module in the appropriate adventure path forum.
It would not seem to be, based upon my reading of the bull rush rules... do they have any unusual feats or anything that might explain it?
no feat other than Improved bull rush.
As a thought you could try asking in the GM reference thread for the module in the appropriate adventure path forum.
This seems like an appropriate place - the question is really can bull rush be used to push something into an object and cause a trip?
From http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/combat.html#bull-rush
You cannot bull rush a creature into a square that is occupied by a solid object or obstacle.
So the answer is no.
Bull rush *can* be used to force a creature into another occupied square.
If there is another creature in the way of your bull rush, you must immediately make a combat maneuver check to bull rush that creature. You take a –4 penalty on this check for each creature being pushed beyond the first. If you are successful, you can continue to push the creatures a distance equal to the lesser result. For example, if a fighter bull rushes a goblin for a total of 15 feet, but there is another goblin 5 feet behind the first, he must make another combat maneuver check against the second goblin after having pushed the first 5 feet. If his check reveals that he can push the second goblin a total of 20 feet, he can continue to push both goblins another 10 feet (since the first goblin will have moved a total of 15 feet).
So you can force creatures into the same square - however this movement doesn't cause AoO's unless they have the greater bull rush feat.
As a thought you could try asking in the GM reference thread for the module in the appropriate adventure path forum.This seems like an appropriate place - the question is really can bull rush be used to push something into an object and cause a trip?
By asking in the appropriate GM reference thread, the answer will be helpful to anybody else who may be trying to run the module as well, plus stuff in those threads is commonly answered by the author or JJ, so you often get some insight into what the person writing and or editing the module was thinking when it slipped though.
...But I think he misread the question.
Has anyone else looked into this?