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But nowhere does it say that during an action you can take as many free actions as you want....
But it does.
Free Action: Free actions consume a very small amount of time and effort. You can perform one or more free actions while taking another action normally. However, there are reasonable limits on what you can really do for free, as decided by the GM.Now the GM may limit the number of free actions taken but the rules specifically call out that if you are taking an action you can take free actions.
Is an AoO an action or is it not?
There-in lies the rub.
It isn't a normal action that follows the rules of all other actions.
it is a special free attack.
It IS a single melee attack.
The only thing that you get extra above and beyond that single melee attack, is any actions that are specifically triggered by that character making and succeeding on an attack.
Seems to be a 'other' action XD not free, and i would say requires more effort than a non-action...
another iffy wording >.>
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I generally think of attacks of opportunity as a "mini-turn" for the character taking the AoO. This is because of the language:
An attack of opportunity “interrupts” the normal flow of actions in the round. If an attack of opportunity is provoked, immediately resolve the attack of opportunity, then continue with the next character's turn (or complete the current turn, if the attack of opportunity was provoked in the midst of a character's turn).
There is also precedent for at least one type of free action being allowed during an attack of opportunity; a character with a bow is allowed to nock an arrow and shoot for an AoO if they have the Snap Shot feat. This is from the FAQ:
Snap Shot: Can a character with Snap Shot (page 119) and Combat Reflexes make multiple attacks of opportunity with a ranged weapon, assuming that loading the ranged weapon is a free action?
Yes. As long as you can reload your weapon with a free action you can reload your weapon as part of the ranged attack attack of opportunity you are making with the Snap Shot feat.
Link: Here
I would therefore allow the use of Grab and Trip on Attacks of Opportunity.
