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Does Hydraulic Push allow you to add bonus's to attack you gain from buffs, such as True Strike, Heroism, Bless. Under Combat Maneuvers I read this: 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.
Hydraulic Push: Your CMB for this bull rush is equal to your caster level plus your Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma modifier, whichever is highest
It says "your CMB" which makes me think yes, but it says "use your caster level" instead of saying "your BAB for this is equal to your caster level" which kinda makes me think no.
Obviously a spell cast by a colossal dragon, and a spell cast by a tiny pixie still comes out with the same force, and the same size, so size modifiers would not count, unless you maybe used widen spell metamagic feat to get a +1 for size. I also doubt spell focus would work since it is a CMB and not a DC.
Obviously Spell Focus does not work. That would just be absurd.
Other attack bonuses obviously do work. No FAQ needed. All Combat Maneuvers are attack rolls, all attack rolls get bonuses to attack rolls, etc. True Strike then Hydraulic Push gets you the +20 and everything.
Yes, I was thinking similarly which is why I said it as I did, trying to be nice.
This question has been asked before, but never officially answered if it was "Obvious" people would not ask, for the record I do think that attack bonuses would tack on, but I looked at it in every way I could think of for the post. My GM thinks the spell does not use attack bonuses that is why I am trying to find out if their is anything to show him. Ranged attack rolls use BAB + Dex, CMB uses BAB + Str (Of course ways to change that with feats, but lets assume you are using it strait from the rules) No where under CMB does it say anything about using caster level. The spell says, Your CMB for this is your caster level plus your int/wis/cha mod. If it does allow for you to tack on attack bonuses a better thing to say, I said it above but... "For your CMB use your Caster level as your BAB, + Int/Wis/Cha".
If someone could point me towards anything that has ever said you could tack on attack bonuses to something using your caster level it would be helpful. Preferably leaving out the condemnation :)