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I've been having mixed experiences with Trip in a homebrew game where the DM seems very enthusiastic about flying and swimming foes. When Trip works it is absolutely fantastic though. I think it can be worthwhile as long as you have a backup plan or just intend to use Trip as a special tactic to devastate vulnerable foes.
And it's exactly these responses that are cluttering up the point of the question as "homebrew" has nothing to do with PFS.
ALso.. Yes--I'm overreacting, but I'm not an idiot and this thread was posted exactly where it was intended to be.
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Well, someone disagreed and the webteam agreed with that disagreement.
That said however, the answer is a resounding yes. It's probably even more effective in PFS than in homebrew, because:
1. GM's run prewritten modules and thus don't "adapt"
2. A lot of enemies in PFS are humanoid and don't fly.
The only thing you have to take into account is how you're going to make it work.
Which weapon of choice:
Whip, Guisarme or Flail (heavy/light)
Which class:
Lorewarden fighter, magus, bloodrager, or any other silly combination you can come up with who's CMB to trip increases fast.
Must have:
Combat Expertise, Improved Trip, Greater Trip
Good to have:
Fury's Fall, Combat Reflexes (when utilizing a reach build)
For Magus and Bloodrager:
Wand or scroll or self casting of Blade Lash
Note that the text of the spell goes with your weapon's CMB, so your own one, with a nice +10 bonus. If you have a round to prepare you could even support it with a true strike for a +30.
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In PFS yes it is very viable and doable. I really like brawler/monk myself. I made a trip build for Emerald spire and its doing great. What makes the brawler so nice is the flexiblity you can gain any maneuver you need. So it has 6 legs and a huge trip defense then just pick up grapple or damage feats and smash him in another way.
Lots of classes can trip but brawler can do all combat manuvers and not have to be dedicated to 1 maneuver. Versitility in PFS goes a long way.
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What makes the brawler so nice is the flexiblity you can gain any maneuver you need.
Plus the double AOO from Vicious Stomp / Greater trip.
I've even thought about a build where you use said trip AOOs to use dirty trick to blind them (with quick dirty trick) and then disarm them at +6 in addition to them being flat-footed. I'm not sure if it's actually worth all of the feats - it just seems funny to me.
@CLH - It is a bit of a coincidence that you mentioned using dirty trick on tripped foes since that's a long term plan for my Orc Dirty Fighter. They don't get the ability to attempt a dirty trick as an attack until 9th level though, and I multiclassed for 2 levels. The good news is that I have Enforcer to go with Vicious Stomp. Next level I'll pick up Hurtful to go on top of that.
The combat maneuver which has been the most fun for that PC so far is probably Disarm. I don't have the Improved version, but between the DF's "sidestep" ability and the fact the foe might be prone the AoO form the enemy almost never hits. My favorite item to disarm is potions (especially healing potions)
