Combat maneuvers

[darthgadget]

i don't know if this is the right spot for this but here it goes. if a person (i.e. a monk) uses a trip combat maneuver with Gauntlets, Giant Fist active do they get the free bull rush? Also let's say a cleric is casting a touch spell instead of touch as can he go for a combat maneuver and still deliver the spell?

[Manly-man teapot]

Successful Combat Maneuvers are not "hits". For the same reason, they can't deliver touch spells (which makes absolutely zero sense).

What you can do is cast a touch spell and make a regular unarmed strike (with bull rush) to deliver it.

[darthgadget]

was thinking that because you made an successful attack roll (defined as a strike) that it would go off

[CampinCarl9127]

Yes, you are posting in the right place!

A combat maneuever is a type of standard action that is not an attack*.

*with the exceptions of disarm, sunder, and trip