Zen Archer monk and Ranged Trip feat.


Rules Questions

Silver Crusade

Can a Zen Archer, using Wisdom to attack with a bow instead of Dexterity, add his Wisdom to his CMB when using the Ranged Trip feat?

Zen Archery(Ex):
At 3rd level, a zen archer may use his Wisdom modifier instead of his Dexterity modifier on ranged attack rolls when using a bow.

Ranged Trip(Combat, Targeting):
As a full-round action, you can attempt to perform a trip combat maneuver with any ranged weapon at a –2 penalty. Add your Dexterity modifier to your CMB in place of your Strength modifier and apply range penalties to your combat maneuver check, doubling the penalties from range increments. If your target is more than 30 feet away, you take an additional –2 penalty. If the trip attempt is successful, the target also takes damage as if you had made a successful attack with that weapon. You can't be knocked prone by failing the trip attempt.


Dex replaces Str, then Wis replaces Dex. Hence Wis replaces Str for this CMB.


CMB is an attack roll. Doing a ranged CMB with your bow is a ranged attack roll with a bow. I see wis working just fine.

Silver Crusade

Thank you. I came to that conclusion as I wrote the post while linking both abilities, I just thought I would put it out there in case there was something I was missing.

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