Hook Boss Shield

[Stephen Ede]

If you attempt to use a Hook Boss Shield on someone as per

Hooked Boss: The struts on this reinforcing boss bear large, sturdy hooks, which can be used to snag an opponent's clothing or armor, causing it to stumble. You can attempt trip combat maneuver checks with this shield. If the combat maneuver check is successful, the opponent does not fall prone, but is considered flat-footed until the beginning of its next turn.

1) Do you take an AOO if you don't have improved Trip?

2) Do you make the Trip attempt instead of your Shield Bash or as a Special Standard Action combat Manuver?

3) If you fail the attempt by 10 or more are you made prone or are you flat-footed until the start of your next turn?

I ask these question because it say you can make a Trip Combat Manuver Check but you aren't actually making a Trip attempt but rather are trying to render them flat footed for part of a round using the Trip Ck to determine success. Which is not quite the same thing which raises the question as to whether that means anything else is different.

Thanks

[Saethori]

Stephen Ede wrote:

1) Do you take an AOO if you don't have improved Trip?

Yes, you provoke. Nothing about the wording makes it not a trip attempt in any manner other than what happens if you succeed.

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2) Do you make the Trip attempt instead of your Shield Bash or as a Special Standard Action combat Manuver?

Trips are done in place of melee attacks, so you do a trip with the shield instead of attacking with it.

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3) If you fail the attempt by 10 or more are you made prone or are you flat-footed until the start of your next turn?

You fall prone. The shield modification changes what happens if you succeed, but not if you fail, so we default to what normally happens if you fail a trip attempt.