Attack-Action Combat Maneuvers as Part of a Full Attack; Iterative Penalties?

[Cuup]

I'm looking for confirmation on if I'm interpreting this correctly or not:

A Trip is an attack action. Let's say I have 3 attacks on a Full Attack. So, as a Full round action, would I be able to Attack (full BAB), Attack (Full BAB -5), and Trip (Full BAB)? I've never seen anything that says your CMB takes the same penalties as iterative attacks. Or would the Trip be at Full BAB -10?

[RAWmonger]

To clarify, there are a couple of combat maneuvers that can be performed as any melee attack (part of a full attack, attacks of opportunity, any bonus attack you're granted), and there are combat maneuver that can *only* be performed as standard actions (barring class ability/feats). Trip is one that can be performed in the place of any melee attack.

You would take the penalty for it being an iterative attack, whichever you're replacing. "Combat maneuvers are attack rolls, so you must roll for concealment and take any other penalties that would normally apply to an attack roll."

Since you're using trip as your third iterative melee attack, the -10 penalty would apply to the trip attempt as well. Even if it didn't, I highly recommend tripping first anyway so you make the rest of your attacks against your enemy with -4 AC (also, greater trip would throw in an AoO, making up for using your full BAB attack to trip).

[Ryze Kuja]

Using your First Attack to make the Trip attempt is ideal, for one, you can use the rest of your attacks against a -4AC prone target, and two, if you use your Second or Third Iterative attack to make a Trip attempt, it'll be at a -5 or -10, and if you fail your CMB roll by 10, you'll be tripped instead.

[Cuup]

Thanks for the clarification, gents!

[Michael Sayre]

Cuup wrote:

I'm looking for confirmation on if I'm interpreting this correctly or not:

A Trip is an attack action. [...]

Just fort clarity's sake, in PF1 there is a difference between an attack and an attack action and it be very relevant when parsing rules. An attack is an action you use to cause harm, and could refer to a damaging spell or the individual attacks that make up a full attack. An attack action is specifically the default action you take when you make an attack with a weapon or unarmed strike as a standard action (and this in turn is different than attacks made "as a standard action" like Focused Shot).