can you make a unarmed trip attempt while being armed?
must it be a weaponsweep or a judothrow? Can't ya just trip impromptu with a legsweep or something?
(bolding mine)TRIP
You can try to trip an opponent as an unarmed melee attack. You can only trip an opponent who is one size category larger than you, the same size, or smaller.
Avoiding Attacks of Opportunity: If you have the Improved Trip feat, or if you are tripping with a weapon (see below), you don’t provoke an attack of opportunity for making a trip attack.
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Tripping with a Weapon: Some weapons can be used to make trip attacks. In this case, you make a melee touch attack with the weapon instead of an unarmed melee touch attack, and you don’t provoke an attack of opportunity. If you are tripped during your own trip attempt, you can drop the weapon to avoid being tripped.
Obviously you are not talking about using a "trip-capable weapon" so to speak, so I'll ignore that aspect.can you make a unarmed trip attempt while being armed?
Your confusion here stems from the false dilemma you make here.must it be a weaponsweep or a judothrow? Can't ya just trip impromptu with a legsweep or something?
Legsweeps are indeed a subclass of throws, however they can also be used for trips.2. I believe that in judo legsweeps are actually a subclass of throws, like the abovementioned hip and shoulder throws. I stand ready to be corrected by the (ex-)judo practitioners though Smile
SourceStanding up from being prone is a move action that provokes an attack of opportunity. You can crawl 5 feet as a move action without getting up, but doing so provokes attacks of opportunity. SeeRules of the Game: All About Movement for details.
It's possible to attempt a trip attack as an attack of opportunity. Fortunately, you can't be tripped while getting up from prone, at least not through the attack of opportunity you provoke. That because attacks of opportunity are resolved before the actions that provoke them (there are a few exceptions, see Rules of the Game: All About Attacks of Opportunity for details). When you try to stand up from a prone position, the attack of opportunity comes before you get back on your feet. Since you're still prone when the attack comes, the attack of opportunity can't trip you.
Your foes still can use trip attacks to keep you down when you're prone, however. A foe can use the ready action to prepare a trip attack against you when you stand up.
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