New Posts For Thread: Trip: do you need a hand free?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29401771/Trip:_do_you_need_a_hand_freeTripYou 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.Making a Trip AttackMake an unarmed melee touch attack against your target. This provokeThis is pretty much exactly what I said, isn't it?Zan - note that that line doesn't actually say that just anybody can use kicks and headbutts. It's perfectly reasonable to say they could, but it's slightly into the realm of DM interpretation, especihttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29401771/Trip:_do_you_need_a_hand_free?post_id=524698979#524698979This is pretty much exactly what I said, isn't it?Zan - note that that line doesn't actually say that just anybody can use kicks and headbutts. It's perfectly reasonable to say they could, but it's slightly into the realm of DM interpretation, especiTue, 02 Oct 2012 15:48:58 -0500Thank you Zan. Your reply is much more concise and in 3.5 terms than the hodgepodge 3.75 rule I posted earlier in the thread, and I have copy/pasted your post as a better and "official" ruling for our game for when/if it ever comes up again.Neuehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29401771/Trip:_do_you_need_a_hand_free?post_id=524669551#524669551Thank you Zan. Your reply is much more concise and in 3.5 terms than the hodgepodge 3.75 rule I posted earlier in the thread, and I have copy/pasted your post as a better and "official" ruling for our game for when/if it ever comes up again.NeueMon, 01 Oct 2012 17:02:26 -0500You don't need a hand free, or even need to have hands at all to trip. A gelatinous cube, a strige, and a quadruple amputee could make trip attacks within the size limitations, they just wouldn't usually be very good at it. The point of the melee tohttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29401771/Trip:_do_you_need_a_hand_free?post_id=524666781#524666781You don't need a hand free, or even need to have hands at all to trip. A gelatinous cube, a strige, and a quadruple amputee could make trip attacks within the size limitations, they just wouldn't usually be very good at it. The point of the melee toMon, 01 Oct 2012 15:26:25 -0500read the rules, you only need use a unarmed strike or a weapon with the trip ability, now a unarmed strike can be any part of the body that can be used to attack (DM discretion) therefore you dont need a free hand, as Krusk say is the World of D&D anhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29401771/Trip:_do_you_need_a_hand_free?post_id=524658107#524658107read the rules, you only need use a unarmed strike or a weapon with the trip ability, now a unarmed strike can be any part of the body that can be used to attack (DM discretion) therefore you dont need a free hand, as Krusk say is the World of D&D anMon, 01 Oct 2012 10:30:47 -0500In theory, yes, but the implication of the rules seems to be that you can't, because, well, you can't kick people. You don't know how. It's kinda stupid like that I guess, so one might easily say to hell with it, yes you can, and certainly I would sahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29401771/Trip:_do_you_need_a_hand_free?post_id=524651467#524651467In theory, yes, but the implication of the rules seems to be that you can't, because, well, you can't kick people. You don't know how. It's kinda stupid like that I guess, so one might easily say to hell with it, yes you can, and certainly I would saMon, 01 Oct 2012 06:01:13 -0500