Improved Trip (Combat)

You are skilled at sending your opponents to the ground.

Prerequisite: Int 13, Combat Expertise.

Benefit: You do not provoke an attack of opportunity when performing a trip combat maneuver. In addition, you receive a +2 bonus on checks made to trip a foe. You also receive a +2 bonus to your Combat Maneuver Defense whenever an opponent tries to trip you.

Normal: You provoke an attack of opportunity when performing a trip combat maneuver.

Endzeitgeist Says: Solid option to enhance your chances of getting in a trip - remember that prone foes are significantly less flexible while on the ground and that standing up provokes AoOs from you - which you can use to send the foe back to the floor. To trip a foe is a good idea when you try to lock down one of these agile guys tumbling around on the battlefield...