Confused which AC can get trip, please clarify

[ApathicAlpaca]

So can only 'Bully' type animal companions get the trip Combat Maneuver?

I am very confused because my BULWARK mammoth has an ability called "Trip (Bite Attack)" with a confusing decription.
But a) it has no bite attack, only Gore+Slam, b) it certainly does not have trip and cannot chose trip as a feat because it would require 13 Int (lol).

Can someone clarify what animals can ever get Trip, is it only bullies, and b) what this strange "Trip (Bite Attack)" does exactly?
Thanks.

[djinnxy]

That sounds like some weird translation for trample. Best I can come up with.

[Cutlass Jack]

Some companions get trip without taking Bully. Dogs and wolves for example. They had the ability since kingmaker, before they had classes.

Not sure on mammoths but it does say when picking a companion what special attacks they get.

[ApathicAlpaca]

https://i.imgur.com/fbQ5cdU.png

Weird, eh? Anyone know what it does on an AC that certainly does not have bite?

I really regret taking mammoth now, it reads as if wolf/dog with natural trip could do it as fast action when biting and attack in the same turn. That'd be SO awesome.

[Empu]

Originally posted by ApathicAlpaca:

https://i.imgur.com/fbQ5cdU.png

Weird, eh? Anyone know what it does on an AC that certainly does not have bite?

I really regret taking mammoth now, it reads as if wolf/dog with natural trip could do it as fast action when biting and attack in the same turn. That'd be SO awesome.

You can easily respec and get another pet, it's free, talk to Hildor :)

[Sador]

Several normal animal companions, like wolf and Leopard, can get trip.

[phadin]

There are two different kinds of 'Trip' here.

Trip as a combat maneuver is where you attempt a trip instead of doing a regular attack. This is the ability granted by Improved Trip feat. From what I understand, this is what Bully gives, and this does NOT give them a free trip while attacking

Trip as an animal ability is generally associated with one of their natural attacks. A few animals like wolf and leopard have this ability. In those cases, a trip attempt is made automatically as a free action whenever you hit with that particular attack.

As for why the mammoth has the ability, could it be from equipment. Maybe he's wearing something that grants the trip ability for a creature's bite attack. Which would have no effect on Mammoth since it has no bite attack.

That or it could be a bug, but doublecheck your equipment first.