War Dog Imprv Trip work on All Pet Attacks or is it done as separate attack?

[LevelSix_SYSTEM]

Wondering if the Improved Trip Feat Mad Dogs & their pet get at Lv 5 try to trip on every pet attack or if its a manual command? Also which pet would be the best end game tripper? (People say in forums that Leopard is but then other say it cant trip at all endgame and without Agile Maneuvers I believe the latter)

[TaKo]

separate standard action(in the ability tab), companions that get free trip attempts are wolf, leopard and (due to changes between PnP and the game) monitor lizard, all 3 get a trip attempt on their bite attacks, these free trip attempts get the bonus from trip feats

cannot recall if "Dog" is a possible companion or if there's just wolf, and if they are, dont know if they get trips on their bites

so, best companions for mad dog are one of the mentioned, leopard is cool for not getting too big(the huge wolf gettings annoying) and having high DEX, monitor lizard gets a poison that hurts DEX on failed saves on every bite, and wolf is just really strong

from my experience i havent had MUCH trouble getting leopard or lizard to trip, granted there are SOME late game enemies with ridiculously high CMB

tip, sorta spoilery: theres a cloak that gives u(the player, not the animal) bonus 1d6 cold dmg on bites and a free trip attempt on bites, barbarians can get a bite attack while raging via the Animal Fury rage power

[LevelSix_SYSTEM]

OK, so the Imprv Trip adds a stand alone trip but the pets that Bite (1D6 + Trip) multiple times get free trips on those attacks? Or just on the first Bite?

[TaKo]

Originally posted by Ankhseram:

OK, so the Imprv Trip adds a stand alone trip but the pets that Bite (1D6 + Trip) multiple times get free trips on those attacks? Or just on the first Bite?

imprv trip gives a bonus to all trip attempts and the stand alone action, yes

i'm pretty sure every bite is a trip attempt on the companions i mentioned, but only those(same for any other animals of the same kind u find around)

[LevelSix_SYSTEM]

OK, thanks!

[haplok]

Note Leopard has 1 Bite and 2 Claw attacks -> Only 1 trip attempt.

Wolf and Dog start with only a single Bite, but eventually gain 2 more bites for a total of 3 bites: 3 Trip attempts (with much better CMB too).

[LevelSix_SYSTEM]

Well i went with the Dog.... and its bugging the hell out of me whining and scratching for fleas.... any way to turn that off or at least tone down frequency?

[TaKo]

Originally posted by Ankhseram:

Well i went with the Dog.... and its bugging the hell out of me whining and scratching for fleas.... any way to turn that off or at least tone down frequency?

enjoy ur mangy friend