Re: tripping.<br/><br/>1. The wording for the AoO provoked when tripping without Improved Trip is "initiating a trip provokes". I take that to mean the AoO takes place before the creature is knocked prone if the trip succeeds. That said, in this case, it's not relevant, since a whip has reach and the hobgoblin doesn't have any way of attacking 10 ft away. So even though Myranda provokes an AoO, the hobgoblin isn't positioned to take advantage.<br/><br/>2. I'm not going to change how Prehensile Whip works. It does make sense that legs aren't that different from other long thin things for the whip to wrap around. But from a balance perspective, that would be a crazily powerful trait, more than doubling the power of a trip.<br/><br/>3. On Myranda dropping the whip: because I'm treating Prehensile Whip as written (i.e. a whip is a grappling hook), it wouldn't take her a full-round action to retract the whip. Essentially, my ruling is that Myranda trips with her whip just as written. :P<br/><br/>If there are any other wonders, throw 'em my way while I'm still brushed up on the tripping rules.