WHIP Weapon Type: Segment Attribute: Dexterity Primary Attack: Very High Primary Defense: Very Low Offhand Attack: Very High Offhand Defense: Very Low Whips are segmented weapons with a grip attached to a long flexible body. Unlike flails, whips do not have a weighted head, although often a whip has a barbed or enchanted tip for additional damage. Instead, a whip's tip is cracked at the point of contact to slice open the target, or its length can be used to lash at and flog the target's body. One who is skilled at using the whip can strike with just a flick of the wrist, and combined with the fact that a whip can move faster than the eye can follow, this makes whips incredibly difficult to parry. However, a whip require distance to uncoil and does not have the heft to be useful for parrying within close quarters. Because of this, many fighters use a whip as a light offhand weapon to be paired with a more substiantial primary weapon. All whips are one-handed weapons and cannot be double gripped. * Equally effective as primary or offhand weapon. * Best one-handed weapon for either primary or offhand attacks. See also: HELP WEAPON, HELP WEAPON TYPES
11.5.3.11. SUMMARY > COMBAT > WEAPONS > WEAPON TYPES > WHIP