Whip-blade
There are two types of whip-blades in GemStone IV, the type initially released is a rapier-based weapon, however, later whip-blades were released as their own weapon type. What is known about the whip-blade weapon type is that it is primarily a slashing weapon (where the rapier-based whip-blades are piercing weapons) and only one whip-blade can be used in TWC at a time. The Dhe'nar culture of dark elves have documentation stating that a whip-blade is similar to a longsword, except the blade has large serrations making the weapon lethal against opponents wearing light or no armor, while being ineffective against opponents wearing platemail. The whip-blade base, however, is believed to be similar to a whip but with razor-like blades set along the flexable whip.
From Noishorah.com: "It was a weapon with slits in it, giving it little weight and making it easy to swing. Used against lighter armed opponents to simply knock away weapons with a flick of the wrist, while a similar flick could part a man with his internals."
The whip-blade requires training in Edged Weapons to use effectively.
Alternate Names
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Statistics
This table refers to the whip-like version of the whip-blade. See the article on rapiers for the older type of whip-blade.
| Weapon | AG | Cloth | Leather | Scale | Chain | Plate | RT | Min RT | Damage Type | STR/DU | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AsG | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |||||
| Whip-blade | DF | .333 | .225 | .125 | .115 | .065 | 2 | 3 | Slash | 30/100 | ||||||||||||
| AvD | 45 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 35 | 31 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 3 | -3 | |||||