a double whip is 2 whips connected by a 6 inch bar.
how would you stat it in 5th edition dnd?
As a trapeze.
lol! I meant as a weapon of course.
I'm trying to mentally picture how you could manage the wrist action to snap two ends of a metal bar that you are grasping at a right angle to your hand. And failing.
Honestly, I would just stat it as a whip that looks odd but doesn't do anything different.
Minus 5 to all attack rolls. Any attack where you miss you hit yourself instead.
EDIT: On second thought, even if you hit you also hit yourself.
I would stat it as a whip, a metal bar, and another whip, which when combined is both nearly impossible to use as an effective weapon and looks ridiculous.
I would then suggest that a player looking to have two whips and wield both need look no further than having two whips and the Dual Wielder feat.
Hahahahah!
For my part, I’d just use the stats for a regular whip and have the double-whip part be just flavor text. Either that or what AaronOfBarbaria said.
DemoMonkey wrote:
The minutes I've spent today trying to envision the physics of this thing are minutes I will never get back.
Sorry, guys. Abraham normally dumps this stuff on Previous Editions. It's part of a long pattern, including rocket farts that did nothing that Hustle (the 3.X Dash action) didn't already do, a feat for a pretty standard flip-kick that could have been handled by descripiton, a reflavored Brew Potion that he refused to see was actually a reflavored Brew Potion, a feat for holding more than one weapon in the same hand (arguing that Wolverine's three-bladed claws should count as three attacks, despite that being a multi-pointed single claw instead of what he was describing), and a cat o nine flail that shows exactly the same designer DNA that this one does.
We try to help, where we can, but often, it's so much triage.
So we are all agreed. In a game with giant flying firebreathing lizards, immortal supermodels with pointed ears, floating evil eyeballs that shoot death rays, and intelligent mushroom people, a double whip is CLEARLY too unrealistic.
DemoMonkey wrote:
DemoMonkey wrote:
Brock_Landers wrote:
Brock_Landers wrote:
Just use the stats for the two-bladed sword in the PhB 
http://community.wizards.com/forum/previous-editions-general/threads/1111441
Did anyone else immediately think of the gems from this old thread?
I could see the double whip and other impractical weapons as interesting animated objects.
The_White_Sorcerer wrote:
Brock_Landers wrote:
Oh, no, wait, I'm wrong. With a casting of the Light cantrip on the Double-Whip, it could be used to create quite entertaining stage performances, at least according to Google and Amazon. It's like a fiberoptic cable that looks cool. Doesn't really make an effective weapon. Sorry, man. You're better off just grabbing two whips, grabbing the Two Weapon Fighting Style, and getting the Dual-Wielder Feat. Variant Human Fighter could do that for you. Just don't forget to shout "DANGER WILL ROBINSON! DANGER!"
transcendantviewer wrote:
transcendantviewer wrote:
in a more general sense, I would treat any twin weapon, the dwarven urgush (spelling?) Orc Double axe, double sword (shudders) as just duel wielding. If it isnt a light weapon on both sides, have to have the duel wielder feat to use and take advantage of he duel wielding rules. Or there is a weapon master feat, I would probably let you spend one of those proficincies on being able to use a double weapon with out duel wielder feat.
No, no, no... You guys are thinking about it all wrong - the double whip isn't held with both hands. You just hold the short bar in one hand like the crossbar on a katar and use it like a regular whip, with both whips doing the exact same motion at the same time so it just does twice the damage of a regular whip... 
Like this... (Ignore the eyepatch from where he accidentally smacked himself with it, lol.)
The problem with that is, quite simply, that you can't get the flick in the wrist, which you need to get the force into the whip.
Stat it as a whip.
/thread
Mad_Jack wrote:
Tempest_Stormwind wrote:
Isn't a double-whip a coffee with a lot of extra cream?
Tempest_Stormwind wrote:
I don't think a Cat-O-Nine-Tails can actually work like that. If it were just a cluster of chains or knotted ropes, maybe. I'd let it function as a 3d4 Exotic Bludgeoning (Or possibly Slashing) weapon. No other qualities. Requires special training to use (Weapon Master/custom feat) with proficiency. I could foresee making a feat as something similar to this...
Skinrender.
Prerequisite: Proficiency with Martial Weapons, Strength 13 or higher.
You have mastered the use of the Cat-O-Nine-Tails, gaining the following benefits.
- You gain proficiency in the use of the Cat-O-Nine-Tails weapon.
- While taking the attack action with the Cat-O-Nine-Tails, if you successfully hit a target with your Cat-O-Nine-Tails, you can use your Bonus Action to attempt to knock them prone. The target has advantage on its check to resist being knocked prone if it is a size larger than you.
Cat-O-Nine-Tails
Exotic Melee Weapon
Damage: 3d4 Bludgeoning
transcendantviewer wrote:
Knock yourself out. And before you get yourself confused, no, it doesn't have Reach, Finesse, or anything like that. All it does is 3d4 + Str Bludgeoning Damage. The extra ability is coming from the feat.