[DF] Swashbucklers... but with whips!

[Tymathee]

Originally Posted by Varyon

You don't Parry with the whippy part, you Parry with the handle. Part of me wonders if one could effectively install a hilt on a whip's handle...

I'm not sure if GURPS cares to distinguish between the effectiveness between parrying with the whippy part and the handle; presumably, the -2 on the parry was to simulate the difficulty of parrying with said whippy part, but no part of the weapon's text suggests that. *shrug*

The now not-Diabolical Whip Fiend Slayer still has 8 lbs. of weight (although with now with increased required minimum ST of 13), so I could at least imagine it swatting aside comparatively heavy weapons.