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A very spicy burrito Oct 13, 2023 @ 5:45pm
No whips?
Why did Lairan neglect to add whips? Let people play as a Belmont dammit!
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The_Dipl0mat Oct 13, 2023 @ 5:48pm 
It's not the same, but there is thorn whip!
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Simbolic Oct 13, 2023 @ 5:50pm 
Be to OP his whip was crazy long in the Anime. Reach would like never be an issue.
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AnonymousWizard Oct 13, 2023 @ 5:57pm 
I'd have to dig out my 5e book, but I think WotC removed then alongside every other exotic weapon, because by the end of 3.X the only one anybpdy used was the spiked chain. They'd be pretty weak anyway, their main role has been an option for trip-focused builds (and there inferior to the spiked chain. the supreme weapon)/

Plus the game already does the classic CRPG narrowing of viable equipment as the game goes on, magical glaives and halberds are everywhere but finding a decent axe is a nightmare. Do you really think Larian would have remembered to add in regularly paced magical whips so you can keep up with everybody else?

On the other hand whips are cool enough that I'm sure they'll be modded in once someone's figured out custom animations. At which point I bet half the players who download it will give one to Shadowheart.
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Husker_85 Oct 13, 2023 @ 6:04pm 
The whip is out there giving people paper-cuts while every other weapon known to man is actually killing people.
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A very spicy burrito Oct 13, 2023 @ 6:41pm 
Originally posted by Simbolic:
Be to OP his whip was crazy long in the Anime. Reach would like never be an issue.
Castlevania has an anime?
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Husker_85 Oct 13, 2023 @ 6:43pm 
Originally posted by A very spicy burrito:
Castlevania has an anime?

It's shockingly good. You can still find it on Netflix
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AnonymousWizard Oct 13, 2023 @ 8:31pm 
Originally posted by A very spicy burrito:
Originally posted by Simbolic:
Be to OP his whip was crazy long in the Anime. Reach would like never be an issue.
Castlevania has an anime?

Not as far as I know, but it does have a cartoon.
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Daniel Oct 13, 2023 @ 8:55pm 
Originally posted by AnonymousWizard:
Originally posted by A very spicy burrito:
Castlevania has an anime?

Not as far as I know, but it does have a cartoon.

Simon Belmont (more like something crudely resembling him) was in the dreaded ‘Captain N’ cartoon from the 80s. :steamhappy:
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DeMorquist Oct 13, 2023 @ 9:12pm 
You would be just like that Belmont boy...useless as ♥♥♥♥.
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A very spicy burrito Oct 13, 2023 @ 10:32pm 
Originally posted by DeMorquist:
You would be just like that Belmont boy...useless as ♥♥♥♥.
I think killing Dracula by himself is pretty good, but then again the effectiveness of the weapon isn't why I'm here.
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Captain Wodie Oct 14, 2023 @ 12:14am 
It is odd that whips weren't included. Granted, most people would overlook them for heavier damage options, but in standard 5E D&D, a whip is a Martial Weapon that deals 1d4 damage and it has the Finesse and Reach properties. It's probably a graphical limitation as to why they weren't included.

I presume it's the same for guns, as flintlock/blackpowder guns do exist in the Forgotten Realms, though they are rare as hell from what I recall.
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A very spicy burrito Oct 16, 2023 @ 9:52pm 
Originally posted by Captain Wodie:
It is odd that whips weren't included. Granted, most people would overlook them for heavier damage options, but in standard 5E D&D, a whip is a Martial Weapon that deals 1d4 damage and it has the Finesse and Reach properties. It's probably a graphical limitation as to why they weren't included.

I presume it's the same for guns, as flintlock/blackpowder guns do exist in the Forgotten Realms, though they are rare as hell from what I recall.
They have a thorn whip animation, so I don't think that it is a graphical issue. TBH they probably just thought that it was so niche that nobody would give a ♥♥♥♥ if it wasn't included.
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AnonymousWizard Oct 17, 2023 @ 7:18am 
Originally posted by A very spicy burrito:
Originally posted by Captain Wodie:
It is odd that whips weren't included. Granted, most people would overlook them for heavier damage options, but in standard 5E D&D, a whip is a Martial Weapon that deals 1d4 damage and it has the Finesse and Reach properties. It's probably a graphical limitation as to why they weren't included.

I presume it's the same for guns, as flintlock/blackpowder guns do exist in the Forgotten Realms, though they are rare as hell from what I recall.
They have a thorn whip animation, so I don't think that it is a graphical issue. TBH they probably just thought that it was so niche that nobody would give a ♥♥♥♥ if it wasn't included.

I mean, the niche it fills is really narrow. With the way threatened spaces work in 5e I'm not sure many DEX-based builds would want to be 3.33m away instead of 12m away. in 3.X it was for trip builds, but now it's basically out competed by bows and any other reach weapon,

Basically the only reason to use one is for aesthetics, especially as you don't need to track arrows/bolts.
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