Whip Sword: Difference between revisions

 

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* ''[[Battle Angel Alita]]'' attepts a realistic-ish approach with a character wielding a highly magnetic sword coated in iron filings which extend to a whip when she swings it at high speeds. (She also ups the [[Beyond the Impossible]] quota by using said whip to aim seven bullets at various weak spots on an enemy's face and igniting them simultaneously, but that's neither here nor there.)

* Renji's Zabimaru in ''[[Bleach]]'' turns into this in its ''shikai'' form, and the ''bankai'' is this to a factor of 100 with a snake's head.

* Hibana from ''[[Deadman Wonderland]]'' wields a [[BFS]] whip sword similar to Renji's. Very impressive for an approximately eight-year-old insane [[Creepy Child]].

* Kuroki of ''[[Blazer Drive]]'''s BFS has recently been revealed as one of these; it too looks very similar to Renji's (the "sword" half looks a lot like [[D.Gray-man|Allen Walker's]] BFS).

** ''[[Mai-Otome]]'''s Shizuru has a [[Double Weapon|double-bladed sword]] that acts the same way, but has a ''much'' longer blade.

** She can also light it on ''[[Flaming Sword|fire]]''.

* Cho, the sword [[Otaku]] member of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Juppongatana]] in ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' possesses a super-thin sword that can be utilized as a whip.

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* Snapdragon from ''[[Kabuki]]'' uses one.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* The French film and book ''[[Brotherhood of the Wolf]]'' had a segmented bone sword that was utilized this way.

* Roxy's weapon of choice in ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'' is one of these, worn as her belt.

** If it helps, it doesn't retract into sword-form, it's just a bladed whip that she swings around.

* Probably drawing their inspiration from the William Gibson example above, the monofilament whip is a staple weapon in many cyberpunk roleplaying games, especially ''[[Shadowrun]]''.

* In the older editions of ''[[Warhammer Fantasy]]'', this was essentially one of the possible powers that could be enchanted into a sword by the touch of [[Black Magic|Chaos]]. It didn't physically change, but the blade could extend and bend like it was a prehensile tongue made of razor-sharp steel.

* The Urumi is available in ''[[GURPS]]: Martial Arts'', sadly it has none of the strengths of a whip and none of the strengths of a sword.

* In the ''[[Iron Kingdoms]]'' setting the Satyxis aiders of Cryx and Bloodrunner master tormentors of the Skorne use a variation of this. Neither have swords that transform to whips, but the Satyxis have whips with sharp blades attached to them throught their lenghts and the master tormentors have whips that are comprised of circular blades linked together.

** There is a drow weapon called a lashwhip (redundant, yes) in the 3.5 supplement ''Arms and Equipment Guide'', which is described as a whip with lots of shards of metal and glass protruding from the lash. If a non-drow uses it, it magically attacks them instead of their intended target.

** Ultimate Combat, a ''[[Pathfinder]]'' splatbook, features a "Scorpion Whip." It is described as having a "series of razorsharp blades and fangs inset along its tip" can deal lethal damage, and is not hindered by armor, unlike a normal whip.

 

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