Whip (skill)
The whip is a weapon skill that appears in NetHack.[1][2]
Available roles
The following roles can reach the listed skill levels in whips:
| Whip | |
|---|---|
| Max | Role |
| Basic | |
| Expert | |
List of weapons
Both bullwhips and rubber hoses use the whip skill. There are no artifacts that use the skill.
Description
Despite the hero using the whip skill when employing a bullwhip for melee combat, the whip skill is not a factor when applying it and successfully performing tricks with it.
History
The whip skill is introduced with many other weapon skills in NetHack 3.2.0.
Variants
dNetHack
dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack add the viperwhip, whip-saw and force whip as weapons that use the whip skill.
Balam is a spirit that grants skill in bullwhips while bound.
SpliceHack
SpliceHack adds the flaming lash as a weapon that uses the whip skill.
Hack'EM
Hack'EM adds the fly swatter from SLASH'EM and the flaming lash from SpliceHack as weapons that use the whip skill.
