I'd say you can't change grips, since you make the trip attempt as part of the casting action. It's the same reason changing grips doesn't work with Spell Combat.
It doesn't transform into a whip, it becomes whip-like. Other than extending the reach and getting a bonus, this doesn't change anything else about welding the weapon. You can't change grips during the casting.
Still spell would allow you to do this without needing a hand.
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It doesn't transform into a whip, it becomes whip-like. Other than extending the reach and getting a bonus, this doesn't change anything else about welding the weapon. You can't change grips during the casting.
Still spell would allow you to do this without needing a hand.
Why doesn't it change anything else about the weapon? What does whip-like mean if not "like a whip" (which is a 1h weapon)?
Why doesn't it change anything else about the weapon? What does whip-like mean if not "like a whip" (which is a 1h weapon)?It doesn't transform into a whip, it becomes whip-like. Other than extending the reach and getting a bonus, this doesn't change anything else about welding the weapon. You can't change grips during the casting.
Still spell would allow you to do this without needing a hand.
It doesn't change anything else about the weapon because it doesn't say that it does. The weapon would neither gain nor lose the trip property for example. In addition, any feats such as weapon focus for the weapon still apply, but weapon focus (whip) would not (unless the weapon was already a whip of course).
'whip-like' means the existing weapon elongates. The game mechanics are, as the spell says, you can make a trip maneuver against a creature withing 20 feet with a +10 bonus. What it says it what it does.
'whip-like' is a descriptive term with no mechanical effects. If it says the weapon transformed into a whip, that would be different (and would also, unless otherwise stated, mean you would have to deal with having proficiency etc.).