Can a Whip be Keen?

[Ferious Thune]

A quick search found nothing on the topic. I think the answer is yes, it just feels like it might be no.

Keen wrote:

This ability doubles the threat range of a weapon. Only piercing or slashing melee weapons can be keen. If you roll this special ability randomly for an inappropriate weapon, reroll. This benefit doesn’t stack with any other effects that expand the threat range of a weapon (such as the keen edge spell or the Improved Critical feat).

A whip is a one-handed slashing weapon. So it's eligible for keen, yes? I have a whip using Warpriest, and keen is on the list I can add with Sacred Weapon, so just trying to make sure I know my options.

I have Whip Mastery and Improved Whip Mastery planned. I can't use a Scorpion Whip, because my Deity's Favored Weapon is Whip, not Scorpion Whip, and I'm planning to use Crusader's Flurry.

This is for PFS, so it's not as simple as just discussing it with my GM.

[Keep Calm and Carrion]

Yep.

[Kobold Catgirl]

Yeppers!

[Ferious Thune]

Awesome! Thanks.

[GeneticDrift]

Vorpal Strike (Su) Any slashing weapon a balor wields (including its standard longsword and whip) gains the vorpal weapon quality. Weapons retain this quality for one hour after the balor releases the

Once had a GM think its weapons had the vorpal enhancment on their own, Nice loot like that. I dont know the bestiary so I didnt catch it either.

[toastedamphibian]

GeneticDrift wrote:

Once had a GM think its weapons had the vorpal enhancment on their own, Nice loot like that. I dont know the bestiary so I didnt catch it either.

Was in 3.5

Quote:

Treasure: Standard coins; double goods; standard items, plus +1 large vorpal longsword and +1 large flaming whip