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Pathfinder already has a metal whip, it's called the scorpion whip.
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I'd probably use Meteor Hammer stats, maybe with the damage type changed to slashing. The weapon should be in the flail group and should have reach, and long and flexible weapons often have some combination of Disarm and Trip, which the Meteor Hammer has. The Spiked Chain also exists as a point of comparison, but it's not as long. You could also take basically any polearm and just move it into the flail group, depending on what aspects of the weapon you want to focus on.
A strength minimum to use a weapon isn't really part of Pathfinder 2e's idiom. The idea that you're better with a heavy weapon if you're stronger is already built into the basic rules for attack and damage rolls. Most characters that would want to use such a weapon will meet any reasonable strength minimum you could put on it anyway.
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It's basically a Spiked Chain, given the stats it possesses, and how it's demonstrated in the video. Uses two hands, a very uncommon weapon (partly due to how unorthodox it is), suited for tripping or disarming enemies.
If you want it to be more like an actual whip like in the game, the best bet would be the Gnome Flickmace, doing piercing/slashing instead of bludgeoning with spikes on the end of the ball. The irony here is that the Flickmace is heavier, but also requires less hands to use. The madness is boggling.
While Scorpion Whip has been suggested, it's not necessarily made of metal as has been pointed out, and isn't very comparible either, as the video doesn't demonstrate "lashes" synonymous with traditional whips.
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One like this https://youtu.be/8LPLFCkUH-YI'm thinking one of the size as in the video would have to have a Str minimum requirement to actually use.
Naw, the scorpion whip is a normal whip with razor blades set along it's length as far as I can tell.
A purely metal whip wouldn't be Light in bulk. I'd guess it to be similar in weight to a Great Sword.
What you have there isn't a functional weapon, it's a piece of chain that has some sharp bits attached at the end. You can't wield it, as much as throw it at someone and hope it cuts open their foot.
This is what I think of when I hear "steel whip":
https://youtu.be/8LPLFCkUH-Y
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What you have there isn't a functional weapon, it's a piece of chain that has some sharp bits attached at the end. You can't wield it, as much as throw it at someone and hope it cuts open their foot.Naw, the scorpion whip is a normal whip with razor blades set along it's length as far as I can tell.
A purely metal whip wouldn't be Light in bulk. I'd guess it to be similar in weight to a Great Sword.
Damage 1d4 S; Bulk 2
Hands 2Category Advanced
Group Flail; Traits Trip, reach, Deadly d12 vs inanimate fruit, Clumsy 1, -2 attack rolls through difficult terrain, Rare
It's truly dangerous to footwear and wandering fruit but unwieldy, slow to use and requires a flat surface to slide it over...
Closes thing to a "Steel Whip" are: the Indian Urumi and the Chinese Spiked Chain.
This depiction of a flick-mace is a bit like a steel whip.
Ehh, barbarians and such can wield oversize weapons and that's all this is. Giant could use it just fine.
I'd stat it as an oversize weapon and allow it as such. From memory it's something like +4 damage and Clumsy 1 when the Barbarian does it but they have to have the ability to do it.
It is a +6, not a +4.
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PF1 had a braided-metal whip (which sounds 'whippier' than a chain IMHO).
Source Faiths of Balance pg. 25
Price 50 gp; Weight 5 lbs.
Category Channel Foci
Deity Calistria
Description
This whip is made from braids of metallic wire. When it is activated, the wielder can expend the power within it to gain a sacred (if activated with positive energy) or profane (if activated with negative energy) bonus on her next disarm or trip combat maneuver with the whip. This bonus is equal to the number of dice of the activating cleric’s channel energy ability. The whip remains charged until its magic is used or 1 hour has passed.
AFAICT it acts/acted exactly as a normal whip except for hardness and HP, which don't matter as much for 2e objects anyway. The 5 lb weight puts it at the same 1 Bulk as a normal whip by the CRB guidelines. I realize this is the most boring possible answer, sorry. :-)
You could presumably get one that wasn't a channel focus for some fraction of the 50 gp (and change that to 50 sp for 2nd ed) if you assume it makes the jump to 2e.
PF1 had a braided-metal whip (which sounds 'whippier' than a chain IMHO).
I'd thought about that but the example wasn't braided [like a cable] but chains of various sizes. Given its weight of 5 lbs, it's clearly not the monster the example was that needed to be dragged alone the floor instead of used as a standard whip. Now if we're stating a generic metal whip vs what the OP was trying to stat out, it's a good fit. ;)
You could go with Bladed scarf Two handed uncommon, reach, sweep, Trip, Disarm.
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Carefully?
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It is highly likely Bladed Scarf will be errata'd to make it a finesse weapon.
James Jacobs took specific note that it wasn't, and that this had unintended game world effects. He's not on the design team, and didn't comment on how it might change, but it's very likely to be re-done as a finesse weapon in the near-ish future.