As a few people have asked, the stats for the artifact whips are in HELP ARTIFACTS now. You serpent types are going to notice that the damage on them seems low, and possibly that the speed and to-hit seem high. It's mainly because whips were being forged until recently with higher damage than they should have had.

Serpents should also be aware that you can now slit anyone who is sleeping, paralysed, stunned, unconcious, etc, and that the speed of your whip, as well as your skill in subterfuge, will affect your balance recovery time with a garrote. Thus, speed on your whips is handy now.

Penned by my hand on the 13th of Mayan, in the year 274 AF.