Help with the Lasher class

[Chaotic Archon]

I'm starting as a fighter, so it will take me 5 levels to get the +5 base attack bonus requirement. My basic goal is to dual wield mighty(+4) whip daggers.

Here are my questions:
a) Is there any feat I can take before I get the lasher levels that will remove the attack of opportunity I'll draw everytime I attack when in a threatened square? (It may seem like a waste of a feat, but 5 levels is a long time to keep your distance, especially since I'm the only fighter in the group)

b) I have some confusion about how the weapons are treated. The description says it's a melee weapon, but treated as a ranged weapon when you attack (in terms of drawing an attack of opportunity). Would I need the precise shot feat to attack something engaged in melee combat with someone else and not take a -4 penalty?

c) Does power attack work with a mighty whip/mighty dagger whip?


Thanks

 

[Pax]

(A) ... nope. Here's an idea, don't attack from a threatened square ... take that 5' step back, and THEN smack them around.

(B) ... no, it's a melee weapon that provokes AoOs as if it were a ranged weapon. No feat required.

(C) ... as long as it meets all other prerequisites, in terms of relative size, etc, then yes ... it should.

 

[RangerWickett]

Are you playing 3.5 or 3.0? In 3.5, the lasher doesn't really fit, because the rules have changed a bit. Whips used to ranged weapons that had a limited reach. Now they're melee weapons that just have some of the drawbacks of ranged ones. You can use your Strength bonus, and even power attack, with a whip.

Assuming you don't level up too fast, you might be interested in E.N.Publishing's "E.N.Arsenal: Whips," coming out in August. It's 30 pages devoted solely to whips and various whip-like weapons.