I'm not sure about this. I am reading from posts in 2000 that the whips were rare. Yet people still described life taps as if the were common in the posts I mentioned prior.
" A word of caution, however, these boys hit hard. I have killed about 15 of these and only looted one T-whip.
The bummer about this zone is the aggressive, invis-seeing green elementals. A caster can have quite a time with 3 or 4 of them hitting him. They dont seem to be impressed by your level, although I havent been back there since 23."
Tentacle Terrors: Tentacle Whip (rare), Terror Spines
Najena: Flowing Black Robe (common), Clawed Knuckle-Ring (rare), Black Tome with Silver Runes (rare), Gold Crescent Key (always)
Drelzna: Ashenwood Short Spear (rare), Gold Crescent Key (always), Bloodstained Key (always)
Trazdon: Dark Circlet (common)
Bonecracker: Band of Flesh (common), Barbed Leather Whip (common), Leering Mask (rare), Dull Bone Key (always)
Ogre Captain: Ogre War Maul (rare), Shiny Metal Key (always)
Officer Grush: Dull Wooden Spear (rare)
Rathyl: Travellers Pack (rare), Travellers Pouch (common), Dull Bone Key (always), Bloodstained Key (always)
Rathyl Reincarnate: Hollowed Bone Bracers (rare)
Ekeros: Blackened Sapphire (common)
Widowmistress: Stiletto of the Bloodclaw (common)
Source:
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=45