Your whip attacks can be considered (a)n unarmed strike(s).
You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls you make with a whip.
While you are wielding a whip, other creatures provoke an opportunity to attack you when they enter your reach.
While wielding a whip, you have an advantage on ability checks and attacks to disarm your opponent or grab/release a small object in the range: and bring the item to a free hand or flung as an improvised attack.
(The binding can be untied easily but sturdy enough to support the weight of a medium-sized creature wearing no amor: exceeding this weight requires a … check of to the GM discretion)
