Accustomed to flare and finesse while fighting with a whip, you gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Strength or Dexterity by 1, to a maximum of 20.

• You can use the whip as a grappling hook targeting a battlement, window ledge, tree limb, or other protrusion and pull yourself towards it.

• As a reaction you can forgo an attack of opportunity and make a grapple check using a strength (athletics) check. On a success the targets speed becomes 0, and is restrained until the start of your next turn 

• When you make the attack action while using a whip, you can use a bonus action to attempt to grapple the target using a strength (athletics) check and pull the target towards you. Alternatively, if the creature is a size larger than you, you can choose to pull yourself towards the target.