The whip holds no secrets for you. 

• Increase your Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• As an Attack Action, you may use your whip to perform a Trip Attack or Disarming Attack. You may use your attack roll in place of the ability check.
• While you are wielding a whip other creatures provoke an opportunity attack from you when they enter your reach.
• You treat Whips as light weapons.
• You may use a whip to extend your range as part of an Athletics or Acrobatics check.
• You may use a whip to make a Sleight of Hand check to fasten it to an object within range.