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- Acolyte
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Acolyte
Source: Player’s Handbook (2024) p. 178. Available in the SRD and the Free Rules (2024)
- Ability Scores. Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma
- Feat. Magic Initiate (Cleric)
- Skill Proficiencies. Insight, Religion
- Tool Proficiency. Calligrapher’s Supplies
- Equipment. Choose A or B: (A) Calligrapher’s Supplies, Book (prayers), Holy Symbol, Parchment (10 sheets), Robe, 8 GP; or (B) 50 GP
You devoted yourself to service in a temple, either nestled in a town or secluded in a sacred grove. There you performed rites in honor of a god or pantheon. You served under a priest and studied religion. Thanks to your priest’s instruction and your own devotion, you also learned how to channel a modicum of divine power in service to your place of worship and the people who prayed there.