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- Scribe
created: 2026-03-09T12:15:34.013-04:00
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Scribe
Source: Player’s Handbook (2024) p. 184
- Ability Scores. Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom
- Feat. Skilled
- Skill Proficiencies. Investigation, Perception
- Tool Proficiency. Calligrapher’s Supplies
- Equipment. Choose A or B: (A) Calligrapher’s Supplies, Fine Clothes, Lamp, Oil (3 flasks), Parchment (12 sheets), 23 GP; or (B) 50 GP
You spent formative years in a scriptorium, a monastery dedicated to the preservation of knowledge, or a government agency, where you learned to write with a clear hand and produce finely written texts. Perhaps you scribed government documents or copied tomes of literature. You might have some skill as a writer of poetry, narrative, or scholarly research. Above all, you have a careful attention to detail, helping you avoid introducing mistakes to the documents you copy and create.