# Sage *Source: Player's Handbook (2024) p. 183. Available in the <span title='Systems Reference Document (5.2)'>SRD</span> and the Free Rules (2024)* ![](/Rules/Source/backgrounds/img/sage.webp#right) - **Ability Scores.** Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom - **Feat.** [Magic Initiate](/Rules/Source/feats/magic-initiate-xphb.md) (Wizard) - **Skill Proficiencies.** [Arcana](/Rules/Source/skills.md#Arcana), [History](/Rules/Source/skills.md#History) - **Tool Proficiency.** [Calligrapher's Supplies](/Rules/Source/items/calligraphers-supplies-xphb.md) - **Equipment.** Choose A or B: (A) [Quarterstaff](/Rules/Source/items/quarterstaff-xphb.md), [Calligrapher's Supplies](/Rules/Source/items/calligraphers-supplies-xphb.md), [Book](/Rules/Source/items/book-xphb.md) (history), [Parchment](/Rules/Source/items/parchment-xphb.md) (8 sheets), [Robe](/Rules/Source/items/robe-xphb.md), 8 GP; or (B) 50 GP You spent your formative years traveling between manors and monasteries, performing various odd jobs and services in exchange for access to their libraries. You whiled away many a long evening studying books and scrolls, learning the lore of the multiverse—even the rudiments of magic—and your mind yearns for more.