# Scribe *Source: Player's Handbook (2024) p. 184*  - **Ability Scores.** Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom - **Feat.** [Skilled](/Rules/Source/feats/skilled-xphb.md) - **Skill Proficiencies.** [Investigation](/Rules/Source/skills.md#Investigation), [Perception](/Rules/Source/skills.md#Perception) - **Tool Proficiency.** [Calligrapher's Supplies](/Rules/Source/items/calligraphers-supplies-xphb.md) - **Equipment.** Choose A or B: (A) [Calligrapher's Supplies](/Rules/Source/items/calligraphers-supplies-xphb.md), [Fine Clothes](/Rules/Source/items/fine-clothes-xphb.md), [Lamp](/Rules/Source/items/lamp-xphb.md), [Oil](/Rules/Source/items/oil-xphb.md) (3 flasks), [Parchment](/Rules/Source/items/parchment-xphb.md) (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.