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