# Acolyte *Source: Player's Handbook (2024) p. 178. Available in the <span title='Systems Reference Document (5.2)'>SRD</span> and the Free Rules (2024)* ![](Mechanics/CLI/backgrounds/img/acolyte.webp#right) - **Ability Scores.** Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma - **Feat.** [Magic Initiate](Mechanics/CLI/feats/magic-initiate-xphb.md) (Cleric) - **Skill Proficiencies.** [Insight](Mechanics/CLI/rules/skills.md#Insight), [Religion](Mechanics/CLI/rules/skills.md#Religion) - **Tool Proficiency.** [Calligrapher's Supplies](Mechanics/CLI/items/calligraphers-supplies-xphb.md) - **Equipment.** Choose A or B: (A) [Calligrapher's Supplies](Mechanics/CLI/items/calligraphers-supplies-xphb.md), [Book (prayers)](Mechanics/CLI/items/book-xphb.md), [Holy Symbol](Mechanics/CLI/items/holy-symbol-xphb.md), [Parchment](Mechanics/CLI/items/parchment-xphb.md) (10 sheets), [Robe](Mechanics/CLI/items/robe-xphb.md), 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.