# Sage *Source: Player's Handbook (2024) p. 183. Available in the Free Rules (2024)* ![](Mechanics/CLI/backgrounds/img/sage.webp#right) - **Ability Scores.** Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom - **Feat.** [Magic Initiate](Mechanics/CLI/feats/magic-initiate-xphb.md) (Wizard) - **Skill Proficiencies.** [Arcana](Mechanics/CLI/rules/skills.md#Arcana), [History](Mechanics/CLI/rules/skills.md#History) - **Tool Proficiency.** [Calligrapher's Supplies](Mechanics/CLI/items/calligraphers-supplies-xphb.md) - **Equipment.** Choose A or B: (A) [Quarterstaff](Mechanics/CLI/items/quarterstaff-xphb.md), [Calligrapher's Supplies](Mechanics/CLI/items/calligraphers-supplies-xphb.md), [Book](Mechanics/CLI/items/book-xphb.md) (history), [Parchment](Mechanics/CLI/items/parchment-xphb.md) (8 sheets), [Robe](Mechanics/CLI/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.