Acolyte¶
Character benefits¶
- Ability scores: Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma
- Origin feat: Magic Initiate (Cleric)
- Skill proficiencies: Insight and Religion
- Tool proficiency: Calligrapher's Supplies
Choose one of the three listed abilities to increase by 2 and a different listed ability by 1, or increase all three by 1. These increases cannot raise an ability score above 20.
For Magic Initiate, use the Cleric spell list specified by this background. See Magic Initiate for its complete benefits.
Starting equipment¶
Choose A or B:
- A: Calligrapher's Supplies, Book (prayers), Holy Symbol, Parchment (10 sheets), Robe, 8 GP.
- B: 50 GP.
Suggested history¶
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.
You can alter the narrative details to fit your character.
Equipment reference¶
Book · Calligrapher's Supplies · Parchment · Robe
Source¶
Player’s Handbook (2024), supplied printing.
PDF page 176 — source PDF is not included in this player reference. · PDF page 177 — source PDF is not included in this player reference.