Editing NPC (section)

===Merchant===
A very necessary character, offering either items, services (such as buffs), or both, usually in exchange for either money or sidequests. This is usually an '''Okay''' or '''Crap NPC''', but as with the Lackey above, ''somebody'' has to fill the role. 

Side note, and the reason for inclusion here: "Funny" DMs will sometimes imply that all the Merchants are the same NPC, or at least related, with the same "funny" voice. Only complain if the "funny" voice is ''really'' annoying, or if the DM tries to hang a plot hook on that idea, as while it's obvious and overdone, it's obvious and overdone for a reason (merchants can be some of the most boring NPCs to think up, the most likely to need to be thought up on the fly, and the [[Discworld|Disembowel-Meself-Honourably Dibbler]] solution is at least a functional one).