Editing Mercane (section)

==Physiology==
Mercanes appear as 12' tall, lanky, blue-skinned humanoids of androgynous appearance, with elongated faces and delicate, spidery hands. Nobody has ever seen an elderly or young mercane, and nobody has been able to tell a male from a female, or even if such distinctions ''exist''. In [[wildspace]], many bawdy stories are told along the theme of mercanes needing gold, gems and magic to reproduce, but the true fact is that nobody knows how (or even ''if'') they breed.

One of the more inhuman aspects of mercanes is their hands; their fingers are a joint too long, and their artwork in the Lorebook of the Void and Monstrous Manual presents them with six fingers total (five fingers, one thumb) on each hand, which isn't mentioned in the books at all.

Mercanes possess innate [[psionics]], specifically an affinity for telepathy that manifests in two ways; they can communicate with literally any sapient creature, and they possess at least a distant telepathic network. Anyone who kills, injures, or even seriously insults one mercane will soon find that every other mercane knows about it, and whilst they won't seek vengeance directly, they'll refuse to do business until (exorbitant) restitution is made. Their ability to turn invisible and teleport short distances may or may not be psionic in origin. In 3rd edition, they can cast Leomund's Secret Chest 1/day.