Editing Merfolk (section)

==AD&D PCs==
PC stats for merfolk in [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 2nd edition can be found in the article "heroes of the Sea" in [[Dragon Magazine]] #250 and, alternatively, in the [[Forgotten Realms]] splatbook "Sea of Fallen Stars".

In Heroes of the Sea, merfolk stats look like this:
::Ability Score Minimum/Maximum: Strength 3/18, Dexterity 3/18, Constitution 3/18, Intelligence 3/18, Wisdom 3/18, Charisma 3/18
::Ability Score Adjustments: None
::Racial Class & Level Limits: [[Fighter]] 12, [[Shaman]] 3, [[Cleric]] (Specialist priest of [[Eadro]] only) 7, [[Bard]] ([[Thief]] with Humanoid Bard kit, Female Only) 9
:::Available Kits: Tribal Defender, Oracle, Wandering Mystic
::Natural Armor Class: 7
::Swim Rate 18
::No movement or attack penalties when in water.
::Amphibious: Can breathe air and water.
::Totally Water Adapted: A merfolk out of water is reduced to crawling, giving them a movement rate of 1, and after 1 hour out of water begins to fatally dehydrate, taking 2 damage per hour until they return to the water.
::Take double damage from Fire and are instinctively terrified of it.
::Weapion Proficiencies: Crossbow, Trident, Javelin
::Nonweapon Proficiencies: Alertness, Animal Handling, Animal Lore, Animal Training (Fish), Bowyer/Fletcher, Danger Sense, Direction Sense, Gaming, Hunting, Local History, Mining, Religion, Survival (Aquatic)
:::Female merfolk also have the NWPs Artistic Ability (Shell Carving, Tapestry Weaving), Chanting, Poetry, Singing and Weaving.

In Sea of Fallen Stars, this variant statblock is given:
::Ability Score Minimum/Maximum: Strength 3/18, Dexterity 3/19, Constitution 3/18, Intelligence 3/18, Wisdom 3/18, Charisma 3/18
::Ability Score Adjustments: +1 Dexterity, -1 Constitution
::Racial Class & Level Limits: [[Fighter]] 12, [[Ranger]] 10, [[Cleric]] 12, Speciality Priest 10, [[Bard]] Unlimited