D&D General Races/creatures with six fingers?

[J.Quondam]

Back when they were still called the "arcane," the race that was renamed the "mercane" (from the Spelljammer setting) had six fingers on each hand.


Johnathan

Ah, good call! I knew there was an official something somewhere in the canon, just couldn't, umm, put my finger on it.

 

[Yora]

In what scenario is the number of fingers the primary deciding factor in adding a race to a campaign?

 

[Cadence]

Kaladesh Vedalken in MtG

Vedalken

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[Richards]

Then of course there's always Graz'zt the Demon Lord.

Johnathan

 

[Cadence]

Six per hand is autosomal dominant in humans irl, so could just have a world where it's more common.

 

[J.Quondam]

In what scenario is the number of fingers the primary deciding factor in adding a race to a campaign?

I'm building a spellcasting system where proficiency in a school of magic is dependent upon the total number of knucklebones present in the caster's hands. This of course has massive ramifications in the society's caste system, and political powerplays between different "handednesses" of the wizard academy's departments, not to mention the power leveraged by the Glove-makers Guild---

No, not really.

I'm not adding a race to a campaign. Just trying to find a bit broader justification for six-fingers on an NPC than random mutation or DM-fiat.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

Then of course there's always Graz'zt the Demon Lord.

Oh man, D&D Inigo Montoya's vengeance mission goes deep into the Abyss.

 

[Tonguez]

I'm building a spellcasting system where proficiency in a school of magic is dependent upon the total number of knucklebones present in the caster's hands. This of course has massive ramifications in the society's caste system, and political powerplays between different "handednesses" of the wizard academy's departments, not to mention the power leveraged by the Glove-makers Guild---

No, not really.

I'm not adding a race to a campaign. Just trying to find a bit broader justification for six-fingers on an NPC than random mutation or DM-fiat.

I liked your first explanation, I now wandering why you want a character with 6 rather than 5 fingers. Is it just aesthetic?

 

[J.Quondam]

I liked your first explanation, I now wandering why you want a character with 6 rather than 5 fingers. Is it just aesthetic?

Nah, I just need a brute that can tattoo "LEMON FRESH" across their knuckles.

 

[Rogerd1]

I think Nephilim may have had six fingers......