Editing Shaman

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'''Shamans''' are characters first appearing in the game ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', where they act as both NPC shopkeepers and enemies. They later made a re-appearance as non-enemy NPCs vital to the plot of the first three games of the [[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'' series]].

The Shamans in ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' are all identical, while those later introduced in the ''Paper Mario'' series have individual characteristics, as well as hair, which the Shamans did not seem to have before.

Shamans are first encountered near the [[sea]] area and the [[Sunken Ship]] as shopkeepers, selling Mario and his party items and weapons. After Mario buys items from the latter, the Shaman verifies whether Mario's password to access the ship's treasure room is correct or not, stating how many letters (if any at all) are correct and giving a hint on that the password relates to the sea.

They later appear in the [[Belome Temple]], again, as merchants. One allows Mario access to a warp [[trampoline]] for 100 [[coin]]s, and another allows Mario to receive his fortune, as well as access to the rest of the temple, for 50 coins. There is another Shaman later on, who tells Mario that the fortune he receives from a Belome statue determines the destination of the next room. In the caverns of [[Land's End]] outside the temple, there is another Shaman, who sells Mario a [[Super Star|star]] for 400 coins.

[[Mario]] later battles them as enemies in both [[Nimbus Land]] and [[Bowser's Castle|Bowser's Keep]]. These magical beings are very weak to physical attacks, while having a strong magical defense. If a Shaman is struck with a Special Attack, there is a one-in-three chance it will flee the battle.

[[Merlon]], [[Merlee]], [[Merluvlee]], [[Merlow]], [[Merle]], and [[Merlumina|Madam Merlar]] appearing in the [[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'' series]] greatly resemble Shamans, though in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Merlee and Merluvlee have different looks. [[Wonky]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' claims that they may be a part of a sort of clan that names their members after their purposes. Additionally in this game, the character [[Chet Rippo]] is redesigned to resemble a very tattered version. In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', [[Nolrem]], [[Tribe of Ancients#Merlight|Merlight]] and [[Tribe of Ancients#Merloo|Merloo]] resemble Shamans too.

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|Jap=スペール<ref>マサむね (November 22, 2015). [https://youtu.be/E-nRtvBX8rE?t=641 スーパーマリオRPG プレイ動画 part16]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved July 11, 2023.</ref> <small>(original)</small>

|JapR=Supēru

|JapM=Elongation of the English word "spell"

|Jap2=スパール<ref>Nintendo 公式チャンネル (September 14, 2023). [https://youtu.be/6GtVjxdKM04&t=2578s Nintendo Direct 2023.9.14]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 14, 2023.</ref> <small>(remake)</small>

|Jap2R=Supāru

|Jap2M=Retroacively slightly closer to [[Merlon#Names in other languages|Merlon]]

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