[quote=@Primal Conundrum]
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That sure as hell ain't from any edition of D&D I've ever played. They had racial stats of their own in 3.0, 3.5 and Pathfinder.
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They have certain abilities, influenced by their Psion nature. They can spend a power point and not eat for a day for example. There are different models of Elans apparently. I can probably find the place I read it in, but there is the one you speak of too.