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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doctorhook" data-source="post: 4699691" data-attributes="member: 58401">Forked from: <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showpost.php?postid=4697727" target="_blank"> Player's Handbook 2: I haz it </a>Exactly.Personally, I think (hope) that Eberron shouldn't (doesn't) equate Devas and Kalashtars, because personally I don't see anything more than a passing similarity between the two races. As I understand it, Devas are meant to be eternally reincarnated angel-people, while Kalashtar are naturally-psychic "aberrant-touched" humanoids with twin souls; reading through my copy of 3.5E's Eberron Campaign Setting, I didn't notice the word "reincarnation" anywhere in the Kalashtar entry on pages 16-18. Furthermore, a 3.5E Kalashtar's mindlink ability doesn't at all resemble the Deva's racial power in 4E; IIRC, the Deva gets to add a bonus to one roll, while the mindlink ability temporarily connects the Kalashtar to another being telepathically. (I realize that comparing a 3E ability to a 4E power is a case of apples versus oranges, but I'm just trying to show that there's no thematic connection.)I think that Devas could easily exist in Eberron on their own, not only fulfilling any of the former roles of Aasimars, but also as world-bound angels. Sharn is a natural place for Devas to appear, because of its large manifest zone to the angel-filled plane of Syrania, through which angels (and radiant idols) have sometimes appeared. I can even imagine drawing some connection between Devas and Rakshasas (which are central to Eberron), the same way that 4E core seems to. What I can't imagine is that "angel people" should suddenly replace Eberron's iconic psionic player race; to me, this notion makes about as much sense as would someone suggesting that, "House Tharashk should be retconned as a Dragonborn dragonmarked house, because they both get a bonus to Strength!"I apologize if I seem overly passionate about this issue, but it's a pet peeve of mine. I've seen this notion that Kalashtars should just be Devas in 4E, and I honestly do not understand it at all. What's similar about these two races? Why do some people feel that they overlap in such a significant way?NOTE: I've tacked a poll onto this thread, just for interest's sake. Hopefully it will contribute to the discussion in a meaningful way.</blockquote>

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