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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fafhrd" data-source="post: 2429042" data-attributes="member: 18517">I view the Kalashtar insularity as a measure to protect themselves from the Quori rather than as any sort of attempt to prevent the spread of psionics, but the latter could make for some interesting plots. I don't see a connection between racial class restrictions and the proclivity for taking said class. I also don't see the necessity of any sort of viral spread of psionics. Disciplined arts take time, effort and interest(or madness in the case of a follower of the dragon below). I don't imagine the Kalashtar open many barbarian training camps. Even if they did, they wouldn't need to give up their cloistered identities. True, anyone brought into the fold might turn out to be an ally, but they might also turn out to be a mole. Worse, turncoats would now be more able to pierce veil of secrecy thanks to the newfound talents. The Kalashtar have seen human viciousness played out again and again since they arrived, I don't think its unfathomable to expect them to act as they do. Sarlonans who know that "there's a foreign quarter over there" are a rather different story than "yeah there's a psion training school right down the block. Look for the wooden sign with the symbol of a levitating man." The Kalashtar think they're winning the war.  Why risk that with such an enormous gamble?Maybe I'm missing something.  The adarans are alive and kicking.  Beleaguered, but kicking. A wizard is better than a magewright at nearly every aspect of their specialty. Yet, wizards are very rare by comparison, and they have an enduring cultural tradition. Clerical power has some real demonstrable benefits for the average joe(and you don't even have to serve the gods well to boot) but the churches are packed with experts. I don't see why psionics, known mainly to a group of hermetic outsiders, couldn't be even more vanishingly rare. Regarding the metagame statistics, most people wouldn't know the differences between a sorceror and a wizard. It would require an experts level of understanding to debate the finer points you mention.</blockquote>

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