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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dave Turner" data-source="post: 1630400" data-attributes="member: 12329">This is inspired by response to another Eberron thread.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />It has slowly dawned on me that psionics in Eberron has not recieved anything close to full support in the book.  As is the case in almost every D&D product ever produced (Dark Sun aside), psionics has been essentially overlooked and given only token mention.  Here are some examples of what I mean.The psionic regions of Eberron are not on Khorvaire.  The psionic kingdoms and regions of the setting are on an entirely different continent that is only sketched out (Sarlona, with Adar and Riedra).  Niether Adar or Riedra receive the same amount of detail and development as Karrnath, Breland, or even the Demon Wastes.  The elven homeland Aerenal, located in the same section as Adar and Riedra, receives the combined space that Adar and Riedra does.  And why are there no maps of Adar and Riedra?  Why were the two psionic regions of the setting moved away from the main continent and given half-assed development?  That doesn't sound like full support to me.Where are the psionic NPCs?  Aside from the "iconic" psion listed in the Character Classes section, there isn't a SINGLE psionic NPC in the entire book.  There is no mention of the fact that psionics is the sole province of the kalashtar (the token psionic race in Eberron).  So there must presumably be psionic members of other races.  More importantly, there must be psionic members of dragonmarked houses.  But not a single NPC whose class levels are mentioned is psionic.  Surely there's ONE that could be mentioned?  There's nothing in the rules stating that a psion can't have a dragonmark.  There are 16 million people on Khorvaire.  Not one psionic NPC?  That doesn't sound like full support to me.Why is there no discussion of the influence of psionics in the setting?  We see plenty of magitech influence.  We see the Church of the Silver Flames.  We have *two* druidic orders.  There is a single psionic organization mentioned and they are clearly meant as NPCs and antagonists.  There are no psionic organizations for a psionic PC to hang his hat on.  Leaving aside the psionic organizations, the subtlety of psionics is not even mentioned.  Psions make much better spies than bards or rogues, since they can manifest their powers without components or displays (with a successful Concentration check).  Soulknives are the best assassins going, since their powerful blades are summoned to their hands even in psionic null zones (again, with a check).As has been the case in every D&D setting, psionics is the red-headed stepchild of Eberron.  Lip service is paid to it in return for the ability to include the words "psionic support" in marketing copy.  If I'm wrong about the second class status of psionics in Eberron, I'm happy to have the record corrected.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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