Now I know that officially Psionics do not exist in Krynn, but the Taladas series has the Yaggol (DL Mind flayers) using telepathy, mind domination, and other psionic powers. Now Chris (Pierson, the taladas series author) has written the Kingpriest trilogy, Spirit of the Wind, Dezra's Quest, and has worked on both the Legends and the Holy Orders of the Stars sourcebooks so he has got to know the Psionics are not supposed to exist in Krynn. So will someone please give me an explanation for what is going on around here. Or are we just going to chalk it all up to mysticism.
Now my Psionic armies shall march upon all of Krynn!!!
Seriously though, who knows of the source of their powers? They could just be spell-like abilities or they could be full blown Psionic powers(my preference).
Anyways, while on the surface they seem to be psionics, they are technically magical. Otherwise they wouldn't be affected by spell resistance, and they couldn't be dispelled.
(curls into a fetal position, sobbing and rocking back and forth)
Psionics in Dragonlance
I should just put this link in my sig. ;)
Psionics in Dragonlance
You do make quite a few refrences to it don't you.
but the Taladas series has the Yaggol (DL Mind flayers)
You just convinced me to buy the book. I can't believe the Yaggol finally appears in a novel. It was my favorite monster of the Time of the Dragon boxed set
The first book talked about the League of Minotaurs, Thenol, The Uigan of the Tamire, The Armach-Nesti, The Ilquar Goblins and the Wild Elves of the Dreaming Green (in Northern Hosk) and it mentioned the Finawar dwarves.
The Second further explored the Armach-Nesti, the League of Minotaurs and introduced the Marak Kender, the Cha'asi and the Yaggol of Neron, the Ice People of the Panak and Mentioned the Kings of the Rainward Isles and inferred that we would be going to the Burning Sea in book three.
The books also give us some history (not much mind you) about Old Aurim before the cataclysm.
The only cultures that I can see so far that were skipped were the shark-men of the fisheries and the cultures of the upper panak. But other than those it looks like Chris has and or will cover (or at least mention) all the races, cultures and lands of Taladas in the series.
As far as for quality, let's just saw that I picked up Trail of the Black Wyrm and a day and a half later I was finished and drooling for book three.
No what would be really nice is to see Taladas including in the upcoming Races of Krynn book.
No what would be really nice is to see Taladas including in the upcoming Races of Krynn book.
I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you...because the book is called "Races of Ansalon." :D
The only cultures that I can see so far that were skipped were the shark-men of the fisheries and the cultures of the upper panak. But other than those it looks like Chris has and or will cover (or at least mention) all the races, cultures and lands of Taladas in the series.
Book 2 did mention the shark cultists of the fisheries. It casually mentioned how the armies of the League had attempted an invasion of the lands of shark-headed demon worshipping fishing folk in southern Taladas but had fared poorly due to the jungle environment. :D
The only upper Panak culture I recall from the boxed set was the Ice People, which book 2 covered.
The box set also mentions the Glass Sailors and the Saqualaminoi as being in the upper panak.
Both of those peoples were mentioned in book 2, though they altered the name slightly of the Saqualaminoi. The Glass sailors aren't in the upper panak, they're in the Shining Lands, which is nearly adjacent to the Burning Sea.
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