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	'''Kalashtar''' are a race native to the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] setting of [[Eberron]], and are one of its four "unique" races, alongside the [[Changeling]], [[Shifter]] and [[Warforged]]. Whilst they have their fans, of the four, they are generally considered the least liked for several reasons. Firstly, their close tie to [[psionics]], which are neither heavily integrated into the Eberron setting (unlike in [[Dark Sun]]) nor especially popular, especially in third edition. Secondly, their motif of "psionic offshoot of [[human]]ity" has been done before, as seen with the [[Elan]] and the [[Maenad]] and, hell, arguably even the [[Githzerai]] and the [[Githyanki]]. Finally, there's the fact that "psionic human offshoot" is just not as unique as, say, "Sapient [[golem]]" or "playable [[therianthrope]]/[[doppelganger]]".		'''Kalashtar''' are a race native to the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] setting of [[Eberron]], and are one of its four "unique" races, alongside the [[Changeling]], [[Shifter]] and [[Warforged]]. Whilst they have their fans, of the four, they are generally considered the least liked for several reasons. Firstly, their close tie to [[psionics]], which are neither heavily integrated into the Eberron setting (unlike in [[Dark Sun]]) nor especially popular, especially in third edition. Secondly, their motif of "psionic offshoot of [[human]]ity" has been done before, as seen with the [[Elan]] and the [[Maenad]] and, hell, arguably even the [[Githzerai]] and the [[Githyanki]]. Finally, there's the fact that "psionic human offshoot" is just not as unique as, say, "Sapient [[golem]]" or "playable [[therianthrope]]/[[doppelganger]]".

	Kalashtars have been in every Eberron [[Player's Handbook]] equivalent since the setting debuted in 3rd edition. They are further expanded upon in the 3e [[splatbook]]s [[~~Races of X\|~~Races of Eberron]] and Secrets of Sarlona, and the 4e [[Dragon Magazine]] article "Power of the Mind: The Kalashtar" in issue #385.		Kalashtars have been in every Eberron [[Player's Handbook]] equivalent since the setting debuted in 3rd edition. They are further expanded upon in the 3e [[splatbook]]s [[Races of Eberron]] and Secrets of Sarlona, and the 4e [[Dragon Magazine]] article "Power of the Mind: The Kalashtar" in issue #385.

	==Who Are They?==		==Who Are They?==

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	The foundation of kalashtar culture is the ongoing war between themselves and the quori; their religion, the [[Path of Light]], exists in opposition to the [[Path of Inspiration]], and so they engage in an endless guerrilla struggle to bring down their more numerous foes. As a consequence, their culture is naturally austere; they don't shun pleasure, but every activity they do should serve a purpose. Even artistic expression, as in the kalashtar's famous love of artwork and dancing, is ultimately a weapon, as their philosophy centers on the idea that by inspiring joy and hope in others, they can weaken the dark nature of the Quor Tarai and hasten its transformation from il-Lashtavar into il-Yannah.		The foundation of kalashtar culture is the ongoing war between themselves and the quori; their religion, the [[Path of Light]], exists in opposition to the [[Path of Inspiration]], and so they engage in an endless guerrilla struggle to bring down their more numerous foes. As a consequence, their culture is naturally austere; they don't shun pleasure, but every activity they do should serve a purpose. Even artistic expression, as in the kalashtar's famous love of artwork and dancing, is ultimately a weapon, as their philosophy centers on the idea that by inspiring joy and hope in others, they can weaken the dark nature of the Quor Tarai and hasten its transformation from il-Lashtavar into il-Yannah.

	==~~PC Stats~~==		==Statblocks==
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	::Ability Scores: None		::Ability Scores: None
	::Size: Medium		::Size: Medium
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	::[[Favored Class]]: [[Psion]]		::[[Favored Class]]: [[Psion]]

	===4E===		{{D&D3e-Races}}

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	::Ability Scores: +2 Wisdom, +2 Charisma		::Ability Scores: +2 Wisdom, +2 Charisma
	::Size: Medium		::Size: Medium
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	::Ability Scores: Wis +2, Cha +1		::Ability Scores: Wis +2, Cha +1
	::Size: Medium		::Size: Medium
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	::Mind Link: You can telepathically communicate to anyone you see within 60 ft. and can use a Bonus action to let them reply telepathically.		::Mind Link: You can telepathically communicate to anyone you see within 60 ft. and can use a Bonus action to let them reply telepathically.
	::Severed from Dreams: Kalashtar sleep, but they don't connect to the plane of dreams as other creatures do. Instead, their minds draw from the memories of their otherworldly spirit while they sleep. As such, you are immune to spells and other magical effects that require you to dream, like Dream, but not to spells and other magical effects that put you to sleep, like Sleep.		::Severed from Dreams: Kalashtar sleep, but they don't connect to the plane of dreams as other creatures do. Instead, their minds draw from the memories of their otherworldly spirit while they sleep. As such, you are immune to spells and other magical effects that require you to dream, like Dream, but not to spells and other magical effects that put you to sleep, like Sleep.

			{{D&D5e-Races}}

	==The Inspired==		==The Inspired==

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	The Kalashtar's origins lie on the plane of [[Dal Quor]], the Plane of Dreams for the [[Orrery]]. Specifically, it lies with the [[fiend]]ish residents of that plane, the [[Quori]], and the civil war between them over whether or not their plans to prevent the coming of change to the Quor Tarai, the spirit of the age, were needed or not. Those who felt that they should embrace the change were fewer in number, and butchered by their more numerous kin; attempting to flee, they came partially into the mortal realm, using the dreams of slumbering mortals to take temporary shelter. Ultimately whittled down to 67, these rebel Quori found salvation when their leader, Taratai, used this dream-shifting to speak to the master of a human monastery in the land of Adar, which had traditionally been a place of refuge in Sarlona. The head monk agreed to give them sanctuary, and gathering 66 of their brethren, a ritual was performed to not only allow the Quori to voluntarily possess them, but to permanently merge each Quori with its host, creating an entirely new creature.		The Kalashtar's origins lie on the plane of [[Dal Quor]], the Plane of Dreams for the [[Orrery]]. Specifically, it lies with the [[fiend]]ish residents of that plane, the [[Quori]], and the civil war between them over whether or not their plans to prevent the coming of change to the Quor Tarai, the spirit of the age, were needed or not. Those who felt that they should embrace the change were fewer in number, and butchered by their more numerous kin; attempting to flee, they came partially into the mortal realm, using the dreams of slumbering mortals to take temporary shelter. Ultimately whittled down to 67, these rebel Quori found salvation when their leader, Taratai, used this dream-shifting to speak to the master of a human monastery in the land of Adar, which had traditionally been a place of refuge in Sarlona. The head monk agreed to give them sanctuary, and gathering 66 of their brethren, a ritual was performed to not only allow the Quori to voluntarily possess them, but to permanently merge each Quori with its host, creating an entirely new creature.

	The Kalashtar ("Wandering Dreams") were literally born in that moment. As the human-quori hybrids had children, they discovered that their offspring were each mentally linked to the quori of their parents, effectively dividing each spirit between multiple hosts simultaneously. By the time the kalashtar had finished developing into a true race, which is arguably a breed of [[planetouched]], the quori rebels were effectively incapable of directly communing with their humanoid hosts or manipulating their bodies; each quori is a sort of collective subconsciousness, creating a mind hive for all the kalashtars of a specific blood lineage. Only when they sleep do kalashtar commune with their quori, as they spend their slumber soaking in the memories of their founding spirit - that is not to say that the founders cannot communicate with their blood lineage, just that it is difficult for them. When roused however, they can transmit information impossibly far, because each founder exists in the subconsciousness of each of its individual children, and is aware of everything that they know. What one kalasthar knows, others will soon know as well. In Khorvaire, a new practice has risen ~~taht~~ revolves around honing body and mind in order to strengthen the connection a kalashtar has to its ancestral quori spirit, imbuing it with a greater amount of quori powers.		The Kalashtar ("Wandering Dreams") were literally born in that moment. As the human-quori hybrids had children, they discovered that their offspring were each mentally linked to the quori of their parents, effectively dividing each spirit between multiple hosts simultaneously. By the time the kalashtar had finished developing into a true race, which is arguably a breed of [[planetouched]], the quori rebels were effectively incapable of directly communing with their humanoid hosts or manipulating their bodies; each quori is a sort of collective subconsciousness, creating a mind hive for all the kalashtars of a specific blood lineage. Only when they sleep do kalashtar commune with their quori, as they spend their slumber soaking in the memories of their founding spirit - that is not to say that the founders cannot communicate with their blood lineage, just that it is difficult for them. When roused however, they can transmit information impossibly far, because each founder exists in the subconsciousness of each of its individual children, and is aware of everything that they know. What one kalasthar knows, others will soon know as well. In Khorvaire, a new practice has risen that revolves around honing body and mind in order to strengthen the connection a kalashtar has to its ancestral quori spirit, imbuing it with a greater amount of quori powers.

	This process has had its physical side-effects on kalashtar. [[Elf\|Kalashtar appear very similar to humans, but they have a grace and elegance that makes them seem almost too beautiful. They are slightly taller than the average human, and their faces have a slight angularity that sets them apart from the human norm, but these deviations only make them seem more attractive.]] Most notably, all kalashtars have an affinity for [[psionics]], and are naturally telepathic. Most kalashtar use telepathy any time they are making a comment directed at an individual, and they speak only if what they are saying needs to be heard by multiple people at once. While kalashtar can use telepathy to convey words, they often use it to convey pure emotion; kalashtar art and poetry are telepathic constructs based around interwoven memories and emotions.		This process has had its physical side-effects on kalashtar. [[Elf\|Kalashtar appear very similar to humans, but they have a grace and elegance that makes them seem almost too beautiful. They are slightly taller than the average human, and their faces have a slight angularity that sets them apart from the human norm, but these deviations only make them seem more attractive.]] Most notably, all kalashtars have an affinity for [[psionics]], and are naturally telepathic. Most kalashtar use telepathy any time they are making a comment directed at an individual, and they speak only if what they are saying needs to be heard by multiple people at once. While kalashtar can use telepathy to convey words, they often use it to convey pure emotion; kalashtar art and poetry are telepathic constructs based around interwoven memories and emotions.

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	::Size: Medium		::Size: Medium
	::Speed: 30 ft.		::Speed: 30 ft.
	::Languages: Common, Quori, One other language		::Languages: Common, Quori, One other language.
	::Dual Mind: You can use your Reaction to gain advantage on a Wisdom saving throw		::Dual Mind: You can use your Reaction to gain advantage on a Wisdom saving throw.
	::Mental Discipline: You have resistance to psychic damage		::Mental Discipline: You have resistance to psychic damage.
	::Mind Link: You can telepathically communicate to anyone you see within 60 ft. and can use a Bonus action to let them reply telepathically		::Mind Link: You can telepathically communicate to anyone you see within 60 ft. and can use a Bonus action to let them reply telepathically.
	::Severed from Dreams: Kalashtar sleep, but they don't connect to the plane of dreams as other creatures do. Instead, their minds draw from the memories of their otherworldly spirit while they sleep. As such, you are immune to spells and other magical effects that require you to dream, like Dream, but not to spells and other magical effects that put you to sleep, like Sleep.		::Severed from Dreams: Kalashtar sleep, but they don't connect to the plane of dreams as other creatures do. Instead, their minds draw from the memories of their otherworldly spirit while they sleep. As such, you are immune to spells and other magical effects that require you to dream, like Dream, but not to spells and other magical effects that put you to sleep, like Sleep.

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	::Mental Discipline: You have resistance to psychic damage		::Mental Discipline: You have resistance to psychic damage
	::Mind Link: You can telepathically communicate to anyone you see within 60 ft. and can use a Bonus action to let them reply telepathically		::Mind Link: You can telepathically communicate to anyone you see within 60 ft. and can use a Bonus action to let them reply telepathically
	::Severed from Dreams:Kalashtar sleep, but they don't connect to the plane of dreams as other creatures do. Instead, their minds draw from the memories of their otherworldly spirit while they sleep. As such, you are immune to spells and other magical effects that require you to dream, like Dream, but not to spells and other magical effects that put you to sleep, like Sleep.		::Severed from Dreams: Kalashtar sleep, but they don't connect to the plane of dreams as other creatures do. Instead, their minds draw from the memories of their otherworldly spirit while they sleep. As such, you are immune to spells and other magical effects that require you to dream, like Dream, but not to spells and other magical effects that put you to sleep, like Sleep.

	==The Inspired==		==The Inspired==

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	This process has had its physical side-effects on kalashtar. [[Elf\|Kalashtar appear very similar to humans, but they have a grace and elegance that makes them seem almost too beautiful. They are slightly taller than the average human, and their faces have a slight angularity that sets them apart from the human norm, but these deviations only make them seem more attractive.]] Most notably, all kalashtars have an affinity for [[psionics]], and are naturally telepathic. Most kalashtar use telepathy any time they are making a comment directed at an individual, and they speak only if what they are saying needs to be heard by multiple people at once. While kalashtar can use telepathy to convey words, they often use it to convey pure emotion; kalashtar art and poetry are telepathic constructs based around interwoven memories and emotions.		This process has had its physical side-effects on kalashtar. [[Elf\|Kalashtar appear very similar to humans, but they have a grace and elegance that makes them seem almost too beautiful. They are slightly taller than the average human, and their faces have a slight angularity that sets them apart from the human norm, but these deviations only make them seem more attractive.]] Most notably, all kalashtars have an affinity for [[psionics]], and are naturally telepathic. Most kalashtar use telepathy any time they are making a comment directed at an individual, and they speak only if what they are saying needs to be heard by multiple people at once. While kalashtar can use telepathy to convey words, they often use it to convey pure emotion; kalashtar art and poetry are telepathic constructs based around interwoven memories and emotions.

	In fact, kalashtar telepathy begins when the kalashtar is still in the womb; embryonic kalashtar spend roughly half of their gestation telepathically communing with their mother and bathing in the memories of their founding quori. Kalashtar children mature at a rate that members of other races often find disturbing, due to this strong telepathic link; at birth, a kalashtar is probably as cognizant as a 6 of 7 year old human child. In a kalashtar community, children are taught meditative and telepathic exercises before they can walk, and they begin the basics of martial training as soon as they have the coordination. A kalashtar child born into another culture might be confused and frustrated by the imbalance between his or her physical and mental development.		In fact, kalashtar telepathy begins when the kalashtar is still in the womb; embryonic kalashtar spend roughly half of their gestation telepathically communing with their mother and bathing in the memories of their founding quori. Kalashtar children mature at a rate that members of other races often find disturbing, due to this strong telepathic link; at birth, a kalashtar is probably as cognizant as a 6 or 7 year old human child. In a kalashtar community, children are taught meditative and telepathic exercises before they can walk, and they begin the basics of martial training as soon as they have the coordination. A kalashtar child born into another culture might be confused and frustrated by the imbalance between his or her physical and mental development.

	Obviously, kalashtar are naturally intelligent, but they are not strictly logic-driven - in fact, they can't be; bathed in the womb in memories of a plane where dream-logic is reality, kalashtar are naturally inventive, and younger ones in particular are often surprisingly naive despite their advanced intellect, since they are still learning to separate memory-reality from life-reality. They are generally warm and compassionate, but their manners and ways of thinking are alien to the native races of Eberron, and they often use flowery scientific words which doesn't make them easier to understand.		Obviously, kalashtar are naturally intelligent, but they are not strictly logic-driven - in fact, they can't be; bathed in the womb in memories of a plane where dream-logic is reality, kalashtar are naturally inventive, and younger ones in particular are often surprisingly naive despite their advanced intellect, since they are still learning to separate memory-reality from life-reality. They are generally warm and compassionate, but their manners and ways of thinking are alien to the native races of Eberron, and they often use flowery scientific words which doesn't make them easier to understand.

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	::Ability Scores: Wis +1, Cha +1		::Ability Scores: Wis +2, Cha +1
	::Size: Medium		::Size: Medium
	::Speed: 30 ft.		::Speed: 30 ft.

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	::[[Favored Class]]: [[Psion]]		::[[Favored Class]]: [[Psion]]
	::[[Level Adjustment]]: +1		::[[Level Adjustment]]: +1

	~~==See Also==~~
	*[[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition races]]

	[[Category:Eberron]]		[[Category:Eberron]]