Hmm, that might work for the general background he comes from, but I'd think Shaorin is considered something of a rebel by the dominant organization, a worshiper of a competing god or possibly a minority sect of the same religion. The dominant religion or sect promotes the pursuit of knowledge for it's own sake, or for the enrichment of the researcher, while the minority hold that they have a responsibility to use their knowledge and the power that comes from it for the greater good of all. Shaorin would be one of a few that take this to an extreme of self denial, constantly wandering as dirt-poor vagabonds doing good deeds whenever they see the opportunity. This sect or religion would feature a much larger portion of adventurers than the general population and has little central organization. Hmm, now that I'm thinking about it, maybe I should try to come up with a prestige class for these extremist psionic do-gooders
. Also, there's no reason to restrict a God of Knowledge to lands where psionics are relatively common; I'd think such a god would be one of the more common patrons of wizards as well, and of course there are all those scholarly priests. Perhaps Bishop Artor Sinn follows him
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