I notice you mention nothing of giveing up snake skills in shallam?
And as for telepathy and tekura thats 2 skills needed to survive, and not something stuck smack dab in the middle of a high concentration of traffic.
And i only use them on people who deserve it as do most of my monks.

Penned by my hand on the 24th of Daedalan, in the year 195 AF.
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