In V2 #154, he considers it a flaw that only Tricksters and Puppeteers get illusion magic, lamenting the lost military value.
I consider the restrictions a _virtue_. It makes _cultural_ sense that these rare practitioners get illusion magic.
I would very much like to avoid the thinking "hey, it would be great if my soldiers could get this, and that, and a little bit of this too..." This is just a little too close to the D&D fighter with his Boots of Levitation, Ring of Spell Turning, Elven Cloak, Helm of True-Seeing..., for my comfort level.
The pattern we see in Glorantha is 'people make the best of what they've got.' The Lunars have one of the biggest empires, and they've got a lot more than most already. We don't need to go out of our way to give them even more.
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