Probably in exchange for their not as combat effective daily power.
But eh, I like Imperials mainly because they describe me. "Good with words despite my hardly talking to anyone".
I was surprised when I loaded up the Skyrim imperial description, as it said when they are good with magic "I play as a mage".
I still haven't heard a Dark Elf, High Elf, Orc, Breton, And Argonian do their FUS DO RAH yet.
