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by Zeromaru X » Sun Oct 23, 2016 11:45 am
Their morals are inverted.
In the Nentir Vale setting, for example, honor is more important than life itself for dragonborn. Adversaries should be treated with courtesy and respect, even if they are bitter enemies. Breaking an oath is the height of dishonor, and attention to honesty extends to every word. In 4e Dark Sun, they are known for being dishonorable, amoral, for their calculating (and sometimes duplicitous) ways, and for carefully observe the exact wording of any deal or bargain they strike, since it’s good business to have a reputation for living up to agreements.
In the Nentir Vale, dragonborn honor clan and ancestors but are a race of loners who don't see each other all that often, or live in a few small communities scattered across the cities and towns of other races. In Athas, dragonborn clans are tightly knit, and if you mess with one dragonborn in the clan, you mess with them all. They live in their own lands, and serve as merchant houses, deal-brokers and moneylenders. Unlike Nentir Vale dragonborn, athasian dragonborn are disliked in many places, but regarded as very useful to have around.
They are also renowned as sorcerers for hire. Some clans strike deals with the sorcerer-kings of various city-states, paying richly for licenses or dispensations to practice arcane magic in those locations, making them suspicious for members of the Veiled Alliance or anyone who knows the perils of arcane magic.