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Eladrin have a long standing custom of making the most arrogant among them speak to foreigners and go out adventuring, so that people will assume ill of them and leave them alone. Tieflings similarly encourage the less intelligent among them to go out and wander in an effort to reduce suspicions that they are planning to dominate the world again.

An ancient and difficult endeavor of halfling chefs is a competition in which they try to put weight on their elven and eladrin guests. Few can master this tradition, but that won't stop them from trying.

All gnomes are evil, blood thirsty insectile creatures. They feast on babies during the party's rest breaks.

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In compensation, I will attempt to contribute :P

Dragonborns often refer to members of other races (with the exception of goliaths) as "softskin". It is not so much a derogatory as an affirmation of their race's own toughness in which they take great pride.

Tribal dragonborns maintain a communal hatchery where the eggs of all the tribe are cared for, each one marked with a glyph associated with its family. It is considered the duty of all within the tribe to help care for and educate the next generation.

There is a friendly rivalry between dwarven and dragonborn smithies regarding who makes the better weapons and armors. Two artisans of each race can spend hours arguing the superiority of his crafting style over a strong drink (which, with no arguments, the dragonborns will admit the dwarves are better at). Any third party asked for his opinion in such an occurence his generally advised by those "in the know" to change the subject or excuse himself.

Touching a dwarf's beard is considered an intimate act and dwarven standards of decency states that it should not be done in public. Tugging a dwarf's beard is generally answered with violence of some sort (from strong punch to the shoulder to a full-on beating depending on the situation).

Elves have very little modesty regarding their style of clothing and will often wear as little as the weather allow during their times of leisure, stopping just short of revealing their privates. This tendency tends to be less accentuated in elven culture living close to other races, but it is not uncommon in a remote elven village to see elves walking around in nothing but small briefs (male and female alike).

Because (as stated above) elves consider clothing to be purely practical, the ones they wear are usually plain and made to be efficient rather than pleasing to the eye. Elves who want to supplement their appearance usually do so by styling their hair, getting body paint for their exposed skin and wearing earrings.

Eladrins who spent their lives in the feywild find most thing in the natural world dull and will often look bored and melancholic to their comrades. A considerable amount of time in the world will offset this, but then the same eladrin will feel hyper stimulated and overly energetic when back in the feywild. Few of them manage to strike a balance.

Halfling have very strong traditions about clans. A given halfling clan will pride itself among other halfling by the size, reputation and history of its clan. It is considered the duties of each halfling who leaves the clan to reflect positively upon his family so that it may gain higher status. Breeding is also important and arranged marriage between children of different clans are generally conducted as a matter of political alliance. Most other races would never suspect the intricate and complex web of alliances, rivalries and pride that form worldwide halfling politic, indeed, few people actually know there is such a thing as "worldwide halfling politic".

Tiefling's tail can unconsciously betray their emotions and state of mind, much like that of a cat. An annoyed or frustrated tiefling's tail will swing from left to right, it will stick close to the ground when its owner it suspicious or wary and it will curve up in an upward "S" when the tiefling is feeling particularly proud. Tiefling who often deal with their own learn to master those reflexes and keep their tail still...or in the case of those who have no patience for this, wrap it around their waist like a belt.

Eladrin and tiefling's eyes share the property of glowing brigthly when their owner is experiencing strong emotions. The notable exception is tiefling with black eyes, their eyes instead stop reflecting light in those moment, making them points of absolute darkness and making those tiefling even more disquieting than the rest of their race, especially since it happens just as much when they are happy as when they are mad.

Dopplegangers have only one taboo about their shape shifting abilities, they do not attempt to imitate another of their own's natural form. This is considered both an insult to the imitated and a sign of great shame and self loathing by the imitator.

Dragons have genetic memory, the hatching young has the basic knowledge of the lives and deeds of his ancestors, and recover much of their knowledge and wisdom as he grows older. This is the reason why dragons can simply seed their eggs around the world and leave, the young do not need basic education, and they often developed personality akin to their parents as a result (and thus the traits usually associated with its particular color). Dragons are also due to this, font of ancient knowledge as an adult dragon who focuses for a moment can pluck out a specific memory from one of his many predecessor from his mind, memories that can sometime date thousands of years.

Traditionalist Dragonborn insist that when a young Dragonborn comes of age, they must go out into the wilderness to find "the dragon in their soul". The young Dragonborn goes without food and with the barest amount of clothing possible and seeks out omens that fortell what sort of dragon spirit lurks in their soul. A dragonborn might, for example journey to a pristine spring and after days of meditation and searching, see a single unmarked gold coin at the bottom (signifying that their soul is like that of a Gold dragon). Dragonborn going on such spiritual quests are asked to bring back tokens of their epiphanies, and those who fail such quest are treated as children until they have such an experience.